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Bryan Calcott

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Digital Social Hour
Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

So the, can they impact people in a small way?

Digital Social Hour
Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Yes.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

It depends.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Well, especially with something like social media, you could probably spend a lot less.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Correct.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Yeah.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

OK.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Wow.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

That to me, though, that to me is concerning because now I'm voting on a ballot through simple name recognition rather than...

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

And then saying, and this might sound fucking crazy, but I personally believe that if you haven't read specific books, if you haven't read the Federalist Papers, if you haven't read Locke, Two Treatises of Government, if you haven't, Hobbes, Leviathan, all those core political pieces, I don't think you should fucking have the right to vote.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Well, it's like you have the right to do all these things, so as long as they're not negatively impacting other people.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

So if your ignorant vote is voting into politics, it's like war on drugs, right?

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

The war on drugs is based upon societal ignorance.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Ooh, drugs bag, outlaw, it goes away.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

And it's just happening right in front of you.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

No, this is clearly not the case.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

And you had people, PhDs in criminology,

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

saying, if we want to stop drugs, if we want to stop all these bad things, this is what we should do.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

So it was within the public interest that drug use be reduced.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

But public interest came at the expense of public opinion.