Breaking Up with Toxic Girlfriend!

Stefan Molyneux

Sunday Morning Live 27 April 2025  In this episode, we discuss a study revealing that only 24.5% of COVID deaths in certain Greek hospitals were directly caused by the virus, raising questions about hospital incentives and the accuracy of health data. We examine the weak correlation between school spending and student outcomes, highlighting implications for educational reform.   We engage with audience perspectives on Generation Z's views on home ownership amid economic instability, and explore the psychological dynamics of modern relationships, focusing on effective communication.   Additionally, we touch on the film industry's shift towards family-friendly content and what it reflects about generational values, concluding with a discussion on personal growth and the need for resilience in planning for an uncertain future.  GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND THE FULL AUDIOBOOK! https://peacefulparenting.com/  Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!  Subscribers get 12 HOURS on the "Truth About the French Revolution," multiple interactive multi-lingual philosophy AIs trained on thousands of hours of my material - as well as AIs for Real-Time Relationships, Bitcoin, Peaceful Parenting, and Call-In Shows!  You also receive private livestreams, HUNDREDS of exclusive premium shows, early release podcasts, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!  See you soon! https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2025

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00:00:00Hey everybody, welcome to a Sunday morning live April 27th. Oh my gosh, we're almost into May.

00:00:10And happy to chat with you guys, freedomain.com slash donate to help out the show. I think,

00:00:16yeah, this is the last show. Oh no, there'll be one on Wednesday. So this is almost the last show

00:00:20before the end of the month. And if you could help out the show, I would really appreciate it.

00:00:26Thank you so much. And let's start off with a wee bit of a banger that came out of Greece. This is

00:00:35from Leading Report. Only 24.5% of COVID deaths in seven hospitals could be directly caused by COVID,

00:00:42according to a new Greek peer-reviewed study. And it's kind of funny that it's a little bit more

00:00:50people on the left. You know, people on the left, they say, ah, well, you see, but capitalists are

00:00:56so corrupt and the ruling classes are so corrupt. So they associate corruption with power and then

00:01:04they miss all of those sort of second order consequences or public choice theory, which is

00:01:09if you say, well, we're going to pay extra to hospitals who have to treat COVID patients,

00:01:19right? We're going to pay extra because it's a pandemic and they need the extra resources and so

00:01:24on. So for every COVID patient who ends up in hospital, we're going to pay extra to the hospital,

00:01:31which of course, you know, I'm sure, I'm sure a fair number of hospitals did this on the up and up,

00:01:39but there is kind of an incentive there for hospitals to declare that patients are sick from COVID or dying

00:01:47from COVID. So now this is, uh, in Athens as well, this is from Mario North.

00:02:01And researchers, a little bit different numbers. I'm not sure if these are different studies or,

00:02:09but, uh, they said 45% of COVID deaths in Athens weren't really from COVID. Researchers checked 530

00:02:15hospital deaths during the Omicron wave and found 45.3% didn't die from COVID at all. Most actually

00:02:21died from cancer, sepsis, strokes, heart failure, or kidney failure, but because they tested positive,

00:02:26they got stamped as COVID deaths anyway. Some didn't even have COVID symptoms, but hey,

00:02:31a positive test was all it took to make the numbers look scarier. Dying with COVID and dying

00:02:36because of COVID are two very different things, but the officials pretended they were the same.

00:02:41Yes.

00:02:49Yes.

00:02:58Now, uh, people say cancer, sepsis, strokes, heart failure, kidney failure. Somebody, if somebody was

00:03:05saying, uh, every one of these conditions is caused by or accelerated by this particular virus,

00:03:09caused by, uh, caused by, I don't know. It's, um, I'm not sure that we're ever going to get to

00:03:19the truth. I am not sure we're ever going to get to the truth. All right.

00:03:30I can get to my comments here. Uh, there from Stat Shepard, also known as Stat under my Sherpa on X.

00:03:56There is almost no correlation between the amount a school district spends per student

00:04:01and test scores. And this is a sort of scatter graph of average spend per student and average

00:04:08test scores by school district. Uh, there's a correlation coefficient of 0.06 between school

00:04:18district spending per student and test scores. Almost no relationship.

00:04:26A World Bank study supports this weak correlation between spending and learning outcomes globally.

00:04:32So, but research by Kiriboh Jackson indicates that spending can matter up to a threshold about

00:04:388k per student annually, suggesting diminishing returns beyond that point.

00:04:42Fair. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.

00:04:57So, um, what are your thoughts on this? What are your thoughts? Let me get to your comments.

00:05:02Good morning from Texas. Good morning to Texas.

00:05:09Um, James says, I'd forgotten about the attribution of COVID. Died with COVID to nearly every death

00:05:16like that one motorcycle has to gotten to a fatal accident. Yeah.

00:05:25If I remember correctly, the COVID test went through so many cycles, the false positive was highly likely.

00:05:29Well, the guy who invented the PCR test, you know, specifically and clearly said that it was not

00:05:35for diagnosis. And of course they did. I mean, I think they did. They spun the cycle so many times that

00:05:42it was pretty easy to get a false, a false positive for sure. For sure.

00:05:50Um,

00:05:51almost every single highest grossing film of 2024 is a kid's movie.

00:05:57Uh, well, I don't know if I would categorize all of these as kids' movies. Inside Out 2

00:06:02was the big one. 1.6 billion.

00:06:05Uh, Deadpool and Wolverine. I think I saw one Deadpool movie.

00:06:08It was really not very kid-friendly, but

00:06:10Deadpool and Wolverine, is that considered a kid's movie?

00:06:14Or maybe if it's marketed to teens.

00:06:16Moana 2, Despicable Me 4,

00:06:18Wicked, Mufasa the Lion King,

00:06:20Dune Part 2. I don't think Dune Part 2 is a kid's movie.

00:06:23No, I don't think that's quite correct.

00:06:27Uh, Godzilla X, Kong, The New Empire, Kung Fu Panda 4,

00:06:30and Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

00:06:32Boy, you know, we are a long way

00:06:34from,

00:06:36we are a long way from Shakespeare, man.

00:06:38Yeah, I don't think, uh, I don't think Dune 2

00:06:52was that.

00:06:54I think a guy at the White House dinner

00:07:10got a, an award for

00:07:12talking about Biden's cognitive decline,

00:07:14which was, you know, pretty sudden

00:07:16and catastrophic.

00:07:17He got an award for that.

00:07:19Uh, but nobody got any negative

00:07:25consequences for

00:07:26failing to report on it

00:07:28for a long time, so.

00:07:33Virginia Gwiffrey,

00:07:35Gwiffrey,

00:07:36died by suicide, apparently.

00:07:38After she was in a

00:07:40somewhat, I mean,

00:07:41described in various ways,

00:07:43a crash with a bus

00:07:45in Australia,

00:07:46pretty remote location.

00:07:47She said it was really bad.

00:07:49She had four days to live.

00:07:51The police said it wasn't that bad.

00:07:52I don't know if,

00:07:53who's gonna know the truth

00:07:55about these things.

00:08:00According to leading report,

00:08:01I think it's true,

00:08:03the U.S. government

00:08:03collected more in taxes

00:08:05in fiscal year 2024

00:08:06than,

00:08:07sorry, than the GDP

00:08:09of every country in the world

00:08:10except the U.S. and China.

00:08:14U.S. government collected

00:08:15more in taxes

00:08:16in fiscal year 2024

00:08:17than the GDP

00:08:17of every country

00:08:19in the world

00:08:19except the U.S. and China.

00:08:21Isn't that wild?

00:08:23And it's never enough.

00:08:26This is one of the things

00:08:27I said about the welfare state

00:08:29many years ago,

00:08:29is that

00:08:30the welfare state

00:08:34hands over

00:08:38far more money

00:08:39to the poor

00:08:39than

00:08:41even

00:08:42existed

00:08:43in

00:08:44the 19th century

00:08:46when the Communist

00:08:47Manifesto

00:08:47was written.

00:08:49I mean,

00:08:49the money that's handed

00:08:50over to the poor

00:08:51is many multiples

00:08:52of the entire world's

00:08:54GDP

00:08:54in the 19th century,

00:08:57like in any particular year.

00:08:59And

00:09:00it still doesn't work.

00:09:02Well,

00:09:02again,

00:09:03that's the sort of

00:09:03secondary effects,

00:09:04right?

00:09:05If you give money

00:09:06to people

00:09:06who are poor,

00:09:07you are paying them

00:09:08to be poor.

00:09:10Well,

00:09:10whatever you subsidize,

00:09:11you get more of,

00:09:12and whatever you tax,

00:09:13you get less off,

00:09:14right?

00:09:14So you get less productivity

00:09:15and more

00:09:16dependence,

00:09:18right?

00:09:25All right.

00:09:38Yesterday,

00:09:40I was surprised

00:09:41at the shop.

00:09:42I brought a few

00:09:43multipacks.

00:09:43The cashier took a calculator

00:09:44to calculate

00:09:45three times twelve

00:09:46equals thirty-six.

00:09:48Yeah.

00:09:50Speaking of movies,

00:09:51are the huge multiplex

00:09:52movie houses

00:09:53with sixteen screens

00:09:54a thing of the past?

00:09:55I think you can find

00:09:56some pretty big

00:09:57movie theaters.

00:09:58I think particularly

00:09:59in the States.

00:10:01Biden was saying

00:10:02stupid stuff

00:10:03when he was running

00:10:03for VP in 2008.

00:10:05Was he ever mentally sharp?

00:10:06Well,

00:10:07I don't know that he was

00:10:07ever mentally sharp,

00:10:08but he did not have

00:10:09that kind of thousand-yard stare

00:10:10cognitive decline stuff

00:10:11that was going on.

00:10:14What are your thoughts

00:10:15on how the housing bubble

00:10:16has affected

00:10:17the attitudes of Gen Z?

00:10:21That's a good question.

00:10:31All right.

00:10:31One to ten.

00:10:33How dark.

00:10:37How dark should we go?

00:10:39You tell me.

00:10:40How dark should we go?

00:10:50You tell me.

00:10:52I mean,

00:10:53it's a Sunday morning.

00:10:54It's a lovely day.

00:10:56Ten.

00:10:58I know better

00:10:59than to ask

00:11:00this group.

00:11:00Sixty-nine.

00:11:06Nice.

00:11:07All right.

00:11:08All right.

00:11:09I bow to the

00:11:10collective wisdom

00:11:12of the audience,

00:11:13as always.

00:11:15So,

00:11:16all right.

00:11:19Well,

00:11:19let me ask you guys this.

00:11:21Let me ask you this.

00:11:22Are you planning

00:11:23for the future

00:11:24or waiting for the end?

00:11:25Are you planning

00:11:31for the future

00:11:32or waiting

00:11:34for the end?

00:11:42P for planning,

00:11:43W for waiting.

00:11:45Are you

00:11:46saving your money?

00:11:48Are you putting aside things?

00:11:49Are you

00:11:49investing in

00:11:51a lifelong career?

00:11:52Are you planning

00:11:53for the future

00:11:54or

00:11:56if you have a sense,

00:11:58which you can certainly

00:11:59make the case,

00:12:00right?

00:12:00If you have a sense

00:12:01that

00:12:02the

00:12:03current system

00:12:05is unsustainable,

00:12:06well,

00:12:06I mean,

00:12:07we know that the current system

00:12:08as it stands,

00:12:09right,

00:12:09the level of spending

00:12:09and debt

00:12:10and unfunded liabilities

00:12:11is unsustainable.

00:12:12If you have that sense

00:12:14that it's unsustainable,

00:12:16are you waiting

00:12:17for

00:12:17the end

00:12:19of

00:12:20like

00:12:21whatever change

00:12:22is coming

00:12:22after

00:12:23an unstable

00:12:24or

00:12:24unsustainable system

00:12:26after that

00:12:27hits

00:12:31its wall?

00:12:33Are you

00:12:34planning

00:12:38for the future

00:12:39or waiting

00:12:40for the end?

00:12:43It's a big question.

