Robert Wright's Nonzero (private feed for eveningglass@gmail.com)
Society & Culture:Philosophy
Parrot Room: Parrot Pressured by Sinister Forces
Mickey achieves his highest score in years—unfortunately it’s on a blood pressure test. Bob chooses Mickey over Raphael Warnock—big mistake. Are politicians more impressive when talking to donors? What does Peter Thiel think anyway?—Part II. Is Thiel more enigmatic than Musk? Some people (Mickey) are still hoping that Musk buys Twitter. Mickey proposes a Twitter pre-buttal, but unfortunately he is not a comedy professional. Breaking news: Items seized from Mar-a-Lago revealed—Parroters unimpressed. What Mickey learned from being rear ended. Having to buy a car turns Mickey into paranoid anti-corporate left winger. Bob blown away by standard new-car gizmos. Rare mid-show commenter break. Ghislaine Maxwell, sitting duck. Bob and Mickey seeing sinister forces everywhere. Mickey asks: Is the problem tectonic forces or anti-popular elites? Bob solves Mickey’s problem. Al Gore is looking kinda good now, isn’t he? Bob relives his iconic Al Gore moment. Will Biden defy the Drucker cycle. Mickey’s Meacham guilt. Eminent historians visit Biden—be very afraid. Who should talk to Biden about Ukraine? Is the US basically telling Ukraine what to target? Mickey turns wimpy on Jonah Goldberg. Mickey’s idea of a good obituary: Sid Vicious had the right idea. Two points about the IRS. Amazon, Roomba, and existential risk. If unborn generations matter, why are you just standing there? Is Mickey for meritocracy or against it? The looming peril of TikTok. The most important putt in the history of the world. Parrot attempts to get out of his comfort zone, unfortunately succeeds.
This dialogue is (in part, at least) a continuation of a publicly available dialogue taped earlier in the day.
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