Ed Zitron

It's this move towards complete optimization of every aspect of human life, make it as smooth as possible, that completely ignores what it means to be human.

It's this move towards complete optimization of every aspect of human life, make it as smooth as possible, that completely ignores what it means to be human.

It's this move towards complete optimization of every aspect of human life, make it as smooth as possible, that completely ignores what it means to be human.

Like, do they need chat GPT for this? I saw this other company that was like, it was designed to help you get over the loss of your pet. Where you could pump tons of photos of your pet into this AI machine. into this AI generator, and it will generate new images. And this is proven to help you move on from loss, which is literally a Nathan Fielder joke from like seven years ago.

Like, do they need chat GPT for this? I saw this other company that was like, it was designed to help you get over the loss of your pet. Where you could pump tons of photos of your pet into this AI machine. into this AI generator, and it will generate new images. And this is proven to help you move on from loss, which is literally a Nathan Fielder joke from like seven years ago.

Like, do they need chat GPT for this? I saw this other company that was like, it was designed to help you get over the loss of your pet. Where you could pump tons of photos of your pet into this AI machine. into this AI generator, and it will generate new images. And this is proven to help you move on from loss, which is literally a Nathan Fielder joke from like seven years ago.

It's seven years ago. And like, no, you should talk with your friends about that. That's why you are a human. That's how you can move on from loss. You have to make new connections. Poorly AI generated images of your cat aren't going to help you move on. Like why? Why?

It's seven years ago. And like, no, you should talk with your friends about that. That's why you are a human. That's how you can move on from loss. You have to make new connections. Poorly AI generated images of your cat aren't going to help you move on. Like why? Why?

It's seven years ago. And like, no, you should talk with your friends about that. That's why you are a human. That's how you can move on from loss. You have to make new connections. Poorly AI generated images of your cat aren't going to help you move on. Like why? Why?

Replacing friendship is the thing that I see a lot of the tech world wanting to do. Maybe because they don't really understand real human relationships that aren't innately transactional. I'm not sure. But that is a huge trend that I've seen multiple people mention. All right. Zai?

Replacing friendship is the thing that I see a lot of the tech world wanting to do. Maybe because they don't really understand real human relationships that aren't innately transactional. I'm not sure. But that is a huge trend that I've seen multiple people mention. All right. Zai?

Replacing friendship is the thing that I see a lot of the tech world wanting to do. Maybe because they don't really understand real human relationships that aren't innately transactional. I'm not sure. But that is a huge trend that I've seen multiple people mention. All right. Zai?

33%. Exactly.

33%. Exactly.

33%. Exactly.

And we discuss that way more in depth on Better Offline.

And we discuss that way more in depth on Better Offline.

And we discuss that way more in depth on Better Offline.

Clapping his hands, eating his 400 pills a day. Drinking his son's blood.

Clapping his hands, eating his 400 pills a day. Drinking his son's blood.