00:12:45I think

00:12:46that

00:12:48a lot

00:12:52of

00:12:52Gen,

00:12:55what were we

00:12:56talking about?

00:12:57Gen Z.

00:12:58I think

00:12:59a lot

00:13:00of people

00:13:00in Gen Z

00:13:01are not so much

00:13:03planning for the future

00:13:04as they are

00:13:05waiting

00:13:07for

00:13:07the end.

00:13:08what was it?

00:13:16The Babylon Bee

00:13:17was like,

00:13:18well,

00:13:18you could read

00:13:18the book of Revelations

00:13:19or just open

00:13:20your

00:13:20curtains

00:13:21and

00:13:23watch it,

00:13:26right?

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00:13:48All right.

00:13:49So people are

00:13:50planning,

00:13:51planning,

00:13:52planning.

00:13:53Good.

00:13:53Both

00:13:53off-grid,

00:13:54self-sustainable house

00:13:55with vegetable garden.

00:13:58All preparing,

00:13:59planning,

00:14:01L

00:14:02for learning

00:14:04to enjoy the experience.

00:14:05Yeah,

00:14:05planning,

00:14:05planning for the unforeseen.

00:14:07planning,

00:14:08don't let the doom

00:14:09and gloomers

00:14:10give you an excuse

00:14:11to be irresponsible

00:14:11with money.

00:14:15Scott says,

00:14:16I think the housing bubble

00:14:16has ruined the world

00:14:19and so there is no point

00:14:21saving,

00:14:22working,

00:14:22or having any

00:14:23ambitions

00:14:24because I'll never

00:14:25own a house.

00:14:25I'm waiting for the end.

00:14:27Now,

00:14:28I mean,

00:14:28that's a bit of a false

00:14:29dichotomy that I put forward.

00:14:30Sorry about that.

00:14:31Planning for the future

00:14:32could include planning

00:14:33for whatever change

00:14:35is coming in society.

00:14:36plan for the worst,

00:14:40hope for the best.

00:14:41Yeah.

00:14:43Working to survive

00:14:44and rebel to someone.

00:14:45Someone says,

00:14:45before Bitcoin,

00:14:46I was just waiting.

00:14:47Yeah.

00:14:48Somebody says,

00:14:49F waiting for the end,

00:14:50rage against the dying

00:14:51of the light.

00:14:51so I do think

00:15:01let's get back to

00:15:05I think for Gen Z,

00:15:12the deferral of gratification

00:15:16is based upon

00:15:17the predictability

00:15:19of the future.

00:15:20Right?

00:15:21The deferral of gratification

00:15:22is founded

00:15:22or based upon

00:15:23the predictability

00:15:24of the future.

00:15:29Now,

00:15:30if the predictability

00:15:35of the future

00:15:35is threatened

00:15:39or undermined,

00:15:40and I think we have

00:15:41sort of very deep instincts

00:15:42this way,

00:15:43particularly sort of,

00:15:44I think,

00:15:46cold climate cultures,

00:15:47the people whose ancestors

00:15:48evolved in cold climate cultures,

00:15:50what we do

00:15:51is we have a deep instinct

00:15:53for the unsustainable.

00:15:55Or,

00:15:55of course,

00:15:56to put it in my usual

00:15:57other way,

00:15:58those people

00:15:59who did not have

00:16:00a deep instinct

00:16:01for the unsustainable

00:16:02ended up not surviving

00:16:04winter as a whole

00:16:05or they had a lower chance

00:16:06of surviving winter.

00:16:10Does that make sense?

00:16:11I think it makes sense,

00:16:12right?

00:16:19So,

00:16:19it's sort of,

00:16:21there's,

00:16:21it's worth deferring

00:16:22gratification

00:16:23if

00:16:25the future

00:16:26is predictable.

00:16:27and

00:16:31if

00:16:32you have

00:16:33a sort of

00:16:33deep instinct

00:16:34for the unsustainability

00:16:35of

00:16:36society,

00:16:38then

00:16:39what happens is

00:16:40you no longer

00:16:43really believe

00:16:43in the deferral

00:16:44of gratification.

00:16:48And

00:16:49that

00:16:51manifests,

00:16:51of course,

00:16:52in

00:16:52investing in

00:16:54your own

00:16:54skill set,

00:16:55your own

00:16:56economic value

00:16:58that manifests

00:16:59in learning

00:17:00particular new skills

00:17:01that manifests

00:17:02also in

00:17:02dating.

00:17:04It manifests

00:17:04in

00:17:05going through

00:17:06the difficult

00:17:07rejection-filled

00:17:09experience

00:17:09of asking

00:17:10girls out.

00:17:11I think that's

00:17:12still fairly

00:17:12traditional.

00:17:13Maybe for girls

00:17:13it's asking

00:17:14guys out

00:17:14or trying

00:17:15to be

00:17:15more attractive.

00:17:18I mean,

00:17:18that sort of

00:17:19only fans

00:17:19phenomenon

00:17:20where

00:17:20some estimates

00:17:21are,

00:17:21and it's

00:17:22kind of

00:17:22hard to believe,

00:17:23but

00:17:23poorly things

00:17:24put this out.

00:17:25Some estimates

00:17:26are that

00:17:26in terms

00:17:27of 18

00:17:27to 24

00:17:28year old

00:17:28women,

00:17:29one out

00:17:29of ten

00:17:30is doing

00:17:31only fans.

00:17:32And again,

00:17:32I know that

00:17:32only fans

00:17:33is not

00:17:34entirely

00:17:34based on

00:17:36sexual

00:17:43matters,

00:17:45but

00:17:46mostly,

00:17:47mostly,

00:17:47I think.

00:17:50So

00:17:51only fans

00:17:52is

00:17:52to help

00:17:55with the

00:17:55future,

00:17:55I'm going

00:17:56to get

00:17:56my resources

00:17:56now.

00:17:59And

00:18:00video games

00:18:01are around

00:18:02pleasure in

00:18:04the moment

00:18:05at the

00:18:05expense of

00:18:05the future,

00:18:06same thing

00:18:06with pornography,

00:18:08and so

00:18:08all of that

00:18:09stuff is to

00:18:10do with

00:18:10consumption in

00:18:11the present

00:18:12at the

00:18:13expense

00:18:13of the

00:18:14future.

00:18:17What's the

00:18:18point of

00:18:18saving?

00:18:19If,

00:18:20you know,

00:18:20you've seen

00:18:20these bitter

00:18:21memes,

00:18:21you know,

00:18:21work for

00:18:2240 years,

00:18:23and then

00:18:23the Fed

00:18:24prints a

00:18:24bunch of

00:18:24money and

00:18:25steals 40%

00:18:25of your

00:18:26savings,

00:18:27and there's

00:18:27not much

00:18:28you can do

00:18:28about it.

00:18:28I mean,

00:18:29you can

00:18:29invest,

00:18:29of course,

00:18:30in all of

00:18:30that,

00:18:30but all

00:18:30of that

00:18:31is because

00:18:32the money

00:18:35is going

00:18:35to be

00:18:36taken,

00:18:37right?

00:18:42So if

00:18:42you look

00:18:43at the

00:18:45behavior

00:18:45of young

00:18:46people,

00:18:46if you

00:18:55look at

00:18:55the

00:18:58younger

00:18:58people,

00:19:00I don't

00:19:04think that

00:19:05they are

00:19:06sort of

00:19:08working very

00:19:08hard to

00:19:09invest in

00:19:10their own

00:19:10futures,

00:19:11and this

00:19:11is not

00:19:12any kind

00:19:12of criticism.

00:19:13I can

00:19:13completely

00:19:13understand

00:19:14where people

00:19:16are coming

00:19:16from,

00:19:17and of

00:19:17course,

00:19:18you know,

00:19:18I'm going

00:19:19to be

00:19:1959 in

00:19:20a couple

00:19:21of months,

00:19:22so for

00:19:22me,

00:19:23I grew up

00:19:24in a

00:19:24situation

00:19:25or an

00:19:25environment

00:19:26where

00:19:27you could

00:19:30really plan

00:19:31for the

00:19:31future.

00:19:32Now,

00:19:32as it

00:19:32turns out,

00:19:33the planning

00:19:33for the

00:19:34future stuff

00:19:34became

00:19:34progressively

00:19:35more

00:19:35unpredictable

00:19:36as time

00:19:36went

00:19:36forward,

00:19:37in particular

00:19:38because of

00:19:38things like

00:19:39affirmative

00:19:39action,

00:19:40me being

00:19:40sort of

00:19:40a white

00:19:40male,

00:19:41and so

00:19:41on,

00:19:42it became

00:19:42more

00:19:46difficult

00:19:46to

00:19:48actively

00:19:49plan

00:19:49and

00:19:50progress.

00:19:51I was

00:19:51sort of

00:19:51talking

00:19:51about

00:19:52this

00:19:52in

00:19:52the

00:19:52last

00:19:52show,

00:19:53where

00:19:59I developed

00:19:59all of

00:20:00these

00:20:00really good

00:20:00business

00:20:00skills,

00:20:01and then

00:20:01found it

00:20:02really hard

00:20:02to get

00:20:03good jobs,

00:20:04right?

00:20:12so I

00:20:14don't

00:20:15see a lot,

00:20:16I mean,

00:20:16there are

00:20:16people who

00:20:17are doing

00:20:17it,

00:20:17and I

00:20:17get all

00:20:18of that,

00:20:18and that's

00:20:18all good,

00:20:19but I

00:20:20think for

00:20:20a lot

00:20:21of people,

00:20:22I think

00:20:24for a lot

00:20:27of people,

00:20:28they don't

00:20:29see the

00:20:30point of

00:20:31investing in

00:20:32their future,

00:20:33they just

00:20:33don't.

00:20:34They,

00:20:35they,

00:20:35for what?

00:20:37Like,

00:20:37why would

00:20:38I,

00:20:39you know,

00:20:39the bit at the

00:20:41beginning of

00:20:42your career

00:20:42where you

00:20:44just really

00:20:45have to

00:20:45work hard

00:20:46in order to

00:20:47gain skills,

00:20:48right?

00:20:49So you go

00:20:49through 12

00:20:49years of

00:20:50government

00:20:50miseducation,

00:20:52and then you

00:20:52go through a

00:20:52bunch of,

00:20:53I mean,

00:20:53certainly,

00:20:54it's different

00:20:54to some degree

00:20:55in the

00:20:55sciences,

00:20:56although the

00:20:57sciences are

00:20:57also being

00:20:57completely infected

00:20:58by this

00:20:59hyper-egalitarianism

00:21:00woke virus

00:21:00stuff.

00:21:03So,

00:21:04you go

00:21:06through all

00:21:06of this

00:21:07stuff,

00:21:08all of this

00:21:09propaganda in

00:21:09government schools,

00:21:10you go through

00:21:10all of this

00:21:11propaganda in

00:21:13universities,

00:21:14and then you

00:21:14come out and

00:21:14have to

00:21:15actually provide

00:21:15value.

00:21:17And so one

00:21:17of the reasons

00:21:17why people

00:21:19have to

00:21:19work so

00:21:20hard when

00:21:22they get

00:21:25out into

00:21:25the workforce

00:21:26is all

00:21:27they've been

00:21:28is propagandized.

00:21:30And because

00:21:31all they've

00:21:31been is

00:21:32propagandized,

00:21:33they don't

00:21:35have any

00:21:35particularly

00:21:36useful skills.

00:21:36I mean,

00:21:40propaganda is

00:21:41all about

00:21:41replacing

00:21:42strictness

00:21:42with

00:21:43excuses,

00:21:44right?

00:21:45So,

00:21:45I mean,

00:21:46there are

00:21:46definitely

00:21:47data-driven

00:21:48departments in

00:21:49universities that

00:21:50say,

00:21:50if you find

00:21:51any group

00:21:52outcome

00:21:52differences

00:21:53and you

00:21:56ascribe it to

00:21:57anything other

00:21:57than bigotry,

00:21:58you're wrong.

