Ellie Reeve
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Podcast Appearances
He eventually realized he'd created a monster and set about trying to destroy it. And what he says is we need to stop separating the online and the real world. Like everything that is happening online is real and it is happening in the real world. Like sometimes there's different laws of physics that apply. But this stuff is real. So for QAnon, for example, it was like a curiosity. It was bizarre.
He eventually realized he'd created a monster and set about trying to destroy it. And what he says is we need to stop separating the online and the real world. Like everything that is happening online is real and it is happening in the real world. Like sometimes there's different laws of physics that apply. But this stuff is real. So for QAnon, for example, it was like a curiosity. It was bizarre.
He eventually realized he'd created a monster and set about trying to destroy it. And what he says is we need to stop separating the online and the real world. Like everything that is happening online is real and it is happening in the real world. Like sometimes there's different laws of physics that apply. But this stuff is real. So for QAnon, for example, it was like a curiosity. It was bizarre.
It was outrageous. I was once on a beach and saw these people nude, sunbathing, painting a big letter Q on a boulder. I was like, oh, that's so ridiculous. But only a few years later... Like, I'm at January 6th while they're storming the Capitol, right? So it's very easy online to misrepresent your numbers, to misrepresent who you are, to seem much bigger than you actually are.
It was outrageous. I was once on a beach and saw these people nude, sunbathing, painting a big letter Q on a boulder. I was like, oh, that's so ridiculous. But only a few years later... Like, I'm at January 6th while they're storming the Capitol, right? So it's very easy online to misrepresent your numbers, to misrepresent who you are, to seem much bigger than you actually are.
It was outrageous. I was once on a beach and saw these people nude, sunbathing, painting a big letter Q on a boulder. I was like, oh, that's so ridiculous. But only a few years later... Like, I'm at January 6th while they're storming the Capitol, right? So it's very easy online to misrepresent your numbers, to misrepresent who you are, to seem much bigger than you actually are.
But on the other hand, it is this very powerful tool for showing what ideas can become powerful. So the first person I ever heard about Drag Queen Story Hour from was a teenage fascist troll in 2017. Huh. Yeah. And this becomes a huge issue starting in 2022 in the mainstream. Same thing with critical race theory, right?
But on the other hand, it is this very powerful tool for showing what ideas can become powerful. So the first person I ever heard about Drag Queen Story Hour from was a teenage fascist troll in 2017. Huh. Yeah. And this becomes a huge issue starting in 2022 in the mainstream. Same thing with critical race theory, right?
But on the other hand, it is this very powerful tool for showing what ideas can become powerful. So the first person I ever heard about Drag Queen Story Hour from was a teenage fascist troll in 2017. Huh. Yeah. And this becomes a huge issue starting in 2022 in the mainstream. Same thing with critical race theory, right?
Again, I didn't hear anyone talking about critical race theory except for this person on 4chan until... That one was a lot quicker. That was like six months. Suddenly it was everywhere. It's like, you know on a website you do A-B testing of a headline to see what sticks? Like, 4chan is that, but this is a much more powerful level.
Again, I didn't hear anyone talking about critical race theory except for this person on 4chan until... That one was a lot quicker. That was like six months. Suddenly it was everywhere. It's like, you know on a website you do A-B testing of a headline to see what sticks? Like, 4chan is that, but this is a much more powerful level.
Again, I didn't hear anyone talking about critical race theory except for this person on 4chan until... That one was a lot quicker. That was like six months. Suddenly it was everywhere. It's like, you know on a website you do A-B testing of a headline to see what sticks? Like, 4chan is that, but this is a much more powerful level.
Now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, there's not a sense that you have to be anonymous to promote these ideas. So a lot of these people are saying it... with their real name on Twitter. These kinds of ideas are able to get mainstream adoption more quickly now because there's less shame attached to it.
Now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, there's not a sense that you have to be anonymous to promote these ideas. So a lot of these people are saying it... with their real name on Twitter. These kinds of ideas are able to get mainstream adoption more quickly now because there's less shame attached to it.
Now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, there's not a sense that you have to be anonymous to promote these ideas. So a lot of these people are saying it... with their real name on Twitter. These kinds of ideas are able to get mainstream adoption more quickly now because there's less shame attached to it.