Ezra Levant
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And they're tracking, too, because today's 15-year-old in five years will be 20, and maybe he'll be a soldier then. And maybe at 25, maybe he'll be—think of, if you're tracking someone and all their conversations and all their networks and all their friends, and if everything they say is being recorded from their gestures to—and if it's all being backed up in big data in Beijing—
And they're tracking, too, because today's 15-year-old in five years will be 20, and maybe he'll be a soldier then. And maybe at 25, maybe he'll be—think of, if you're tracking someone and all their conversations and all their networks and all their friends, and if everything they say is being recorded from their gestures to—and if it's all being backed up in big data in Beijing—
And they're tracking, too, because today's 15-year-old in five years will be 20, and maybe he'll be a soldier then. And maybe at 25, maybe he'll be—think of, if you're tracking someone and all their conversations and all their networks and all their friends, and if everything they say is being recorded from their gestures to—and if it's all being backed up in big data in Beijing—
You're talking to a kid today, but in 20 years from now, you've got some dirt on someone. And I mean, TikTok is so addictive. Elon Musk said the algorithm, he felt it pulling on his mind. He had to shut it down. It's an amazing algorithm. It knows what you like almost more than you do.
You're talking to a kid today, but in 20 years from now, you've got some dirt on someone. And I mean, TikTok is so addictive. Elon Musk said the algorithm, he felt it pulling on his mind. He had to shut it down. It's an amazing algorithm. It knows what you like almost more than you do.
You're talking to a kid today, but in 20 years from now, you've got some dirt on someone. And I mean, TikTok is so addictive. Elon Musk said the algorithm, he felt it pulling on his mind. He had to shut it down. It's an amazing algorithm. It knows what you like almost more than you do.
And not just that- Maybe you forgot what you said in that phone call five years ago. How can it forget? It never forgets anything in some ways. And there is some reason to be terrified about it. I think Donald Trump has decided if there's going to be AI, let it be in America rather than in China.
And not just that- Maybe you forgot what you said in that phone call five years ago. How can it forget? It never forgets anything in some ways. And there is some reason to be terrified about it. I think Donald Trump has decided if there's going to be AI, let it be in America rather than in China.
And not just that- Maybe you forgot what you said in that phone call five years ago. How can it forget? It never forgets anything in some ways. And there is some reason to be terrified about it. I think Donald Trump has decided if there's going to be AI, let it be in America rather than in China.
Oh, it was a struggle session. Like a Maoist. Bloody Maoists, yeah. They were trying to put the hat on you and make you confess. Oh, definitely.
Oh, it was a struggle session. Like a Maoist. Bloody Maoists, yeah. They were trying to put the hat on you and make you confess. Oh, definitely.
Oh, it was a struggle session. Like a Maoist. Bloody Maoists, yeah. They were trying to put the hat on you and make you confess. Oh, definitely.
Yeah, that didn't go so well. I mean, if I recall, your grants, you always... Yeah.
Yeah, that didn't go so well. I mean, if I recall, your grants, you always... Yeah.
Yeah, that didn't go so well. I mean, if I recall, your grants, you always... Yeah.
We did, yeah. Yeah. You know what? This is one of those cases where the people were on one side and the institutions were another. That's where crowdfunding works sometimes. Yeah, right. Where it's sort of an 80-20 kind of thing. I mean, transgenderism in sports is another example of that. All the institutions are on one side and the people are on the other. Trump— Like pipelines in Canada.
We did, yeah. Yeah. You know what? This is one of those cases where the people were on one side and the institutions were another. That's where crowdfunding works sometimes. Yeah, right. Where it's sort of an 80-20 kind of thing. I mean, transgenderism in sports is another example of that. All the institutions are on one side and the people are on the other. Trump— Like pipelines in Canada.
We did, yeah. Yeah. You know what? This is one of those cases where the people were on one side and the institutions were another. That's where crowdfunding works sometimes. Yeah, right. Where it's sort of an 80-20 kind of thing. I mean, transgenderism in sports is another example of that. All the institutions are on one side and the people are on the other. Trump— Like pipelines in Canada.
I think so. It's 80-20, by the way. And I think people— I don't think a lot of grassroots people think about government grants for scholarship and academia, but they could see that you were being punished for it in a way that was designed to hurt you. So severely normal people said, well, we're going to – we did crowdfund sort of a replacement for that. Oh, yeah.
I think so. It's 80-20, by the way. And I think people— I don't think a lot of grassroots people think about government grants for scholarship and academia, but they could see that you were being punished for it in a way that was designed to hurt you. So severely normal people said, well, we're going to – we did crowdfund sort of a replacement for that. Oh, yeah.