00:21:59so that is

00:22:01replacing

00:22:02strictness

00:22:02and curiosity

00:22:03with

00:22:04excuses.

00:22:10And it's

00:22:11really hard

00:22:11to come back

00:22:12from that

00:22:12as a

00:22:12discipline,

00:22:13right?

00:22:18It's very

00:22:19tough.

00:22:21It's very

00:22:21tough.

00:22:22So the

00:22:23whole thing,

00:22:23when you get

00:22:24into the

00:22:24workforce,

00:22:25you have

00:22:26to work

00:22:26like crazy.

00:22:28You have

00:22:28to work

00:22:28like crazy

00:22:29just to

00:22:31learn how

00:22:31to start

00:22:31providing

00:22:32value.

00:22:32Now,

00:22:33I mean,

00:22:33for me,

00:22:34I got

00:22:34into the

00:22:35business

00:22:35world.

00:22:35I was

00:22:36in,

00:22:36of course,

00:22:37I did

00:22:38my gold

00:22:38panning.

00:22:39I was

00:22:39in two

00:22:40years of

00:22:41an English

00:22:41degree.

00:22:42I went

00:22:42to theater

00:22:42school,

00:22:43left theater

00:22:43school,

00:22:44finished my

00:22:44undergrad in

00:22:45history,

00:22:46and then

00:22:47worked for

00:22:48a year,

00:22:49and then

00:22:49did a

00:22:49graduate degree

00:22:50in history,

00:22:51and then

00:22:52got into

00:22:52programming and

00:22:53into the

00:22:54business

00:22:54world,

00:22:54co-founded a

00:22:55software

00:22:55company.

00:22:56So I

00:22:56knew going

00:22:57into the

00:22:57business

00:22:57world that

00:22:58I had a

00:22:58lot to

00:22:59learn about.

00:23:00I mean,

00:23:01it's not

00:23:01like a

00:23:01degree in

00:23:03history or

00:23:04training and

00:23:04acting in

00:23:05English is

00:23:06going to give

00:23:06you really

00:23:07great business

00:23:07skills in

00:23:08terms of

00:23:08evaluating value

00:23:10and providing

00:23:11value and all

00:23:12of that.

00:23:13So I knew

00:23:14for sure,

00:23:15I knew for a

00:23:15fact, that

00:23:16when I got

00:23:17into the

00:23:17business world,

00:23:18I was going

00:23:18to have to

00:23:18work like

00:23:19crazy to

00:23:19learn how

00:23:20to provide

00:23:20value.

00:23:25And, you

00:23:26know, even

00:23:26though I

00:23:26worked pretty

00:23:27hard, you

00:23:28know, in

00:23:28hindsight, I

00:23:28could have

00:23:29worked harder.

00:23:29I could have

00:23:30worked harder

00:23:30for sure.

00:23:33And this

00:23:35was the

00:23:35case for

00:23:36me, even

00:23:36though I

00:23:36had spent

00:23:37a lot of

00:23:38time working

00:23:39on economics,

00:23:41right, so

00:23:41that I could

00:23:42understand what

00:23:42the value was

00:23:43of economics

00:23:44and so

00:23:44on.

00:23:44So, I

00:23:53think people

00:23:53are willing

00:23:54to do

00:23:54that

00:23:55sacrifice.

00:23:59They're

00:24:00willing to

00:24:00do that

00:24:00sacrifice if

00:24:02they get

00:24:07a benefit

00:24:07down the

00:24:08road.

00:24:08They're

00:24:09willing to

00:24:09do 70

00:24:10hour weeks,

00:24:1180 hour

00:24:11weeks,

00:24:11sometimes even

00:24:12more.

00:24:12When I

00:24:12was doing

00:24:14it, they're

00:24:16willing to

00:24:17provide value.

00:24:18I mean, I

00:24:18remember working

00:24:19three days

00:24:20straight without

00:24:20any sleep at

00:24:21all to get

00:24:24a system ready

00:24:25for a very

00:24:26demanding client.

00:24:27I have no

00:24:27issue with the

00:24:28demanding of the

00:24:28client, the

00:24:29demandingness of

00:24:30the client, so

00:24:30to speak.

00:24:32So, I was

00:24:33willing to do

00:24:33that because I

00:24:34felt very

00:24:35strongly that I

00:24:37was, you

00:24:38know, providing

00:24:39value and I

00:24:40really enjoyed

00:24:40having my own

00:24:42company and I

00:24:42really enjoyed

00:24:43being in

00:24:44charge and

00:24:45all of that

00:24:45because, you

00:24:46know, I

00:24:46generally have

00:24:46a pretty

00:24:47good, a

00:24:49pretty good, a

00:24:50decent respect

00:24:50for my own

00:24:51decisions.

00:24:54So, I

00:25:00was willing to

00:25:00do that because

00:25:01I felt I was

00:25:01just investing in

00:25:02my own future

00:25:04career and

00:25:05skills and

00:25:06expertise and

00:25:07then after

00:25:08that, right,

00:25:10and this stuff

00:25:10takes a

00:25:10generation or

00:25:11more to kind

00:25:12of collapse in

00:25:12on itself.

00:25:14It's sort of

00:25:15like the

00:25:15marriage rate

00:25:16is like when

00:25:17family courts

00:25:18get very male

00:25:19and friendly and

00:25:20sort of no-fault

00:25:20divorce gets very

00:25:21female-friendly.

00:25:23You still have a

00:25:24generation of

00:25:24people who are

00:25:25already married,

00:25:26right, and

00:25:27still getting

00:25:28married.

00:25:29But then the

00:25:30kids of those,

00:25:31you know, horrible

00:25:33divorces, horrible

00:25:33breakups, the

00:25:34kids of those

00:25:35people end up

00:25:39not really wanting

00:25:40to get married

00:25:40because they

00:25:40saw what

00:25:41happened,

00:25:41particularly the

00:25:42sons, right,

00:25:43because they

00:25:43saw what

00:25:43happened to

00:25:45their own

00:25:45dad, right,

00:25:47in the court

00:25:48system.

00:25:50And they

00:25:53don't want to

00:25:54do it.

00:25:56They just,

00:25:56they don't want

00:25:57to do it.

00:25:57So then it

00:25:59becomes less

00:26:00likely for the

00:26:01next generation

00:26:01to get married

00:26:02and then what

00:26:03happens, of

00:26:03course, is

00:26:04that you

00:26:06lose marital

00:26:09skills like

00:26:10that, like

00:26:11over the

00:26:11course of

00:26:11one generation.

00:26:12You just

00:26:12lose those

00:26:12marital skills

00:26:13because you

00:26:14don't see

00:26:14functional

00:26:15marriages.

00:26:15You don't

00:26:15grow up

00:26:15with functional

00:26:16marriages.

00:26:17And so if

00:26:18there's some

00:26:18sort of

00:26:19non-marital

00:26:20scenario,

00:26:22excuse me,

00:26:23going down

00:26:23the road,

00:26:24then you

00:26:26just lose

00:26:26all the

00:26:26skills.

00:26:27It can

00:26:27happen.

00:26:28I mean,

00:26:28from a

00:26:28sort of

00:26:29civilizational

00:26:29history,

00:26:31excuse me,

00:26:32standpoint,

00:26:32it happens

00:26:33very rapidly,

00:26:34but it's

00:26:35slow enough

00:26:35that you

00:26:36don't notice

00:26:36it like

00:26:36a big

00:26:37sudden

00:26:39wrenching

00:26:39change

00:26:39in

00:26:40society.

00:26:44I mean,

00:26:44hit me

00:26:45with a

00:26:45Y if

00:26:46your parents

00:26:47were relatively

00:26:47happily married,

00:26:48you know,

00:26:48functional and

00:26:49not Bickertons

00:26:51and all of

00:26:51that.

00:26:52Hit me

00:26:52with a

00:26:53Y if

00:26:53your parents

00:26:53stayed

00:26:55relatively

00:26:55happily married

00:26:56and hit me

00:26:57with an

00:26:57N if

00:26:59that was

00:26:59not the

00:26:59case.

00:27:00They were

00:27:00either unhappily

00:27:01married or

00:27:01split up.

00:27:06Yeah.

00:27:08Oh,

00:27:08Nuko says

00:27:08yes.

00:27:09James,

00:27:09of course,

00:27:09says no.

00:27:10I get that.

00:27:13Somebody

00:27:14says,

00:27:14this is so

00:27:15true.

00:27:15I noticed

00:27:15really quickly

00:27:16that my

00:27:16wife and

00:27:16I are

00:27:17missing

00:27:17marriage

00:27:17skills.

00:27:18Big

00:27:18learning

00:27:18curve.

00:27:19Yes.

00:27:21And I'm

00:27:22sorry to

00:27:22see this

00:27:23and hear

00:27:23this.

00:27:23Of course,

00:27:24most of

00:27:24you have

00:27:25not had

00:27:26the example

00:27:28of growing

00:27:28up with

00:27:29a functional

00:27:29marriage.

00:27:31Somebody

00:27:32says,

00:27:32yes,

00:27:32parents have

00:27:33a completely

00:27:33blissful

00:27:33marriage.

00:27:34Lovely.

00:27:35Yes,

00:27:35engaged to

00:27:35be married

00:27:36myself.

00:27:36Beautiful.

00:27:38But I

00:27:38think most

00:27:39of you,

00:27:4075% here

00:27:41seems to

00:27:42be that

00:27:42they did

00:27:42not.

00:27:43Right?

00:27:43So,

00:27:44that's a

00:27:46real challenge.

00:27:49Right?

00:27:49That's a

00:27:49real challenge.

00:27:52It's,

00:27:52you know,

00:27:54it's easier

00:27:54to grow up

00:27:55learning

00:27:57Japanese.

00:27:57It's easier

00:27:58to grow up

00:27:58speaking Japanese

00:27:59than it is

00:28:00to learn

00:28:02Japanese later

00:28:03in life.

00:28:03It's really

00:28:04tough.

00:28:05Really

00:28:05tough.

00:28:15So,

00:28:16those skills

00:28:16are gone.

00:28:20Or,

00:28:21I guess you

00:28:21could put it

00:28:22another way.

00:28:23So,

00:28:23people talk

00:28:24about sort

00:28:24of the

00:28:24widening gap

00:28:25between rich

00:28:25and poor,

00:28:26and there's

00:28:26lots of

00:28:26reasons for

00:28:27that,

00:28:27but one

00:28:27reason that's

00:28:28not talked

00:28:28about in

00:28:28general is

00:28:30that the

00:28:30reason,

00:28:31a central

00:28:32reason as

00:28:32to why

00:28:32there's a

00:28:33widening gap

00:28:33between rich

00:28:34and poor

00:28:34is that a

00:28:35happy marriage

00:28:36adds a

00:28:37massive amount

00:28:38to your

00:28:39wealth in

00:28:40the world.

00:28:43It really

00:28:43does.

00:28:44It's amazing.

00:28:45A happy

00:28:45marriage

00:28:46adds a

00:28:47huge amount

00:28:48to your

00:28:49household net

00:28:50worth in

00:28:51the world.

00:28:54And

00:28:54those people

00:28:56who come

00:28:57from reasonably

00:28:58happy and

00:28:58stable marriages

00:29:00grow up

00:29:02with that

00:29:02skill set

00:29:03of how

00:29:05to have

00:29:05a decent

00:29:06reasonably

00:29:06happy

00:29:07marriage,

00:29:07right?

00:29:11And

00:29:12those kids

00:29:12who grew

00:29:13up without

00:29:13that are

00:29:14of course

00:29:14much more

00:29:14likely to

00:29:15get split

00:29:17up,

00:29:17to divorce,

00:29:17to whatever,

00:29:18right?

00:29:18so the

00:29:29people whose

00:29:30parents split

00:29:31up end up

00:29:31with caution

00:29:33about marriage

00:29:33and they

00:29:34don't have

00:29:35good

00:29:36relationship

00:29:38skills because

00:29:38they weren't

00:29:39modeled or

00:29:39taught

00:29:39implicitly and

00:29:41explicitly.

