Episode 2748 CWSA 02/12/25
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What is the highlight of human civilization?
It's a little chilly today, so I got my comfort blanket on. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the highlight of human civilization. It's called Coffee with Scott Adams, and I'm pretty sure you've never had a better time. But if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny, shiny human brains, all you need for that is a cup or mug or a glass, a tank or chalice, a stein, a canteen, jug or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee.
What is the significance of the simultaneous sip?
Join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine at the end of the day, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip, and you're lucky enough to have it now. Go. So good. You know, I've been meaning to mention this. I keep forgetting. Mike Johnson... has the best command voice you're ever going to hear. And what you should listen to is not just that he's got a nice sounding voice, but that when he's talking with any authority, he always goes down on the end of the sentence. Because if you go up at the end of your sentence, if you go up at the end of your sentence, you sound like a valley girl, but also you sound like you're not so sure. We should start a war. and put all of our money into it.
That just sounds like you have no confidence. But Mike Johnson, when he talks, he's got the voice thing down. He always ends lower than he starts. We're going to settle the budget. We're going to get it done by Tuesday. We're going to make sure that the country is free. That is really, really good persuasion. Just ending lower. That's all you have to do. Well, egg prices are up 15% and inflation hit 3% this month. That's probably what's bugging the stock market. You know, I never thought that eggs would be like a luxury good, but I was in the grocery store the other day and I saw I was going to get some eggs. There was so much activity in the egg section. People were talking and it looked like there was going to be a fight.
There were plenty of eggs, but it looked like there was a whole thing happening. And I just looked at it and said, nope, I'm not going to be in the middle of whatever that is because it looks like the eggs are going to start flying. So I didn't get any eggs. But I'm going to save up some money and maybe get some eggs sometime. Okay. Well, as you know, prisoner Mark Fogel was released from Russia, thanks to the good work of the Trump administration and their emissaries. Now, the big question is, why was that so easy? What did Trump offer in return? Now, I don't know the answer to the question, and I don't know if he offered anything in return. But let me tell you what I think happened. So this is Pure speculation.
The only thing I'm using as my, let's say, reasoning is that the best persuader would do it this way. So if you assume that Trump is really good at the negotiating thing, this is how he should have done it. And he should do the same thing with the Hamas hostages. And it goes like this. Hostages are not a negotiating point. Hostages are not a negotiating point. You return them or nothing good will ever happen to you again. It's the opening ticket to have a conversation. It's not part of the negotiation. It's how you get a ticket to the negotiation. You never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever negotiate for a hostage. Now, we always do it, right? We're always trading this for that. And if you have a straight-up trade, well, some negotiation might make sense.
But if a country is just holding somebody and they're just doing it to be dicks to get a little leverage on you, that's when you tell them you have no idea what's going to come down on you if you don't release them. This is first priority, top priority. You do not hold an American, period. If you hold an American, every weight that we can put at you is going to come for that one person, just for the one person. Now, that's the only way to approach this. But there's also a nice way to say it. So here's what I imagine Trump did. Hey, Putin. Now, this could be through intermediaries, not necessarily a direct conversation. But hey, Putin. I've been saying some good things about you.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the highlight of human civilization?
0:02–0:35
2
What is the significance of the simultaneous sip?
0:35–6:39
3
What happened with prisoner Mark Fogel's release?
6:39
4
How does Mike Johnson's communication style affect persuasion?
5:01–5:46
5
What are the implications of the rising egg prices?
5:46–17:40
6
What mental health trends are emerging among Democrats?
17:40–38:57
7
What budget cuts are being discussed related to USAID and Doge?
38:57–50:57
8
How is Elon Musk redefining government efficiency?
50:57–1:06:11
Speakers
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