Andrew Doyle

What happens when everyone's immediately connected? Well, maybe bad ideas spread 50 times faster than good ideas. Like we have no idea, right? Maybe the psychopaths are unleashed. And maybe there's an infinite possibility to educate everyone. Like there's a lot of things on the table, but we have no idea what we're doing. And it's certainly the case that

What happens when everyone's immediately connected? Well, maybe bad ideas spread 50 times faster than good ideas. Like we have no idea, right? Maybe the psychopaths are unleashed. And maybe there's an infinite possibility to educate everyone. Like there's a lot of things on the table, but we have no idea what we're doing. And it's certainly the case that

words in many ways have lost their meaning. We've talked about exactly that. We can't assume that we're referring to the same thing no matter what we talk about. And so you see in China, of course, they're much farther along the totalitarian road than we are. Maybe we won't go down that road, but 600 million CCTV cameras Right. Which is about one for every two people.

words in many ways have lost their meaning. We've talked about exactly that. We can't assume that we're referring to the same thing no matter what we talk about. And so you see in China, of course, they're much farther along the totalitarian road than we are. Maybe we won't go down that road, but 600 million CCTV cameras Right. Which is about one for every two people.

words in many ways have lost their meaning. We've talked about exactly that. We can't assume that we're referring to the same thing no matter what we talk about. And so you see in China, of course, they're much farther along the totalitarian road than we are. Maybe we won't go down that road, but 600 million CCTV cameras Right. Which is about one for every two people.

And they can do perfect face recognition. But if you cover your face, they can recognize you with unerring accuracy merely by gate. Every bloody thing you do is tracked.

And they can do perfect face recognition. But if you cover your face, they can recognize you with unerring accuracy merely by gate. Every bloody thing you do is tracked.

And they can do perfect face recognition. But if you cover your face, they can recognize you with unerring accuracy merely by gate. Every bloody thing you do is tracked.

And that's certainly a road we could walk down. I mean, you go into an airport now and before you board a plane, your picture is taken. Now you can opt out. For now, and the gates are increasingly automated, which is all well and good and convenient when the goddamn thing's open, but pretty rough on you if they don't, because then what? We're going to talk, what are you going to do?

And that's certainly a road we could walk down. I mean, you go into an airport now and before you board a plane, your picture is taken. Now you can opt out. For now, and the gates are increasingly automated, which is all well and good and convenient when the goddamn thing's open, but pretty rough on you if they don't, because then what? We're going to talk, what are you going to do?

And that's certainly a road we could walk down. I mean, you go into an airport now and before you board a plane, your picture is taken. Now you can opt out. For now, and the gates are increasingly automated, which is all well and good and convenient when the goddamn thing's open, but pretty rough on you if they don't, because then what? We're going to talk, what are you going to do?

Talk to the gate? Yeah. Seems unlikely. And so, I mean, it's easy even to point to the political... The hypothetical political causes of this, it's the progressive left. It's like, yeah, partly. But it's certainly partly the fact that we don't know what the hell we're doing in this interconnected world.

Talk to the gate? Yeah. Seems unlikely. And so, I mean, it's easy even to point to the political... The hypothetical political causes of this, it's the progressive left. It's like, yeah, partly. But it's certainly partly the fact that we don't know what the hell we're doing in this interconnected world.

Talk to the gate? Yeah. Seems unlikely. And so, I mean, it's easy even to point to the political... The hypothetical political causes of this, it's the progressive left. It's like, yeah, partly. But it's certainly partly the fact that we don't know what the hell we're doing in this interconnected world.

Well, it also blew Christendom apart, right? Because you had the massive... Right. what, altercations between the Protestants and the Catholics as a direct consequence of the printing press.

Well, it also blew Christendom apart, right? Because you had the massive... Right. what, altercations between the Protestants and the Catholics as a direct consequence of the printing press.

Well, it also blew Christendom apart, right? Because you had the massive... Right. what, altercations between the Protestants and the Catholics as a direct consequence of the printing press.

Well, it also meant eventually that the entire world was made literate.

Well, it also meant eventually that the entire world was made literate.

Well, it also meant eventually that the entire world was made literate.