00:29:42They don't see

00:29:43their parents

00:29:43sort of resolving

00:29:44disputes and

00:29:45working together.

00:29:45and so

00:29:47they end up

00:29:48staying single

00:29:49and staying

00:29:51single,

00:29:52right?

00:29:52There's two

00:29:52big jumps

00:29:53in a man's

00:29:54income.

00:29:54One when he

00:29:55gets married

00:29:56and two when

00:29:56he has his

00:29:57first child

00:29:57because you

00:29:58just,

00:29:59my daughter

00:30:00says you

00:30:01lock in,

00:30:01you buckle

00:30:02down,

00:30:02right?

00:30:03You get

00:30:04very focused

00:30:05as a man

00:30:05when you're

00:30:05providing

00:30:06for a

00:30:07family.

00:30:08You get

00:30:09serious.

00:30:11You get

00:30:11serious about

00:30:13things because

00:30:15people are

00:30:15150%

00:30:17depending on

00:30:18you.

00:30:21So you

00:30:21don't get

00:30:22the

00:30:22acceleration

00:30:23of

00:30:24marriage

00:30:27and kids

00:30:28to your

00:30:28income.

00:30:34Book

00:30:35recommendations,

00:30:36you should

00:30:36of course

00:30:36check out

00:30:37my book

00:30:37Real-Time

00:30:37Relationships

00:30:38at

00:30:40freedomend.com

00:30:40slash books.

00:30:41It's free,

00:30:42Real-Time

00:30:42Relationships.

00:30:45I think

00:30:46we get

00:30:46to your

00:30:46comments.

00:30:56Prenuptial

00:30:56agreements not

00:30:57effective in

00:30:57U.S.

00:30:58courts.

00:31:00Well,

00:31:01I'm obviously

00:31:01no lawyer,

00:31:02you should

00:31:02look this

00:31:03up for

00:31:03yourself,

00:31:05but

00:31:05it's a

00:31:08dice roll.

00:31:08it's a

00:31:11bit of

00:31:11a

00:31:11dice

00:31:12roll.

00:31:21Somebody

00:31:21says,

00:31:21I've

00:31:22noticed

00:31:22that the

00:31:22younger

00:31:23the people

00:31:23in the

00:31:24marriage,

00:31:24the less

00:31:24happier

00:31:24they are.

00:31:25Older

00:31:25people seem

00:31:26to be able

00:31:26to cope

00:31:27with the

00:31:27fact that

00:31:27life just

00:31:27sucks.

00:31:28Sometimes

00:31:29younger

00:31:29people seem

00:31:30to blame

00:31:31each other.

00:31:31somebody on

00:31:44X wrote,

00:31:44I miss

00:31:45Stefan on

00:31:45X.

00:31:46I get

00:31:46that he

00:31:47currently

00:31:47does stuff

00:31:47elsewhere,

00:31:48but I'm

00:31:48here and

00:31:49that's not

00:31:49really going

00:31:50to change.

00:31:51I've never

00:31:51agreed with

00:31:51100% of

00:31:52his takes,

00:31:53but even

00:31:53when I

00:31:53disagreed,

00:31:54I will

00:31:54fully admit

00:31:54he made

00:31:55me think

00:31:55and examine

00:31:56my own

00:31:57take on

00:31:57the matter.

00:32:01It's not

00:32:08that people

00:32:10have to

00:32:10use two

00:32:11websites.

00:32:12I mean,

00:32:13most people

00:32:13have a

00:32:14podcast

00:32:15subscription.

00:32:17I mean,

00:32:17I don't

00:32:17mean paid,

00:32:18right?

00:32:18They subscribe

00:32:18to a

00:32:19podcast and

00:32:20get downloads,

00:32:21right?

00:32:22So they're

00:32:23already

00:32:23subscribed,

00:32:25probably,

00:32:25to a bunch

00:32:25of podcasts

00:32:26and they

00:32:29would just

00:32:29need to

00:32:29add my

00:32:30podcast to

00:32:30that.

00:32:31So they

00:32:36don't have

00:32:37to use

00:32:37two

00:32:37websites.

00:32:40Why did

00:32:41they ban

00:32:41you on

00:32:41all social

00:32:42media

00:32:42platforms?

00:32:45Hmm.

00:32:46Hmm.

00:32:46He says

00:32:47villager style.

00:32:48Hmm.

00:32:51I think

00:32:51for telling

00:32:52the truth

00:32:52and being

00:32:54effective.

00:32:56I mean,

00:32:57this is,

00:32:57this is a

00:32:59big challenge,

00:32:59right?

00:32:59This is,

00:33:00this is,

00:33:00I think,

00:33:00this sort

00:33:00of weight

00:33:02scale that

00:33:02everybody's

00:33:03kind of

00:33:03dancing on,

00:33:04which is

00:33:06if you

00:33:08get involved

00:33:12in sort

00:33:12of public

00:33:13social discourse

00:33:13and you're

00:33:15trying to

00:33:16change things

00:33:16towards a

00:33:16more honest

00:33:17and empirical

00:33:18and scientific

00:33:19situation,

00:33:21so you're

00:33:32so you

00:33:32either are

00:33:33ineffective,

00:33:34in which case

00:33:35what's the

00:33:35point,

00:33:36or you're

00:33:36effective,

00:33:37in which case

00:33:38you get

00:33:38suppressed or

00:33:39banned.

00:33:40I don't

00:33:41really like

00:33:42no-win

00:33:42situations.

00:33:44I really,

00:33:45really don't

00:33:45like no-win

00:33:46situations.

00:33:46I try to

00:33:47avoid them

00:33:47pretty

00:33:49strenuously.

00:33:52So if I were

00:33:54to go back

00:33:54on X,

00:33:55either I

00:33:56would have

00:33:57a big

00:33:57effect moving

00:33:59social discourse

00:34:00more towards

00:34:00reason,

00:34:01facts,

00:34:02data,

00:34:02evidence,

00:34:03and truth,

00:34:04I'd have a big

00:34:05effect,

00:34:05in which case I'd

00:34:06probably just get

00:34:06banned again,

00:34:07or,

00:34:08or,

00:34:08alternatively,

00:34:09I'd have no

00:34:10real effect,

00:34:11in which case,

00:34:13thank you,

00:34:14Joseph,

00:34:15and,

00:34:16Joseph says,

00:34:18I'm reading

00:34:19real-time

00:34:19relationships,

00:34:20and just had

00:34:21my first ever

00:34:21real conversation

00:34:22with my wife,

00:34:23it was horrifying

00:34:23and beautiful,

00:34:24thank you,

00:34:25Stefan,

00:34:25thank you,

00:34:25I appreciate

00:34:26your tip,

00:34:27freedoman.com

00:34:27slash donate,

00:34:29to continue to

00:34:29spread the word,

00:34:31you're helping

00:34:31peaceful parenting,

00:34:32don't forget

00:34:33peacefulparenting.com.

00:34:40Somebody says,

00:34:47every platform

00:34:48bans you at the

00:34:48same time,

00:34:49it's almost like

00:34:49all media platforms

00:34:50have an authority

00:34:50they adhere to,

00:34:51who knows,

00:34:54maybe this will

00:34:55come out in my

00:34:56lifetime,

00:34:56probably not,

00:34:57like,

00:34:58what were the

00:34:58trigger points,

00:34:59what were the

00:34:59dominoes that

00:35:01caused all of

00:35:01this,

00:35:02I don't know,

00:35:09but I still view

00:35:10my deplatforming

00:35:10as a very

00:35:12beneficial thing

00:35:12as a whole.

00:35:15Somebody says,

00:35:16after your call

00:35:16yesterday,

00:35:17so I did a

00:35:18live stream

00:35:19yesterday,

00:35:20a voice chat

00:35:20live stream,

00:35:21it's a lot of

00:35:21fun,

00:35:21thank you everyone

00:35:22for dropping

00:35:22by.

00:35:29So,

00:35:30he says,

00:35:31after your call

00:35:31yesterday,

00:35:32I am still

00:35:33confused why

00:35:35you do not

00:35:35use X.

00:35:36The financial

00:35:37cost to use

00:35:37it is near

00:35:38zero,

00:35:38but the

00:35:38upside for

00:35:39your business

00:35:39is massive.

00:35:40You seem

00:35:41to use

00:35:41TikTok,

00:35:41which has

00:35:42worse terms.

00:35:43I mean,

00:35:43I posted

00:35:43TikTok,

00:35:44I don't

00:35:44really use

00:35:44it,

00:35:45but TikTok

00:35:46has not

00:35:46banned me.

00:35:49Right?

00:35:49It's not,

00:35:49right?

00:35:50They have

00:35:50not,

00:35:51in my view,

00:35:52of course,

00:35:53unjustly

00:35:53treated me.

00:35:54so.

00:36:12Mike

00:36:12Sernovich

00:36:13wrote on X,

00:36:15Stefan Molyneux

00:36:16had won the

00:36:16war of ideas,

00:36:17that's why he

00:36:17was banned.

00:36:18It was all for

00:36:19totally fake

00:36:20reasons,

00:36:20but people have

00:36:20short memories.

00:36:22Milo was framed,

00:36:23those were the

00:36:23threats in

00:36:242015 to

00:36:242017,

00:36:25me to some

00:36:26degree,

00:36:26but those

00:36:27were the

00:36:27big guns.

00:36:30Yeah,

00:36:31I mean,

00:36:31it was pretty

00:36:31tough to,

00:36:34if I had

00:36:35simply asserted

00:36:36things without

00:36:37evidence,

00:36:38it would have

00:36:41been pretty easy

00:36:41to dismiss me.

00:36:42But,

00:36:43you know,

00:36:44I interviewed

00:36:44all of the

00:36:45experts,

00:36:45like on the

00:36:46IQ issue,

00:36:46I interviewed

00:36:4717 world-renowned

00:36:48experts in the

00:36:49field of human

00:36:50intelligence,

00:36:52so,

00:36:56it was kind

00:37:01of hard,

00:37:03you know,

00:37:03because people,

00:37:04I remember

00:37:04people would

00:37:04write to me

00:37:05on X back

00:37:06in the day

00:37:07and say,

00:37:07oh,

00:37:07the IQ stuff

00:37:08is false,

00:37:09right?

00:37:10Now,

00:37:10if it was just

00:37:11me asserting

00:37:11stuff,

00:37:12then people

00:37:12could say

00:37:12the IQ stuff

00:37:13is false,

00:37:14and,

00:37:14you know,

00:37:15they could

00:37:15find academics

00:37:16sort of woke,

00:37:18at least for

00:37:19me,

00:37:19woke pseudo

00:37:20academics,

00:37:21they could

00:37:22quote those

00:37:23academics and

00:37:25say,

00:37:25these academics

00:37:26say the IQ

00:37:26stuff is false,

00:37:27right?

00:37:27And it could

00:37:28have just been

00:37:29a he said,

00:37:29she said,

00:37:30kind of my

00:37:30expert,

00:37:31your expert.

00:37:31Now,

00:37:32once I had

00:37:32accumulated

00:37:3317 interviews

00:37:34with world-renowned

00:37:34experts in the

00:37:36field of

00:37:36intelligence,

00:37:37if people were

00:37:37to try to

00:37:38ascribe

00:37:39perspectives on

00:37:41intelligence,

00:37:42human intelligence,

00:37:43to just me,

00:37:44me alone,

00:37:45well,

00:37:45I could say,

00:37:46you know,

00:37:47don't shoot the

00:37:47messenger,

00:37:47I've interviewed

00:37:48the experts

00:37:49from the

00:37:50left and

00:37:51the right

00:37:51and the

00:37:51middle,

00:37:51and they

00:37:52all agree

00:37:53on the

00:37:53basics,

00:37:53so you're

00:37:55going to

00:37:55have to

00:37:55take it

00:37:56up with

00:37:56them,

00:37:56right?

00:38:06So,

00:38:06I assume

00:38:08that I was

00:38:08banned because

00:38:09the work

00:38:11that I did

00:38:11was,

00:38:12you know,

00:38:12I think

00:38:13it was kind

00:38:13of irrefutable.

