Gary Shteyngart

They're not real.

They're not real.

And again, people will say, well, Gary, you know, or these, the Horowitz's, these industrialists will say, but Gary, you're living in the past, you know, society moves on.

And in fact, if you think social media did anything to destroy the sense of people hanging out in your, in your bar, talking to each other, rubbing elbows, hitting on each other.

If you wait till AI enters the chats and then you won't even need friends.

You'll just have six or seven AIs hanging out with you, possibly helping you as you

You know, pleasure yourself so you don't even have to, hey, save time.

You know, just you can get it all without even leaving the comfort of your own bed.

The concept of bedriding, etc.

So I think they would say we're only getting started here.

Now, this creates interesting challenges on a political level because.

Ah, nobody's having children in the development.

I don't even know what you call it anymore.

The opposite of the global south, the global north.

Nobody's having children.

The wealthier world.

The wealthier world.

You know, East Asia wonderfully leads the pack.

I go to South Korea a lot because my wife's Korean American.

Nobody's having kids there.