Tom Nichols

you know aware of able to encounter and so that one thing that we know from research about extremist groups is that they are reaching out across boundaries to feel like they're bigger than they are to say i mean the way i always put it is every town has one guy who thinks that aliens are stealing our water right problem is if you have a thousand towns and the one guy in each town reaches others well there's a thousand of us now we're we're a union we're a movement

you know aware of able to encounter and so that one thing that we know from research about extremist groups is that they are reaching out across boundaries to feel like they're bigger than they are to say i mean the way i always put it is every town has one guy who thinks that aliens are stealing our water right problem is if you have a thousand towns and the one guy in each town reaches others well there's a thousand of us now we're we're a union we're a movement

No, you're just the one guy in every town who is, you know, committed to these kind of bonkers ideas. And the Internet has really I was such an Internet optimist. I mean, I was the guy when I was in my late 20s, I was a young professor at Dartmouth. I was the guy that showed other people how to use like Netscape.

No, you're just the one guy in every town who is, you know, committed to these kind of bonkers ideas. And the Internet has really I was such an Internet optimist. I mean, I was the guy when I was in my late 20s, I was a young professor at Dartmouth. I was the guy that showed other people how to use like Netscape.

No, you're just the one guy in every town who is, you know, committed to these kind of bonkers ideas. And the Internet has really I was such an Internet optimist. I mean, I was the guy when I was in my late 20s, I was a young professor at Dartmouth. I was the guy that showed other people how to use like Netscape.

Showing these 50, 60 year old professors that were my senior colleagues saying, hey, you know, there's this thing and it's called a browser and it's cool. But I've come to realize that it's, you know, it's basically the Internet is a giant bad neighborhood that you can wander around in if you don't if you just have too much time on your hands and it'll just lead you into trouble.

Showing these 50, 60 year old professors that were my senior colleagues saying, hey, you know, there's this thing and it's called a browser and it's cool. But I've come to realize that it's, you know, it's basically the Internet is a giant bad neighborhood that you can wander around in if you don't if you just have too much time on your hands and it'll just lead you into trouble.

Showing these 50, 60 year old professors that were my senior colleagues saying, hey, you know, there's this thing and it's called a browser and it's cool. But I've come to realize that it's, you know, it's basically the Internet is a giant bad neighborhood that you can wander around in if you don't if you just have too much time on your hands and it'll just lead you into trouble.

Well, love your kids. What's the answer to anybody listening? It's going to be counterintuitive to say, stop listening to podcasts and go outside and go to a movie with a friend.

Well, love your kids. What's the answer to anybody listening? It's going to be counterintuitive to say, stop listening to podcasts and go outside and go to a movie with a friend.

Well, love your kids. What's the answer to anybody listening? It's going to be counterintuitive to say, stop listening to podcasts and go outside and go to a movie with a friend.

My Christmas Spotify list. OK, first of all, I'm going to apologize for wonderful Christmas time. Somebody asked me why it's in there. I said, I don't know. I had fond memories of my freshman year in college when it came out. And so I put it there because even though I put it in my list, I turn it off when it's on the radio because I can't help it.

My Christmas Spotify list. OK, first of all, I'm going to apologize for wonderful Christmas time. Somebody asked me why it's in there. I said, I don't know. I had fond memories of my freshman year in college when it came out. And so I put it there because even though I put it in my list, I turn it off when it's on the radio because I can't help it.

My Christmas Spotify list. OK, first of all, I'm going to apologize for wonderful Christmas time. Somebody asked me why it's in there. I said, I don't know. I had fond memories of my freshman year in college when it came out. And so I put it there because even though I put it in my list, I turn it off when it's on the radio because I can't help it.

I think somebody had a great line about that, which was Paul set out to write a Christmas song, and instead he decided to experiment with every sound a synthesizer could make, which I think is true. On the other hand, I tried specifically to make it a combination of kind of 70s and 80s pop linked to schlock. So, of course, Andy Williams is in there. Of course he is.

I think somebody had a great line about that, which was Paul set out to write a Christmas song, and instead he decided to experiment with every sound a synthesizer could make, which I think is true. On the other hand, I tried specifically to make it a combination of kind of 70s and 80s pop linked to schlock. So, of course, Andy Williams is in there. Of course he is.

I think somebody had a great line about that, which was Paul set out to write a Christmas song, and instead he decided to experiment with every sound a synthesizer could make, which I think is true. On the other hand, I tried specifically to make it a combination of kind of 70s and 80s pop linked to schlock. So, of course, Andy Williams is in there. Of course he is.

You don't have a Christmas list without Andy Williams. And if you and I are going to disagree about this, I'm not sure we can be friends. Okay.

You don't have a Christmas list without Andy Williams. And if you and I are going to disagree about this, I'm not sure we can be friends. Okay.

You don't have a Christmas list without Andy Williams. And if you and I are going to disagree about this, I'm not sure we can be friends. Okay.