00:38:17somebody says,

00:38:19your analysis

00:38:19of people

00:38:20were the

00:38:21most insightful

00:38:21and touching

00:38:22videos I've

00:38:23watched.

00:38:23Examples,

00:38:24Robin Williams,

00:38:25Elliot Rodger,

00:38:26Charles Manson,

00:38:27you gave

00:38:27clarity that

00:38:28mainstream media

00:38:29didn't talk

00:38:29about.

00:38:29Yeah.

00:38:34Tommy Sotomayor

00:38:36was recently

00:38:36banned on X

00:38:37and Gavin

00:38:38McGinnis is

00:38:39still banned,

00:38:40is that right?

00:38:40I mean,

00:38:42I'm not

00:38:42disagreeing

00:38:43with you.

00:38:48Yeah,

00:38:49I did shows

00:38:49with Tommy

00:38:50back in the

00:38:51day.

00:38:59Brave guy.

00:39:01Brave guy.

00:39:03Powerful speaker.

00:39:03Yeah.

00:39:10Tommy wrote,

00:39:26that's crazy

00:39:26how banned

00:39:27I am,

00:39:28yet the stuff

00:39:28they allow

00:39:29on social

00:39:29media is

00:39:30so much

00:39:31worse.

00:39:31They banned

00:39:32me on X,

00:39:33which is

00:39:34supposed to

00:39:34be a free

00:39:34speech platform.

00:39:35I'm now

00:39:35banned on X

00:39:36and YouTube

00:39:36permanently,

00:39:37but no reason

00:39:37behind it.

00:39:39Hmm.

00:39:39If you want

00:39:39to watch

00:39:40me,

00:39:40go to

00:39:40my

00:39:40website,

00:39:41tjskoc.com.

00:39:44tjskoc.com.

00:39:45I will

00:39:45keep going.

00:39:54So what

00:39:54did he

00:39:55get banned

00:39:55for?

00:39:57This is,

00:39:57I think,

00:39:57I think

00:39:58this is

00:39:58Tommy

00:39:58posting.

00:40:00Hello,

00:40:00your account

00:40:00has been

00:40:01permanently

00:40:01suspended

00:40:01to violating

00:40:02the X

00:40:02rules,

00:40:03specifically

00:40:03our

00:40:03policies

00:40:03on

00:40:04counterfeit

00:40:04goods.

00:40:06Hmm.

00:40:10I mean,

00:40:22I obviously

00:40:22don't know

00:40:23the backstory

00:40:23behind all

00:40:23of this,

00:40:25but

00:40:26it's

00:40:29interesting

00:40:29to read.

00:40:30Hmm.

00:40:31Hmm.

00:40:32Hmm.

00:40:33Hmm.

00:40:34Hmm.

00:40:35Hmm.

00:40:36Hmm.

00:40:37Hmm.

00:40:38Hmm.

00:40:39Yeah,

00:40:42you can go

00:40:42to

00:40:43freedomain.com

00:40:43slash

00:40:43playlist

00:40:44slash

00:40:44IQ

00:40:45freedomain.com

00:40:46slash

00:40:46playlist

00:40:47slash

00:40:47IQ

00:40:47All right.

00:40:57And

00:40:58Gavin

00:40:58McGinnis

00:40:58never got

00:40:59reinstated.

00:41:00Is that

00:41:00right?

00:41:02That's rough.

00:41:03All right.

00:41:03Steph,

00:41:04somebody says,

00:41:05why do

00:41:05some parents

00:41:06get really

00:41:07angry when

00:41:07their child

00:41:08says,

00:41:08I want?

00:41:09To me,

00:41:10they're just

00:41:10stating a

00:41:10preference,

00:41:11but it really

00:41:12seems to

00:41:12anger some

00:41:13people as

00:41:13being entitled

00:41:14and rude.

00:41:15Why does a

00:41:16toddler saying

00:41:16I want

00:41:17have this

00:41:18effect on

00:41:18people?

00:41:20So,

00:41:20in general,

00:41:22and as a

00:41:23whole,

00:41:24stating personal

00:41:25preferences in

00:41:26a relationship

00:41:27where people

00:41:28have a win-lose

00:41:29mentality is

00:41:31setting the

00:41:32stage for

00:41:34a very terrible

00:41:34kind of

00:41:35conflict.

00:41:35So,

00:41:38you know,

00:41:39if my

00:41:39daughter was

00:41:40younger,

00:41:42and she

00:41:43would say,

00:41:44I want,

00:41:44I'd be like,

00:41:45yeah,

00:41:45tell me more,

00:41:46right?

00:41:46We have that

00:41:46conversation,

00:41:47we're trying to

00:41:48work it out,

00:41:48try and sort

00:41:49it out,

00:41:49and she's

00:41:50perfectly

00:41:50welcome to

00:41:51say,

00:41:51I want,

00:41:52about something,

00:41:53right?

00:41:53Because I

00:41:54want her to

00:41:55have preferences.

00:41:56I want her to

00:41:57have an

00:41:58I want.

00:42:00I mean,

00:42:00I don't want

00:42:00to erase her

00:42:02preferences and

00:42:02desires,

00:42:03of course,

00:42:03right?

00:42:03Now,

00:42:13if people

00:42:17who have

00:42:19a win-lose

00:42:20mentality,

00:42:21right,

00:42:22I want,

00:42:23and you

00:42:24want,

00:42:24one of us

00:42:25is going to

00:42:25have to

00:42:26escalate and

00:42:26dominate the

00:42:27other.

00:42:30One of us,

00:42:31I mean,

00:42:32if you've

00:42:32been in

00:42:33situations

00:42:35where it's

00:42:37a win-lose

00:42:37mentality

00:42:38around differing

00:42:39perspectives or

00:42:39opinions,

00:42:40rather than

00:42:41a negotiation

00:42:42where you

00:42:42try and

00:42:42figure out

00:42:43how both

00:42:44parties or

00:42:45most parties

00:42:46can get

00:42:46most of

00:42:46what they

00:42:47want,

00:42:49I mean,

00:42:50you can see

00:42:50that this is

00:42:50the fundamental

00:42:51why people

00:42:52don't understand

00:42:53Trump,

00:42:53by the way,

00:42:54is that,

00:42:56you know,

00:42:57I talked about

00:42:58this with regards

00:42:58to the

00:42:59tariffs,

00:42:59right,

00:42:59that Trump

00:43:01is imposing

00:43:03tariffs to

00:43:04get people to

00:43:05come to the

00:43:05negotiating table

00:43:06with the goal

00:43:07of reducing

00:43:08tariffs.

00:43:10And there's

00:43:11this,

00:43:11you know,

00:43:12kind of

00:43:13unintelligent

00:43:13screeching from

00:43:14the left and

00:43:15the right about

00:43:16how tariffs are

00:43:16bad.

00:43:17And it's like,

00:43:18yes,

00:43:19I'm not a fan

00:43:20of tariffs,

00:43:21right,

00:43:21this is definitely

00:43:21a violation of

00:43:23the non-aggression

00:43:23principle,

00:43:24and it is a

00:43:24interference in

00:43:26property rights,

00:43:26I get all of

00:43:27that,

00:43:28all makes

00:43:29perfect sense

00:43:29to me.

00:43:34But how do

00:43:35you deal

00:43:37with other

00:43:37countries that

00:43:39have huge

00:43:39tariffs on you?

00:43:40I mean,

00:43:40they clearly

00:43:41don't believe

00:43:42that tariffs

00:43:42are bad or

00:43:42wrong.

00:43:43So how do

00:43:44you get people

00:43:45to lower their

00:43:46tariffs?

00:43:49Right?

00:43:55Well,

00:43:55if they're

00:43:58not going to

00:43:58do it on

00:43:58principle,

00:44:00you either

00:44:00have to

00:44:01bribe them

00:44:01or they

00:44:02have to

00:44:03suffer.

00:44:04I mean,

00:44:04the reason

00:44:04why we

00:44:05have

00:44:05principles

00:44:05is we

00:44:06don't

00:44:06just end

00:44:07up

00:44:07responding

00:44:07to the

00:44:08character

00:44:08of the

00:44:08stick,

00:44:09right?

00:44:09That's

00:44:09why we

00:44:09have

00:44:09principles.

00:44:10People

00:44:10can

00:44:10appeal

00:44:10to

00:44:10our

00:44:11principles

00:44:11rather

00:44:12than

00:44:13rewarding

00:44:14us

00:44:14for good

00:44:15behavior

00:44:15or punishing

00:44:16us for

00:44:16bad

00:44:17behavior.

00:44:17We're

00:44:18not

00:44:18just

00:44:18then

00:44:18livestock

00:44:19with

00:44:19a,

00:44:19you know,

00:44:20here's a

00:44:20treat or

00:44:21here's a

00:44:21stick,

00:44:22right?

00:44:22So if

00:44:24you have,

00:44:25as you

00:44:25should have

00:44:25of course,

00:44:26a

00:44:27preference

00:44:28or dedication

00:44:28to telling

00:44:29the truth,

00:44:31telling the

00:44:31truth,

00:44:32then you

00:44:33should focus

00:44:34on telling

00:44:35the truth

00:44:35and should

00:44:36you be

00:44:38tempted to

00:44:38not tell

00:44:39the truth,

00:44:39you say,

00:44:39oh,

00:44:39well,

00:44:40no,

00:44:40but I

00:44:41have to

00:44:41tell the

00:44:46truth.

00:44:46And if

00:44:47you get,

00:44:47you know,

00:44:47if somebody

00:44:48thinks you're

00:44:48lying and

00:44:49know that you

00:44:49have a

00:44:50preference

00:44:50of telling

00:44:50the truth

00:44:50or a

00:44:51value

00:44:51called

00:44:51telling

00:44:51the truth,

00:44:52then they

00:44:53will say

00:44:53to you,

00:44:53oh,

00:44:54you should

00:44:54tell the

00:44:54truth,

00:44:54right?

00:44:57And they

00:44:58say,

00:44:58oh,

00:44:58yes,

00:44:58you should

00:44:58tell the

00:44:58truth,

00:44:59right?

00:44:59So you

00:44:59sort of

00:44:59return to

00:45:00that.

00:45:02So the

00:45:02purpose of

00:45:03having

00:45:03principles

00:45:04is that

00:45:05you escape

00:45:06positive

00:45:07and negative

00:45:08consequences

00:45:09as the

00:45:09guideline

00:45:10for your

00:45:11action.

00:45:11It no

00:45:11longer is

00:45:12what can

00:45:13I get

00:45:13away with

00:45:14or what

00:45:14profits

00:45:15me or

00:45:16what has

00:45:17me avoid

00:45:17a negative

00:45:18consequence.

00:45:19you have

00:45:22your

00:45:23principles.

00:45:25Now,

00:45:25how do

00:45:26you negotiate

00:45:26with people

00:45:27who don't

00:45:28have

00:45:28principles

00:45:28and where

00:45:29countries

00:45:29have a

00:45:30big trade

00:45:30surplus

00:45:32with the

00:45:32United States

00:45:32or the

00:45:33United States

00:45:33has a

00:45:33trade deficit

00:45:34with them

00:45:34and they

00:45:35have a lot

00:45:35of tariffs

00:45:36and regulations

00:45:37and,

00:45:38you know,

00:45:38maybe they're

00:45:39threatening to

00:45:39impose,

00:45:40you know,

00:45:40crazy speech

00:45:41laws on

00:45:42Americans

00:45:43and so on

00:45:43or people

00:45:45who use

00:45:45American

00:45:45companies.

00:45:46I mean,

00:45:48how do

00:45:48you negotiate

00:45:50with people

00:45:51who don't

00:45:51seem to

00:45:52have an

00:45:53excess of

00:45:53principles?

00:45:55Well,

00:45:56a carrot

00:45:57and a

00:45:57stick.

00:45:59If you

00:46:00come to

00:46:01the table

00:46:01and negotiate,

00:46:02we can

00:46:02lower tariffs.

