Pete

To me, it's not just how they know us. We all have different levels. There's what we want and what we want to want.

To me, it's not just how they know us. We all have different levels. There's what we want and what we want to want.

But also because, like, both of those things are true. Like, both of those are us, right? The me that clicks on the stupid bullshit because it's funny is the same me as the one who, if you just sat me down and said, okay, if I want to allocate, like, what topics are covered in the hour I'm going to spend online today, would, like, try to, like, choose the more high-minded stuff, right?

But also because, like, both of those things are true. Like, both of those are us, right? The me that clicks on the stupid bullshit because it's funny is the same me as the one who, if you just sat me down and said, okay, if I want to allocate, like, what topics are covered in the hour I'm going to spend online today, would, like, try to, like, choose the more high-minded stuff, right?

But also because, like, both of those things are true. Like, both of those are us, right? The me that clicks on the stupid bullshit because it's funny is the same me as the one who, if you just sat me down and said, okay, if I want to allocate, like, what topics are covered in the hour I'm going to spend online today, would, like, try to, like, choose the more high-minded stuff, right?

They're both us. They're both real.

They're both us. They're both real.

They're both us. They're both real.

But the algorithm is empowering the lizard brain over the actual, like, the citizen brain. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

But the algorithm is empowering the lizard brain over the actual, like, the citizen brain. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

But the algorithm is empowering the lizard brain over the actual, like, the citizen brain. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Even though if it makes you better off in the same way that like reading a good book might actually at the end of the time you read it, like make you better, like make you feel better.

Even though if it makes you better off in the same way that like reading a good book might actually at the end of the time you read it, like make you better, like make you feel better.

Even though if it makes you better off in the same way that like reading a good book might actually at the end of the time you read it, like make you better, like make you feel better.

I'm begging these people do this. Yeah, I think that's a mistake. Yeah. But yeah, I think. Look, to be fair, you know, if you're in politics, you know that anything you do, you can get shredded for. even not something you do, but something that somebody sitting next to you does and you don't make the appropriate face or scold them for it. Right.

I'm begging these people do this. Yeah, I think that's a mistake. Yeah. But yeah, I think. Look, to be fair, you know, if you're in politics, you know that anything you do, you can get shredded for. even not something you do, but something that somebody sitting next to you does and you don't make the appropriate face or scold them for it. Right.

I'm begging these people do this. Yeah, I think that's a mistake. Yeah. But yeah, I think. Look, to be fair, you know, if you're in politics, you know that anything you do, you can get shredded for. even not something you do, but something that somebody sitting next to you does and you don't make the appropriate face or scold them for it. Right.

Like, and there's, there's even a, like a contagion of cancel culture where like, if you're around somebody who does something right. And I want to parse like some of that's maybe legitimate and some of it is, is problematic. Right. But all of that's there. And people who are running for office want to win. Obviously they want to keep their jobs. And, um, to me, um,

Like, and there's, there's even a, like a contagion of cancel culture where like, if you're around somebody who does something right. And I want to parse like some of that's maybe legitimate and some of it is, is problematic. Right. But all of that's there. And people who are running for office want to win. Obviously they want to keep their jobs. And, um, to me, um,

Like, and there's, there's even a, like a contagion of cancel culture where like, if you're around somebody who does something right. And I want to parse like some of that's maybe legitimate and some of it is, is problematic. Right. But all of that's there. And people who are running for office want to win. Obviously they want to keep their jobs. And, um, to me, um,