Bret Weinstein
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Or not. I mean, unsafe enough that you develop sense, you know. But yes, I think ideally you would have access to both. So it would create the reward patterns in your mind that would cause you to think about how to be productive in the world. But I also think that the way the online world presents itself is strangely demotivating.
Or not. I mean, unsafe enough that you develop sense, you know. But yes, I think ideally you would have access to both. So it would create the reward patterns in your mind that would cause you to think about how to be productive in the world. But I also think that the way the online world presents itself is strangely demotivating.
Or not. I mean, unsafe enough that you develop sense, you know. But yes, I think ideally you would have access to both. So it would create the reward patterns in your mind that would cause you to think about how to be productive in the world. But I also think that the way the online world presents itself is strangely demotivating.
Because you see whatever social media platform you're on, you've got some 30-second clip of some person doing some utterly remarkable thing that I would have said until I saw it with my own eyes was impossible. That doesn't create a pathway to discovering what the person in question can do. What you're looking at is somebody whose abilities outstrips what almost anybody can do.
Because you see whatever social media platform you're on, you've got some 30-second clip of some person doing some utterly remarkable thing that I would have said until I saw it with my own eyes was impossible. That doesn't create a pathway to discovering what the person in question can do. What you're looking at is somebody whose abilities outstrips what almost anybody can do.
Because you see whatever social media platform you're on, you've got some 30-second clip of some person doing some utterly remarkable thing that I would have said until I saw it with my own eyes was impossible. That doesn't create a pathway to discovering what the person in question can do. What you're looking at is somebody whose abilities outstrips what almost anybody can do.
OK, so this is something I saw yesterday. Guys riding down a ramp and launching themselves two or three stories into the air on a scooter and then turning around and dropping back onto the same ramp. You know, and of course, I think I saw Red Bull in there somewhere. Right. So it's like, first of all, you've got this corporation incentivizing people to take risks that aren't smart.
OK, so this is something I saw yesterday. Guys riding down a ramp and launching themselves two or three stories into the air on a scooter and then turning around and dropping back onto the same ramp. You know, and of course, I think I saw Red Bull in there somewhere. Right. So it's like, first of all, you've got this corporation incentivizing people to take risks that aren't smart.
OK, so this is something I saw yesterday. Guys riding down a ramp and launching themselves two or three stories into the air on a scooter and then turning around and dropping back onto the same ramp. You know, and of course, I think I saw Red Bull in there somewhere. Right. So it's like, first of all, you've got this corporation incentivizing people to take risks that aren't smart.
And then you've got an apparatus that you're not going to be able to build or approximate. And then you've got the person who leverages the apparatus better than anybody. And it's like, well, where's the opportunity for the viewer to be like, yeah, I want to I want to get in on that.
And then you've got an apparatus that you're not going to be able to build or approximate. And then you've got the person who leverages the apparatus better than anybody. And it's like, well, where's the opportunity for the viewer to be like, yeah, I want to I want to get in on that.
And then you've got an apparatus that you're not going to be able to build or approximate. And then you've got the person who leverages the apparatus better than anybody. And it's like, well, where's the opportunity for the viewer to be like, yeah, I want to I want to get in on that.
Well, I think a Chuck Norris movie is probably a better tool. The admixture of people who are highly capable and people who get some of the thrill of the highly capable person just by viewing it is not as good as it might be. In other words, I think we've taken... all sorts of activities that people used to engage in. And we've found a consumable equivalent, right? Like sport.
Well, I think a Chuck Norris movie is probably a better tool. The admixture of people who are highly capable and people who get some of the thrill of the highly capable person just by viewing it is not as good as it might be. In other words, I think we've taken... all sorts of activities that people used to engage in. And we've found a consumable equivalent, right? Like sport.
Well, I think a Chuck Norris movie is probably a better tool. The admixture of people who are highly capable and people who get some of the thrill of the highly capable person just by viewing it is not as good as it might be. In other words, I think we've taken... all sorts of activities that people used to engage in. And we've found a consumable equivalent, right? Like sport.
People used to play sports. Now most people who are into sports watch sports. They're consuming the sport rather than participating in it.
People used to play sports. Now most people who are into sports watch sports. They're consuming the sport rather than participating in it.
People used to play sports. Now most people who are into sports watch sports. They're consuming the sport rather than participating in it.
Especially adults. Likewise, sex, frankly. Sex is a very important realm and it's a skill. The skill involves insight into your partner. And we've turned it into a consumable where you can chase your fetish or whatever and just watch it on a screen. And the point is that's actually not the same activity.
Especially adults. Likewise, sex, frankly. Sex is a very important realm and it's a skill. The skill involves insight into your partner. And we've turned it into a consumable where you can chase your fetish or whatever and just watch it on a screen. And the point is that's actually not the same activity.