00:46:03If you

00:46:03don't come

00:46:03to the

00:46:03table and

00:46:04negotiate,

00:46:05tariffs will

00:46:05keep going

00:46:05up.

00:46:08Now,

00:46:08of course,

00:46:09it would

00:46:09be great

00:46:09if,

00:46:10and I've

00:46:11certainly

00:46:11done my

00:46:11part,

00:46:12right,

00:46:12in trying

00:46:12to bring

00:46:12this about,

00:46:13but it

00:46:13certainly

00:46:13would be

00:46:14great if

00:46:14people in

00:46:14the world

00:46:15just appeal

00:46:15to their

00:46:15principles

00:46:16and say,

00:46:16well,

00:46:17but remember,

00:46:17tariffs violate

00:46:18the non-aggression

00:46:18principle,

00:46:19their interference

00:46:19in property

00:46:20rights,

00:46:20the initiation

00:46:21of the use

00:46:21of force,

00:46:22and people

00:46:22are like,

00:46:22ah,

00:46:23you're right,

00:46:24you're right,

00:46:24absolutely,

00:46:25that's true.

00:46:27So I

00:46:28should stop

00:46:29doing that.

00:46:31But that's

00:46:31not how

00:46:32the world

00:46:32works.

00:46:37So Trump

00:46:38is aiming

00:46:38for a

00:46:40win-win

00:46:40with regards

00:46:41to other

00:46:42countries

00:46:42and their

00:46:43consumers.

00:46:43tariffs.

00:46:48But the

00:46:48only way

00:46:49he can

00:46:49get that

00:46:50is,

00:46:52you know,

00:46:53he's

00:46:53obviously,

00:46:53I am

00:46:53sure that

00:46:54America

00:46:55has tried

00:46:55reducing

00:46:55tariffs

00:46:56with other

00:46:57countries

00:46:57based upon,

00:46:58you know,

00:46:58this is

00:46:58better for

00:46:59your economy

00:47:00and blah,

00:47:00blah,

00:47:00blah.

00:47:01But of

00:47:02course,

00:47:02the politicians

00:47:02are getting

00:47:03a lot of

00:47:03their donations

00:47:04from people

00:47:04who are

00:47:04disproportionately,

00:47:06or corporations

00:47:06or industries

00:47:07that are

00:47:07disproportionately

00:47:08benefiting

00:47:08from tariffs.

00:47:11So what's

00:47:11he going

00:47:12to do?

00:47:13Well,

00:47:14he's going

00:47:14to,

00:47:15if,

00:47:17it's the

00:47:18old roadhouse

00:47:18line,

00:47:18it's important

00:47:19to be nice

00:47:19until it's

00:47:19time to

00:47:20not be

00:47:20nice.

00:47:23Right?

00:47:23Treat people

00:47:23the best

00:47:24you can

00:47:24when you

00:47:24first meet

00:47:25them after

00:47:25that,

00:47:25treat them

00:47:26as they

00:47:26treat you.

00:47:29So he's

00:47:29aiming for

00:47:30a win-win

00:47:30and he's

00:47:33doing that

00:47:33by inflicting

00:47:35pain points

00:47:35until people

00:47:36come to the

00:47:37table.

00:47:38And when

00:47:42they come

00:47:42to the

00:47:42table,

00:47:43of course,

00:47:43the hope

00:47:43or the

00:47:44goal is

00:47:45that they

00:47:45will

00:47:46lower

00:47:48tariffs.

00:47:51So he's

00:47:52aiming for

00:47:52win-win.

00:47:52So I know

00:47:53this is a

00:47:54long way

00:47:54from toddlers,

00:47:55right?

00:47:55But I'm

00:47:57sort of

00:47:57talking about

00:47:57this as

00:47:59a whole.

00:48:00So when

00:48:01the child

00:48:01says,

00:48:02I want,

00:48:03if the

00:48:03mentality

00:48:04is win-lose,

00:48:05well,

00:48:06if the

00:48:06child gets

00:48:06what the

00:48:06child wants,

00:48:07I'm going

00:48:08to have

00:48:08a terrible

00:48:08day,

00:48:09if I

00:48:09get what

00:48:09I want

00:48:10and the

00:48:10child does

00:48:11not get

00:48:11what the

00:48:11child wants,

00:48:12the child is

00:48:12going to

00:48:12have a

00:48:13terrible

00:48:13day.

00:48:14So then

00:48:14when the

00:48:15child says,

00:48:15I want,

00:48:16the child

00:48:17is setting

00:48:17up the

00:48:17family for

00:48:19a terrible

00:48:19day.

00:48:21Ugh,

00:48:22there goes

00:48:23the day,

00:48:23why ruin

00:48:24the day,

00:48:24blah,

00:48:25blah,

00:48:25blah.

00:48:25So they

00:48:25get angry

00:48:26because they

00:48:27don't want

00:48:27the day

00:48:27to be

00:48:28ruined,

00:48:28but they

00:48:29don't know,

00:48:30and I say

00:48:30this with

00:48:30sympathy,

00:48:31it's not

00:48:31any big

00:48:31condemnation,

00:48:32I say

00:48:32this with

00:48:32sympathy.

00:48:34They get

00:48:35upset because

00:48:36you're now

00:48:39in a

00:48:40win-lose

00:48:41conflict

00:48:42situation.

00:48:47Yeah,

00:48:48perhaps not

00:48:48so far from

00:48:49toddlers as

00:48:49it should be,

00:48:50quite right,

00:48:51quite right.

00:48:51Thank you,

00:49:00joseph,

00:49:01freedomain.com

00:49:01slash donate

00:49:02to help out

00:49:02the show.

00:49:03Really would

00:49:04appreciate it.

00:49:11So I think

00:49:11that's why.

00:49:12They just

00:49:13don't know

00:49:13how to

00:49:13find a

00:49:14win-win

00:49:14situation.

00:49:18And a

00:49:19win-win

00:49:19situation

00:49:20is not

00:49:21that hard

00:49:21to achieve.

00:49:22It's not

00:49:22some,

00:49:23I mean,

00:49:23all you

00:49:23do is

00:49:24have to,

00:49:24you just

00:49:25have to

00:49:25deeply

00:49:25listen to

00:49:26and

00:49:27appreciate

00:49:27people's

00:49:28complaints

00:49:28and

00:49:29problems.

00:49:32All you

00:49:32have to

00:49:33do is

00:49:33just

00:49:33deeply

00:49:34listen to

00:49:35and

00:49:35absorb.

00:49:36If people

00:49:37know that

00:49:37you really

00:49:38care about

00:49:39what they

00:49:40want,

00:49:41the solution

00:49:42is

00:49:43irrelevant.

00:49:51if people

00:49:52really,

00:49:53really

00:49:53understand

00:49:53that you

00:49:55care about

00:49:55what they

00:49:56want and

00:49:56want to

00:49:57find a

00:49:57way to

00:49:57provide it,

00:50:00the solution

00:50:05is not

00:50:05important.

00:50:06I mean,

00:50:10if you've

00:50:10ever been

00:50:10in a

00:50:11situation

00:50:11where a

00:50:12salesman is

00:50:12trying to

00:50:13sell something

00:50:13to you

00:50:14and you

00:50:15really get

00:50:15a sense

00:50:16that the

00:50:16salesperson

00:50:17is

00:50:19deeply

00:50:21dedicated

00:50:22and

00:50:22concerned

00:50:23about what

00:50:25you want

00:50:25to the

00:50:26point where

00:50:26the salesman

00:50:27might even

00:50:27say,

00:50:28you know,

00:50:28I don't

00:50:28think we

00:50:28have anything

00:50:29that matches

00:50:29that,

00:50:30but let

00:50:30me think

00:50:30about it a

00:50:31little bit

00:50:31more,

00:50:31or you

00:50:32know,

00:50:32you probably

00:50:33should go

00:50:33across the

00:50:33street,

00:50:34they'll

00:50:34have more

00:50:34of what

00:50:34you're

00:50:35looking

00:50:35for.

00:50:36So,

00:50:37if the

00:50:38salesperson

00:50:39is really,

00:50:41really genuinely

00:50:43cares about

00:50:43what you

00:50:44want and

00:50:44is doing

00:50:44his very

00:50:45best to

00:50:45provide a

00:50:46good

00:50:46solution,

00:50:47then you

00:50:48can sort

00:50:49of trust

00:50:49the process

00:50:50to a

00:50:50large degree.

00:50:59Somebody

00:51:00says,

00:51:00there is a

00:51:00generation

00:51:01that is so

00:51:01spoiled and

00:51:02coddled

00:51:02that they

00:51:03do not

00:51:04want to

00:51:06even

00:51:06undergo

00:51:06the

00:51:06least

00:51:07amount

00:51:07of

00:51:07discomfort

00:51:07in order

00:51:08for

00:51:08long-term

00:51:08gain

00:51:08compared

00:51:09to

00:51:09greatest

00:51:10generation

00:51:10who

00:51:10fought

00:51:11World War

00:51:11II.

00:51:12Well,

00:51:14for the

00:51:20younger

00:51:20people who

00:51:20don't see

00:51:21much of

00:51:21a future

00:51:22in their

00:51:22society,

00:51:24I don't

00:51:25think,

00:51:25I'm not

00:51:26talking about

00:51:26World War

00:51:26II in

00:51:27particular,

00:51:27I don't

00:51:28think that

00:51:29they look

00:51:30back upon

00:51:30the sacrifices

00:51:31of their

00:51:31elders and

00:51:32say,

00:51:32I should

00:51:33do that

00:51:33too,

00:51:33because for

00:51:34a lot of

00:51:35younger

00:51:35people,

00:51:35which we

00:51:36were talking

00:51:36about earlier,

00:51:37they've

00:51:37ended up

00:51:37with a

00:51:37society they

00:51:38don't really

00:51:38want,

00:51:39a society

00:51:40that doesn't

00:51:40really work

00:51:41for them,

00:51:42doesn't give

00:51:43them much

00:51:43of a future,

00:51:43doesn't give

00:51:44them a

00:51:44path up

00:51:45the rungs

00:51:47of the

00:51:47ladder to

00:51:48family,

00:51:49home ownership,

00:51:50and stability,

00:51:51and a good

00:51:52career, and all

00:51:53that kind of

00:51:53stuff,

00:51:53right?

00:51:54So,

00:51:55when you say

00:51:56to people,

00:51:56well,

00:51:57the young

00:51:57people don't

00:51:57want to

00:51:58sacrifice,

00:52:00I think from

00:52:00the perspective

00:52:01of the younger

00:52:01people,

00:52:12what is the

00:52:13value of

00:52:15all of this

00:52:16sacrifice?

00:52:16somebody says

00:52:20happy wife,

00:52:21happy life,

00:52:22means a

00:52:22marriage is

00:52:22basically a

00:52:24win-lose,

00:52:24so happy

00:52:25wife,

00:52:25happy life

00:52:26is a,

00:52:27I think it's

00:52:28a horribly

00:52:28sexist

00:52:28condemnation

00:52:29of women,

00:52:31I mean,

00:52:31obviously not

00:52:32all women,

00:52:33but they're

00:52:34basically saying,

00:52:34well,

00:52:34if my wife

00:52:35isn't happy,

00:52:36she'll ruin

00:52:36everyone's

00:52:37day.

00:52:38The only

00:52:39way to

00:52:40have a

00:52:40happy day

00:52:41is for my

00:52:42wife to get

00:52:42what she

00:52:42wants.

00:52:42the happy

00:52:44wife,

00:52:45happy life

00:52:45stuff is

00:52:46really

00:52:46terrible.

00:52:49You know,

00:52:49she'll storm

00:52:50around slamming

00:52:50drawers and

00:52:51cupboards and

00:52:51she'll withdraw

00:52:52affection and

00:52:53she'll just be

00:52:54like a petty

00:52:54controlling

00:52:55manipulative

00:52:56witch and

00:52:57I think

00:52:59that's

00:53:00pretty

00:53:00terrible.

