Sarah Longwell
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That works with some voters there. Yeah, that he is doing this because he really cares about America. And maybe I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know all the rich people and I don't know. But I just I suspect that people get very rich like that because they like to continue to get very rich. I don't know about how much of it is like a deep corruption versus.
That works with some voters there. Yeah, that he is doing this because he really cares about America. And maybe I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know all the rich people and I don't know. But I just I suspect that people get very rich like that because they like to continue to get very rich. I don't know about how much of it is like a deep corruption versus.
elon thinking having like a master of the universe feeling right like yeah give me all this and i'm gonna do what i want with it and like the ego on these people yes uh that to me could be enough explanation itself but i i do knowing not a ton about ai just just enough to be dangerous it struck me as an interesting idea that the government was the last sort of
elon thinking having like a master of the universe feeling right like yeah give me all this and i'm gonna do what i want with it and like the ego on these people yes uh that to me could be enough explanation itself but i i do knowing not a ton about ai just just enough to be dangerous it struck me as an interesting idea that the government was the last sort of
big pot of information that one could get access to for the language learning models.
big pot of information that one could get access to for the language learning models.
I think so too. And look, I don't know what he's doing, but that's also, what's so weird is that all the people who love Elon are like big transparency advocates. Elon himself will tell you he's a big transparency advocate. None of this is transparent. And I do think that that is something that people should be like, what is happening? You don't even have to say what you think it is.
I think so too. And look, I don't know what he's doing, but that's also, what's so weird is that all the people who love Elon are like big transparency advocates. Elon himself will tell you he's a big transparency advocate. None of this is transparent. And I do think that that is something that people should be like, what is happening? You don't even have to say what you think it is.
Just put them on defense and say, I demand you tell us what you're doing with Americans' information.
Just put them on defense and say, I demand you tell us what you're doing with Americans' information.
Yeah, I mean, I guess I don't necessarily I obviously have more activist things that I do. That is how I think about, like, how do you fight back? Exactly. I think for the bulwark, it's more about. I think that Trump is such a liar that what he creates is this distortion field that for a big group of Americans suddenly causes them to be like, I'm trying to figure out what the truth is.
Yeah, I mean, I guess I don't necessarily I obviously have more activist things that I do. That is how I think about, like, how do you fight back? Exactly. I think for the bulwark, it's more about. I think that Trump is such a liar that what he creates is this distortion field that for a big group of Americans suddenly causes them to be like, I'm trying to figure out what the truth is.
Who can I trust? What is going on? And I want to be a place where people feel like I trust these people because we've earned it not by being right all the time, actually, but by having really honest discussions between us where we admit my favorite thing about like JBL and I do the secret pod and we call it the secret pod in part because we give ourselves permission to be wrong on it.
Who can I trust? What is going on? And I want to be a place where people feel like I trust these people because we've earned it not by being right all the time, actually, but by having really honest discussions between us where we admit my favorite thing about like JBL and I do the secret pod and we call it the secret pod in part because we give ourselves permission to be wrong on it.
a lot, but we tell everybody, I don't know that this is my opinion. Like I am trying to figure out what my opinion is and we work through a lot of it together. And so I think for us, we want to put more nutritious information to the world. We wanna have a community. I think we do wanna model though, and maybe this is more intentional than anything else,
a lot, but we tell everybody, I don't know that this is my opinion. Like I am trying to figure out what my opinion is and we work through a lot of it together. And so I think for us, we want to put more nutritious information to the world. We wanna have a community. I think we do wanna model though, and maybe this is more intentional than anything else,
There's a tremendous amount of fear right now. Like we are watching so many media companies be unwilling to say the true thing or kind of mind their P's and Q's or worry about their parent companies and the deals that they have to do. And I think we just try to want to maintain and hold our space as we will continue to tell the truth. And like, we don't, we don't care.
There's a tremendous amount of fear right now. Like we are watching so many media companies be unwilling to say the true thing or kind of mind their P's and Q's or worry about their parent companies and the deals that they have to do. And I think we just try to want to maintain and hold our space as we will continue to tell the truth. And like, we don't, we don't care.
We don't have, Disney's not our parent company. Though if you want to buy us, go ahead. But no, no, no, just kidding. Just kidding.
We don't have, Disney's not our parent company. Though if you want to buy us, go ahead. But no, no, no, just kidding. Just kidding.