Konstantin Kisin
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I don't know, 100,000 pairs of different shoes that you could buy. Same with t-shirts. So everything that we now consume, we have a level of choice that's completely unprecedented, which gives us an illusion of really high levels of control over everything. It's not just that we've really kind of got on top of infant mortality and all of these other things. Not only that, you can design your baby.
You can have your baby exactly the way you want or you will be able to very soon. So in many ways, we are masters of our environment. So why can't we deal with this or with this or with that? And look, it's a noble and worthy thought. It just can't be taken to extremes when the reality is telling you this isn't working.
You can have your baby exactly the way you want or you will be able to very soon. So in many ways, we are masters of our environment. So why can't we deal with this or with this or with that? And look, it's a noble and worthy thought. It just can't be taken to extremes when the reality is telling you this isn't working.
You can have your baby exactly the way you want or you will be able to very soon. So in many ways, we are masters of our environment. So why can't we deal with this or with this or with that? And look, it's a noble and worthy thought. It just can't be taken to extremes when the reality is telling you this isn't working.
And also, I think part of the other reason is, as I say, I think social media, I don't know if we've talked about this before. I think we haven't. Social media fundamentally changed the way politics is conducted in a profound way that I don't think anyone's aware of, especially if they're on the younger side of things.
And also, I think part of the other reason is, as I say, I think social media, I don't know if we've talked about this before. I think we haven't. Social media fundamentally changed the way politics is conducted in a profound way that I don't think anyone's aware of, especially if they're on the younger side of things.
And also, I think part of the other reason is, as I say, I think social media, I don't know if we've talked about this before. I think we haven't. Social media fundamentally changed the way politics is conducted in a profound way that I don't think anyone's aware of, especially if they're on the younger side of things.
I remember a few months ago, maybe a year ago, I was bored in the evening sitting around and I was on YouTube and this debate popped up between two people most of your audience have never heard of. William Hague, who was the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK at the time, or the deputy leader perhaps, and John Prescott, who was the deputy leader of the Labour Party at the time.
I remember a few months ago, maybe a year ago, I was bored in the evening sitting around and I was on YouTube and this debate popped up between two people most of your audience have never heard of. William Hague, who was the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK at the time, or the deputy leader perhaps, and John Prescott, who was the deputy leader of the Labour Party at the time.
I remember a few months ago, maybe a year ago, I was bored in the evening sitting around and I was on YouTube and this debate popped up between two people most of your audience have never heard of. William Hague, who was the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK at the time, or the deputy leader perhaps, and John Prescott, who was the deputy leader of the Labour Party at the time.
And John Prescott was this blue collar working class guy, couldn't put a proper sentence together to save his life and whatever. And William Hague, who actually is also working class, but he went to like a, I think he went to a grammar school. So he had this very posh, well-spoken accent. And it was the ultimate clash. But what happened was because There was no social media.
And John Prescott was this blue collar working class guy, couldn't put a proper sentence together to save his life and whatever. And William Hague, who actually is also working class, but he went to like a, I think he went to a grammar school. So he had this very posh, well-spoken accent. And it was the ultimate clash. But what happened was because There was no social media.
And John Prescott was this blue collar working class guy, couldn't put a proper sentence together to save his life and whatever. And William Hague, who actually is also working class, but he went to like a, I think he went to a grammar school. So he had this very posh, well-spoken accent. And it was the ultimate clash. But what happened was because There was no social media.
They were not pandering to that. They were not trying to pander to their audience. Yeah. They were in the room together. And the way that that whole like standoff, that debate was conducted is William Hague would make fun of John Prescott for not being able to talk basically. Yeah. The late John Prescott, I should say.
They were not pandering to that. They were not trying to pander to their audience. Yeah. They were in the room together. And the way that that whole like standoff, that debate was conducted is William Hague would make fun of John Prescott for not being able to talk basically. Yeah. The late John Prescott, I should say.
They were not pandering to that. They were not trying to pander to their audience. Yeah. They were in the room together. And the way that that whole like standoff, that debate was conducted is William Hague would make fun of John Prescott for not being able to talk basically. Yeah. The late John Prescott, I should say.
But John Prescott, to his great credit, he didn't feel like, oh, I'm going to get offended here and then I can get 10,000 retweets and talk about working class people and the snobbery. He was like, well, on this side of the house, we may get the words wrong, but we get the judgment right.
But John Prescott, to his great credit, he didn't feel like, oh, I'm going to get offended here and then I can get 10,000 retweets and talk about working class people and the snobbery. He was like, well, on this side of the house, we may get the words wrong, but we get the judgment right.
But John Prescott, to his great credit, he didn't feel like, oh, I'm going to get offended here and then I can get 10,000 retweets and talk about working class people and the snobbery. He was like, well, on this side of the house, we may get the words wrong, but we get the judgment right.
In other words, it was a fight conducted on a kind of gentlemanly understanding that there are certain things that we don't do. Like a boxing match, you don't punch the other guy in the balls. And politics to a larger extent until first the 24-hour news cycle and then the social media environment changed. It was really conducted in a somewhat different way.