00:53:05All right,

00:53:06somebody says,

00:53:07I truly believe

00:53:07you got banned

00:53:08because of

00:53:08George Floyd.

00:53:09You were

00:53:10fighting the

00:53:10narrative and

00:53:11you seemed as

00:53:11if you were

00:53:12in Trump's

00:53:12corner.

00:53:12I was in

00:53:13the truth's

00:53:13corner in

00:53:14general.

00:53:15You spoke

00:53:15about IQ

00:53:16for years

00:53:16and never

00:53:16got banned.

00:53:17It was

00:53:17Floyd that

00:53:18threw you

00:53:19over the

00:53:19edge.

00:53:20Yeah,

00:53:20I mean,

00:53:21certainly I

00:53:21think that

00:53:22is the

00:53:22case.

00:53:23As I've

00:53:23mentioned

00:53:23before,

00:53:24I had

00:53:24a cop,

00:53:26two cops,

00:53:27a black

00:53:27cop and

00:53:27a white

00:53:27cop,

00:53:28but we

00:53:28had a

00:53:29show where

00:53:29we were

00:53:29talking

00:53:29about

00:53:30George

00:53:31Floyd,

00:53:32and it

00:53:32was uploaded

00:53:33and processing

00:53:33when my

00:53:35YouTube

00:53:37account got

00:53:38yoinked into

00:53:39the nether.

00:53:42Yeah,

00:53:43I mean,

00:53:43you could

00:53:44certainly see

00:53:45that the

00:53:45George Floyd

00:53:46stuff was

00:53:46going to

00:53:47boil and

00:53:48bubble over

00:53:49into a

00:53:50huge

00:53:51amount of

00:53:55violence and

00:53:56rioting and

00:53:57murder and

00:53:59massive amounts

00:54:00of property

00:54:00destruction,

00:54:01and there

00:54:02were people

00:54:03really fanning

00:54:05those flames.

00:54:05and I

00:54:09wanted a

00:54:09counter

00:54:10perspective

00:54:11and having

00:54:12the black

00:54:12cop and

00:54:12the white

00:54:12cop talk

00:54:13about

00:54:13excited

00:54:14delirium

00:54:14and the

00:54:15problems

00:54:15with the

00:54:15rest and

00:54:16that it

00:54:16may not

00:54:17have been

00:54:17what was

00:54:20obviously

00:54:20very vividly

00:54:21portrayed in

00:54:21that horrible

00:54:22video.

00:54:23It could

00:54:23have been

00:54:23something else

00:54:24or that

00:54:24there were

00:54:24other options

00:54:25or possibilities.

00:54:27Yeah,

00:54:27I think

00:54:27that was

00:54:28probably

00:54:28something.

00:54:31But of

00:54:31course,

00:54:31there were

00:54:32other people

00:54:32who were

00:54:32pushing back

00:54:33against that

00:54:33that didn't

00:54:34get bad,

00:54:35right?

00:54:37Didn't

00:54:37Stephen Crowder

00:54:38actually recreate

00:54:38the leaning

00:54:39on the neck

00:54:40thing?

00:54:41So,

00:54:42it's hard

00:54:43to say.

00:54:45It's hard

00:54:45to say,

00:54:46and it

00:54:46doesn't really

00:54:46matter at

00:54:47this point.

00:54:48I'm very

00:54:48happy doing

00:54:49what I'm

00:54:49doing.

00:54:50And I'm

00:54:50providing more

00:54:51value to the

00:54:51future in

00:54:52what I'm

00:54:53doing now,

00:54:53because in

00:54:54the past,

00:54:54of course,

00:54:55I would

00:54:56just talk

00:54:56about current

00:54:57events,

00:54:57which is

00:54:57great,

00:54:58but provided

00:54:59more value

00:55:00in the present

00:55:01but less

00:55:01value in the

00:55:02future.

00:55:02Now,

00:55:03I talk about

00:55:03more philosophical

00:55:04principles,

00:55:04which is

00:55:05less value

00:55:05in the

00:55:06present but

00:55:07more value

00:55:07in the

00:55:08future.

00:55:08And I

00:55:09think a

00:55:09philosopher

00:55:09should aim

00:55:10to have

00:55:10a long

00:55:10shadow

00:55:11into the

00:55:12future,

00:55:12if that

00:55:13makes sense.

00:55:18So,

00:55:19here's an

00:55:20interesting post.

00:55:29This is

00:55:30our teachers.

00:55:33A teacher

00:55:35wrote,

00:55:36my high

00:55:36achievers

00:55:37started to

00:55:37notice the

00:55:38hard work

00:55:38doesn't

00:55:38matter.

00:55:40Sixth grade

00:55:41teacher in

00:55:42an S-B-G

00:55:44district.

00:55:46I'm not sure

00:55:46what that is.

00:55:47We are not

00:55:47allowed to

00:55:48take off any

00:55:48points for

00:55:49late work,

00:55:49and because

00:55:50creativity

00:55:51slash visual

00:55:52appeal on

00:55:52projects isn't

00:55:53a standard of

00:55:54mine, I'm

00:55:54not allowed to

00:55:55grade it.

00:55:56Meaning one

00:55:57kid has a

00:55:58poster with

00:55:58nothing but

00:55:58some words

00:55:59written in

00:55:59pencil,

00:56:00gets the

00:56:01same exact

00:56:01grade as the

00:56:02kids who went

00:56:02above and

00:56:03beyond.

00:56:04They've

00:56:05started to

00:56:05notice that

00:56:05the kids who

00:56:06turn things

00:56:06in late face

00:56:07no consequences,

00:56:09and the kids

00:56:09who do the

00:56:10bare minimum

00:56:10get the same

00:56:11grade as

00:56:12them.

00:56:13One of them

00:56:14said to my

00:56:14face, how is

00:56:15it fair he

00:56:16turned his

00:56:16project in late

00:56:17with nothing but

00:56:17pencil on his

00:56:18poster, but mine

00:56:19is on time and

00:56:19creative, but we

00:56:20get the same

00:56:20grade.

00:56:23I don't know

00:56:23how to respond

00:56:24appropriately, so I

00:56:26asked my admin

00:56:26what I should

00:56:28say, and they

00:56:29told me, tell

00:56:30them that life

00:56:30isn't fair.

00:56:32So now I

00:56:32have kids

00:56:33catching on to

00:56:34this, refusing

00:56:34to work, because

00:56:35they now know

00:56:36they can do it

00:56:37whenever they

00:56:38want, with no

00:56:38consequences, and

00:56:40then when they

00:56:41do work, they do

00:56:43the bare minimum

00:56:43because why would

00:56:44you work harder

00:56:45for the same

00:56:46amount of

00:56:46credit?

00:56:48Honestly, I

00:56:48can't blame them.

00:56:49I would do the

00:56:49exact same thing

00:56:50if I was in

00:56:50sixth grade now.

00:56:51I don't know how

00:56:51to solve this

00:56:52problem because

00:56:52if it's not a

00:56:55standard, it can't

00:56:56be graded.

00:57:00That is, that's

00:57:03rough.

00:57:05That's rough.

00:57:09Did you guys

00:57:10experience that

00:57:10at all?

00:57:14That wasn't the

00:57:15case with me, for

00:57:15sure.

00:57:20Somebody says,

00:57:21my husband tends

00:57:23to take it

00:57:24personally when I'm

00:57:25unhappy.

00:57:25I'm in the

00:57:26process of

00:57:26explaining I have

00:57:27as much right to

00:57:28be unhappy as

00:57:28him, and some

00:57:31things he just

00:57:31can't fix.

00:57:32For the record, I

00:57:33don't slam drawers,

00:57:34right?

00:57:37Right.

00:57:42So, my guess,

00:57:45right, and you

00:57:45can talk to your

00:57:46husband about this,

00:57:46and I hope you

00:57:47will, my guess is

00:57:48that it's not that

00:57:49he's taking it

00:57:51personally when

00:57:51you're unhappy.

00:57:53I bet you

00:57:53dollars to

00:57:54donuts.

00:57:54that your

00:57:55husband grew

00:57:56up with a

00:57:59very manipulative

00:58:00and aggressive

00:58:01mother, and

00:58:01you being

00:58:02unhappy triggers

00:58:04those kind of

00:58:04memories of

00:58:05him with his

00:58:07mother, his

00:58:07mother being

00:58:08unhappy and

00:58:08taking it out

00:58:09on him, so

00:58:09it's probably

00:58:09not personal

00:58:10to you.

00:58:11It probably

00:58:11is just a

00:58:12triggering from

00:58:13his own

00:58:13childhood.

00:58:16So, oh,

00:58:17standards-based

00:58:18grading.

00:58:18That's SBG.

00:58:19Okay, I

00:58:19thought it was

00:58:19a school

00:58:20district or

00:58:20something.

00:58:20Croc

00:58:21summary.

00:58:22Standards-based

00:58:22grading is an

00:58:23assessment

00:58:24approach where

00:58:25student performance

00:58:25is evaluated

00:58:27based on their

00:58:28mastery of

00:58:29specific learning

00:58:29standards or

00:58:30objectives, rather

00:58:31than traditional

00:58:31letter grades or

00:58:32points.

00:58:33What?

00:58:33In some ways, the

00:58:38boomers didn't set

00:58:39a good precedent

00:58:40or example for

00:58:41sacrifice.

00:58:42They voted for

00:58:42seemingly endless

00:58:43government spending

00:58:44for what felt good

00:58:45at the time.

00:58:46They also embraced

00:58:47the hedonism of

00:58:47the 60s, 70s,

00:58:48and further.

00:58:50I mean, don't put

00:58:50all the boomers at

00:58:51Woodstock, right?

00:58:52I mean, the vast

00:58:53majority of boomers

00:58:54were not hedonists,

00:58:55were not drug users,

00:58:56did not have orgies

00:58:57or live-in cults,

00:59:01scabies, exchange,

00:59:02flesh pits.

00:59:02They didn't do

00:59:03that, right?

00:59:06Oh, this husband,

00:59:07an awful stepmother,

00:59:08right on the money

00:59:09though, Steph, yeah.

00:59:10Now, I mean, the

00:59:12conversation to have,

00:59:13in my humble opinion,

00:59:15would be something

00:59:16like, yeah, but I'm

00:59:17not her, right?

00:59:19I'm not her.

00:59:21So, don't treat me

00:59:23as if I'm her, as

00:59:23I'm not, right?

00:59:25So, if your

00:59:28mother, sorry, if

00:59:29your stepmother was

00:59:30negative when she was

00:59:31upset and was kind

00:59:32of controlling, then

00:59:33when you try to

00:59:34control my being

00:59:35upset, you're kind

00:59:36of like her, right?

00:59:42But don't treat me as

00:59:43if I'm your evil

00:59:44stepmother, right?

00:59:44Now, the boomers were

00:59:56really the first

00:59:57generation where

00:59:58fiat currency was

01:00:00just going and

01:00:03going and going.

01:00:08Just a way to the

01:00:09races, just

01:00:10endless money

01:00:11printing.

01:00:12I mean, this

01:00:12particularly

01:00:13happened when

01:00:13Nixon took the

01:00:15U.S. off the

01:00:15vestiges of the

01:00:16gold standard in

01:00:1771.

01:00:17Just money

01:00:19print.

01:00:20And money

01:00:20printing breeds a

01:00:22kind of moral

01:00:22psychosis.

01:00:28Because people

01:00:31are, people are

01:00:37limited in their

01:00:38morals by limits in

01:00:42their resources.

01:00:45So, if there are

01:00:46poor people around

01:00:47and you want to

01:00:47help them, well, you

01:00:48have to, I mean, if

01:00:49it's private, right, you

01:00:50have to subtract from

01:00:52your salary in

01:00:54order to provide to

01:00:57the poor.

01:01:00So, there's a limit.

01:01:01And, of course, what you

01:01:02want is to provide for

01:01:03the poor in such a

01:01:05way that the poor

01:01:07get better, right, or

01:01:10at least don't get

01:01:11poorer, or stop having

01:01:12a bunch of kids that

01:01:12they can't afford, or

01:01:14stop making better

01:01:14decisions, or get off

01:01:15drugs, or get a job, or

01:01:17whatever it is, right?

