Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I mean, they were there 20 years ago, right? I mean, they're not in the fringes of Twitter. They're in your community. Yeah. Yeah. And so what is it that has happened? It just feels to me a kind of confusing extremeness of reaction and perhaps maybe of opinion. Mm-hmm. And I don't fully understand it, but I don't trust it. So I don't... Okay.

I mean, they were there 20 years ago, right? I mean, they're not in the fringes of Twitter. They're in your community. Yeah. Yeah. And so what is it that has happened? It just feels to me a kind of confusing extremeness of reaction and perhaps maybe of opinion. Mm-hmm. And I don't fully understand it, but I don't trust it. So I don't... Okay.

I was going to say, who is Vince McMahon?

I was going to say, who is Vince McMahon?

Let me tell you... So much I want to watch.

Let me tell you... So much I want to watch.

I think we're putting too much blame on politicians. Oh no, I'm not putting all of it. And not enough responsibility on... On individuals? Yeah, and also, I mean, which came first? What you said about social media, I agree more with, which is... I mean, this whole politician thing. You think everybody watches politicians? I mean... I think everybody's affected by them.

I think we're putting too much blame on politicians. Oh no, I'm not putting all of it. And not enough responsibility on... On individuals? Yeah, and also, I mean, which came first? What you said about social media, I agree more with, which is... I mean, this whole politician thing. You think everybody watches politicians? I mean... I think everybody's affected by them.

This is true. The same way Cristiano's not sold it. I don't expect to sell you on something. No, I am sold on something. No, I'm just thinking about it. Whatever. It's not interesting to me.

This is true. The same way Cristiano's not sold it. I don't expect to sell you on something. No, I am sold on something. No, I'm just thinking about it. Whatever. It's not interesting to me.

That's fair. That's fair. But the person who supports school choice does not know.

That's fair. That's fair. But the person who supports school choice does not know.

And then there's the assumption that that person should know. And then that person is judged on that. And then that person is ignored and blacklisted. But that person does not know.

And then there's the assumption that that person should know. And then that person is judged on that. And then that person is ignored and blacklisted. But that person does not know.

And it's also this new world where you're not even allowed. I mean, curiosity is dead. And I, you know, as a person who just, I love learning. And I just keep thinking, what have we lost in this new sort of world where people don't even, even to ask a question, you're uncomfortable. I remember when I spoke at an Ivy League university, which will be unnamed.

And it's also this new world where you're not even allowed. I mean, curiosity is dead. And I, you know, as a person who just, I love learning. And I just keep thinking, what have we lost in this new sort of world where people don't even, even to ask a question, you're uncomfortable. I remember when I spoke at an Ivy League university, which will be unnamed.

And so I had a few of the students in a sort of private meeting where I just, because I like to know what young people are really thinking away from the grownups. And so we started talking and then I said, you know, Are any of you, like, uncomfortable to say what you really think? Everyone was like, no. And then one person goes, yeah, but sometimes.

And so I had a few of the students in a sort of private meeting where I just, because I like to know what young people are really thinking away from the grownups. And so we started talking and then I said, you know, Are any of you, like, uncomfortable to say what you really think? Everyone was like, no. And then one person goes, yeah, but sometimes.

And suddenly all of them were like, yeah, sometimes. And even that struck me because I remember thinking we've gone from that kind of almost forced conformity to suddenly thinking, okay, maybe I can actually say what I'm really thinking. Right. Right. And there was something about it that just made me sad because I thought they were graduating.

And suddenly all of them were like, yeah, sometimes. And even that struck me because I remember thinking we've gone from that kind of almost forced conformity to suddenly thinking, okay, maybe I can actually say what I'm really thinking. Right. Right. And there was something about it that just made me sad because I thought they were graduating.