Khaya Dlanga

So this is not just about America. I think it's about the whole world, really. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content and in the enormously influential media. The 30 second soundbite. Thank goodness your podcast is way longer than that.

So this is not just about America. I think it's about the whole world, really. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content and in the enormously influential media. The 30 second soundbite. Thank goodness your podcast is way longer than that.

now down to 10 seconds or less lowest common denominator programming credulous representations presentations or pseudoscience and superstitions but especially of a kind of celebration of ignorance so and he wrote this in 1995 so before we talk about the quote can I just say normally when people say there's a quote I love what they mean is like to be or not to be yeah it's normally like every dog has his day ha ha ha

now down to 10 seconds or less lowest common denominator programming credulous representations presentations or pseudoscience and superstitions but especially of a kind of celebration of ignorance so and he wrote this in 1995 so before we talk about the quote can I just say normally when people say there's a quote I love what they mean is like to be or not to be yeah it's normally like every dog has his day ha ha ha

And that's terrible because I don't spend as much time reading as I used to. Oh, so it's affected you as well. Exactly. Because I don't read as much as I used to. And I don't think that like reading like Little Slippers is not, I don't, because it doesn't delve into the subject matter. And it's like, it's the same thing as watching something on TikTok where you get like, you know.

And that's terrible because I don't spend as much time reading as I used to. Oh, so it's affected you as well. Exactly. Because I don't read as much as I used to. And I don't think that like reading like Little Slippers is not, I don't, because it doesn't delve into the subject matter. And it's like, it's the same thing as watching something on TikTok where you get like, you know.

pseudo knowledge where you kind of suddenly feel like oh I'm well informed because well I found out that for the first time that actually the planets don't revolve in one you know it's an oval but I don't know why that happens but then you know I was worried when they said TikTok was going to be banned but I was happy because I thought you would like live a new life actually this year I am don't even finish that sentence you're going to lie

pseudo knowledge where you kind of suddenly feel like oh I'm well informed because well I found out that for the first time that actually the planets don't revolve in one you know it's an oval but I don't know why that happens but then you know I was worried when they said TikTok was going to be banned but I was happy because I thought you would like live a new life actually this year I am don't even finish that sentence you're going to lie

I am trying to be actively, to try and read more than I did.

I am trying to be actively, to try and read more than I did.

Twitter. Couldn't put your phone down. Actually, what happened as well was that I got asked to start writing columns. In newspapers? Yeah, in newspapers.

Twitter. Couldn't put your phone down. Actually, what happened as well was that I got asked to start writing columns. In newspapers? Yeah, in newspapers.

So literally, that's what happened. And I was like, oh, because I have to have an opinion about something this week. Yeah. You know, and then I was like, I just didn't have the time. You know, maybe YouTube wasn't paying you at the time. Oh, no, they weren't, actually. Oh, yeah, there was no money on YouTube. And it took a long time for them to pay anyone outside of America. Oh, yeah, that's true.

So literally, that's what happened. And I was like, oh, because I have to have an opinion about something this week. Yeah. You know, and then I was like, I just didn't have the time. You know, maybe YouTube wasn't paying you at the time. Oh, no, they weren't, actually. Oh, yeah, there was no money on YouTube. And it took a long time for them to pay anyone outside of America. Oh, yeah, that's true.

And then Africa came very... I was like, ah, okay, what's the point? I even got an email from Steve Chan, who was one of the co-founders of YouTube. Crazy. So, because there was this... Because YouTube used to do this thing where if... they thought a video was like incredible.

And then Africa came very... I was like, ah, okay, what's the point? I even got an email from Steve Chan, who was one of the co-founders of YouTube. Crazy. So, because there was this... Because YouTube used to do this thing where if... they thought a video was like incredible.

They would put it like on the front page. Oh yeah.

They would put it like on the front page. Oh yeah.

When you were on the front page of YouTube, it was like a thing. You were, you'd made it. And I was on the front page and I was like, wow, I wake up, I'm getting all the subscribe, boom, boom, boom subscribers. I was like, what's going on? What's going on? And I happened to be, and well, the first African, you know, to be featured.

When you were on the front page of YouTube, it was like a thing. You were, you'd made it. And I was on the front page and I was like, wow, I wake up, I'm getting all the subscribe, boom, boom, boom subscribers. I was like, what's going on? What's going on? And I happened to be, and well, the first African, you know, to be featured.