01:01:19Stop dating losers, or

01:01:20having sex, unprotected

01:01:21sex with losers.

01:01:22So, the boomers were

01:01:35protected from rational

01:01:38consequences of

01:01:41endless charity, because

01:01:43money was just printed and

01:01:44borrowed.

01:01:44So, the boomers no

01:01:47longer had to recognize

01:01:49the basic reality of

01:01:51life, that there are no

01:01:52solutions, there are

01:01:53only trade-offs.

01:01:56Right?

01:01:57There are no

01:01:57solutions.

01:01:58I mean, I'm talking in

01:01:59terms of practical

01:02:00application of resource

01:02:01transfer.

01:02:02I'm not talking about

01:02:02morals, right, as a

01:02:04whole.

01:02:04But there are no

01:02:04solutions, there are

01:02:05only trade-offs.

01:02:10So, once sex got

01:02:12decoupled from

01:02:12reproduction through the

01:02:13pill, once the

01:02:15welfare state came in,

01:02:16once foreign aid came

01:02:17in, once old age

01:02:18pensions came in, which

01:02:19I know was long before,

01:02:20I mean, that was in the

01:02:21post-Second World War

01:02:22period, but once you

01:02:25could just fire the

01:02:26infinite cannon of

01:02:27made-up money at

01:02:28whatever made you feel

01:02:29bad, you no longer

01:02:33had to balance rational

01:02:38considerations of limited

01:02:39resources in order to

01:02:40provide actually

01:02:41productive charity and

01:02:43resources.

01:02:43so, they could just

01:02:57indulge in feeling good

01:02:59rather than in doing

01:03:01good.

01:03:02Right?

01:03:03Right?

01:03:03they could just indulge in

01:03:10feeling good rather than

01:03:12doing good.

01:03:13And once you cross that

01:03:14Rubicon where it just

01:03:15becomes about feeling good

01:03:16rather than doing good,

01:03:17you get addicted to

01:03:18virtue signaling rather

01:03:19than actually doing good.

01:03:20And then anyone who says

01:03:22you should actually do good

01:03:23rather than only appearing

01:03:25to do good, they become

01:03:27your enemy.

01:03:28Right?

01:03:29become your enemy because

01:03:30you are now addicted to

01:03:32feeling good rather than

01:03:33doing good.

01:03:34And then everyone who says

01:03:35well, doing good should

01:03:39actually achieve good.

01:03:41Right?

01:03:41Like if you want to help

01:03:42the poor, why do we keep

01:03:43getting more and more and

01:03:44more poor?

01:03:47Right?

01:03:47I mean, you've seen these

01:03:54videos, I'm sure.

01:03:55Somebody went up to a

01:03:59wealthy liberal's house and

01:04:00said, do you want, like,

01:04:03do you think we should

01:04:03accept refugees?

01:04:04And she says, yes, yes,

01:04:05yes.

01:04:05And then he, you know,

01:04:06starts offloading a bunch

01:04:07of people from a bus saying,

01:04:08oh, they're going to come

01:04:09live in your house.

01:04:10And she's like, no, no,

01:04:10no, slams the door.

01:04:11Right?

01:04:12Because in the abstractions,

01:04:13everything is infinite.

01:04:14But you know, in your house,

01:04:16resources are finite.

01:04:16You only have a certain

01:04:17number of rooms.

01:04:18You only have a certain

01:04:18number of food, a certain

01:04:19amount of food at the time.

01:04:21And so when it moves from

01:04:23general platonic abstractions,

01:04:25which is where infinity

01:04:26lives and people have this

01:04:28kind of moral psychosis,

01:04:30then you move from the

01:04:35abstract where infinity

01:04:37exists to the immediate,

01:04:40to your actual environment,

01:04:41where infinity does not

01:04:44exist.

01:04:45And suddenly it's a very,

01:04:46very different equation.

01:04:48I mean, the government

01:04:49and its money printing

01:04:50fools people into believing

01:04:52that infinity is a thing.

01:04:59And once you can get people

01:05:00to believe that infinity

01:05:02is a thing, right?

01:05:03I mean, if people always

01:05:04want more programs and no

01:05:06politician who succeeds

01:05:07ever says to people,

01:05:08okay, well, what do you

01:05:09want to cut?

01:05:19Well, okay, you want to spend

01:05:21more on this?

01:05:22Okay, what do you want to cut?

01:05:24I mean, even in the lead up

01:05:25to, let's say, the first

01:05:27Gulf War or the Iraq War or

01:05:29anything like that, there was

01:05:31no politician who went to the

01:05:35population who said, yeah,

01:05:37we're pro-war and said, okay,

01:05:40well, what do you want to cut?

01:05:44What are we going to cut?

01:05:46What are we going to cut?

01:05:49It's kind of important, right?

01:05:51Oh, you want, oh, you think

01:05:53we should ship all of this

01:05:54like in America or England

01:05:55or other places?

01:05:56Oh, you think we should ship

01:05:57all of these weapons of war

01:05:59to Ukraine, right, that's

01:06:01very expensive.

01:06:02So what should we cut?

01:06:05That doesn't happen, right?

01:06:09There's no trade-offs.

01:06:11It's really, it makes people

01:06:13crazy.

01:06:14It makes people out of reality.

01:06:15It makes people out of math,

01:06:19common sense, facts.

01:06:26It's really terrible.

01:06:28It makes people crazy.

01:06:32I mean, if somebody said,

01:06:36I have infinite money,

01:06:39we would view that as somebody

01:06:41who was crazy, deluded,

01:06:45schizophrenic, psychotic,

01:06:46whatever.

01:06:46I mean, I'm no expert, but I

01:06:48just use these terms in an

01:06:49amateur fashion, but we would

01:06:52view them as seriously

01:06:53disturbed.

01:06:53If somebody were to say,

01:06:56I want to buy a yacht and an

01:06:58airplane and the Maldives,

01:07:01we would say, well, how much

01:07:03money do you have?

01:07:04And you say, well, I have as much

01:07:06money as I want.

01:07:07I have infinity money.

01:07:09I can buy everything.

01:07:11I have infinity money.

01:07:13Or if somebody were to say,

01:07:15they're on some sort of fixed

01:07:16income, which governments are on a

01:07:17fixed income.

01:07:18And if they were to say, well,

01:07:20I want to spend

01:07:22a million dollars a year on

01:07:24X, whatever, right?

01:07:27And then other people would say,

01:07:29okay, but you then have to cut a

01:07:30million dollars from somewhere else.

01:07:31They say, no, I don't.

01:07:32I don't have to do that.

01:07:34What are you, crazy?

01:07:35You just don't care about X.

01:07:36You just want people affected by

01:07:38X to just suffer.

01:07:39They're like, well, no, because

01:07:40if you keep spending more and more

01:07:41without cutting anything,

01:07:43you're just going to go broke.

01:07:45It's like, no, I'm not going to go

01:07:46broke.

01:07:46I have infinity money.

01:07:48I have as much money as I ever

01:07:49want.

01:07:50I have infinity money, right?

01:07:53Well, if people said that,

01:07:55you would probably refer them to

01:07:56a mental health professional.

01:07:57Say, well, you don't have

01:07:58infinity money.

01:07:59It would be a mark of

01:08:01mental illness, wouldn't it?

01:08:12But this has been completely

01:08:13normalized in society.

01:08:14If people who want to keep spending

01:08:21infinity more with no restraint and

01:08:25no balancing and no loss, people who

01:08:28just like, well, we have to spend

01:08:29infinity, otherwise we're terrible and

01:08:31mean.

01:08:33Well, if people want to do that and get

01:08:37enraged at any even potential imposition

01:08:43of rational limitations, we would view

01:08:46them as mentally ill, wouldn't we?

01:08:51But this is the norm in politics.

01:08:52if somebody were to say, well, I can't

01:09:02afford all of this, but I'm just going

01:09:04to borrow and keep borrowing and keep

01:09:05borrowing and keep borrowing until my debt

01:09:08is three or four times my income.

01:09:11And the debt is hundreds of times my discretionary

01:09:20spending.

01:09:20The debt is hundreds of times the

01:09:22discretionary spending.

01:09:26We would view that person as very

01:09:28disturbed, right?

01:09:31Very disturbed.

01:09:32Crazy.

01:09:37Bernie Sanders walks into a bar and says,

01:09:39free drinks?

01:09:40Who's buying?

01:09:40Right.

01:09:41Right.

01:09:44Hello, penguin poster.

01:09:49True, not many said there would be a cost to

01:09:50all this spending.

01:09:51The bill would come to you at some point

01:09:53and no concept or consequences for their

01:09:54actions.

01:09:55Right.

01:09:55And of course, the boomers as a whole are

01:10:01responsible for the voting in of all of

01:10:04this kind of stuff, because they've

01:10:04certainly, you know, if they're in their

01:10:0560s and 70s, they've been around for the

01:10:07longest.

01:10:07So the boomers are certainly the most

01:10:09responsible for all of this stuff.

01:10:11And the boomers want the least

01:10:13consequences.

01:10:15Right.

01:10:15How many boomers are saying, you know

01:10:16what?

01:10:17We did kind of mess up.

01:10:17We really did mess up really badly.

01:10:20So we should really at least have a means

01:10:22test for Social Security.

01:10:24Like, well, no, I paid into

01:10:25the system.

01:10:26It's my money.

01:10:26It's like, well, you paid into the system,

01:10:29but you also wanted the system to spend

01:10:31on everything else.

01:10:33And so there's no money.

01:10:34Your Social Security is not there.

01:10:36There's no lockbox.

01:10:37There's no account with your name on it.

01:10:39It's just you're paid by taxing the

01:10:43next generation who is poorer than you.

01:10:47I talk about taxing the poor to pay for

01:10:49the rich.

01:10:49The boomers are the richest generation

01:10:51in human history.

01:10:51And they are taxing a significantly

01:10:56disadvantaged population, which is

01:10:59everyone who came after.

01:11:05It's terrible.

01:11:08Terrible stuff.

01:11:10But you can't bring reality to them.

01:11:14I talked about this post a couple of weeks

01:11:16ago.

01:11:17It was a post about how boomers are just

01:11:18kind of like toddlers.

01:11:19You have to keep reality from them.

01:11:21Otherwise, they just completely freak out

01:11:22because they just can't handle it.

01:11:24They can.

01:11:25Too much unreality really breaks the brain.

01:11:31Too much unreality really breaks the brain

01:11:33to the point where all the king's horses

01:11:36and all the king's men cannot put boomers

01:11:38together again.

01:11:41Yeah, they came up with the magic age of

01:11:4265 for a time, and the average life

01:11:44expectancy was 62.

01:11:46Yeah.

01:11:47Although, remember, the average life

01:11:49expectancy at 62 would have been heavily

01:11:50skewed by higher levels of infant mortality,

01:11:53right?

01:11:59So you know that woman who's got the

01:12:00We Can Do It poster from World War II?

01:12:03The woman in the We Can Do It poster was

01:12:05named Geraldine Hoff.

01:12:08She only worked as a metal presser for

01:12:10about a week, just long enough to get her

01:12:11photo taken.

01:12:12She quit the job because she thought it

01:12:13was too dangerous and wanted to become a

01:12:15cellist.

01:12:17Meanwhile, millions of men were fighting

01:12:18and dying in order to protect democracy

01:12:20and freedom.

01:12:21Well, I'm not sure that's why they were

01:12:22fighting, but I thought that was kind of

01:12:23funny that the woman in the poster quit

01:12:25after a week because she was too dangerous.

01:12:27Too unpleasant.

01:12:28The New York Times had an obituary for a

01:12:35former Harvard Medical School pathologist

01:12:37driven out of his job for insisting on a

01:12:40heterodox position on the risk factors of

01:12:43heart disease that clashed with big pharma

01:12:46orthodoxy in the service of his financial

01:12:48interests that later he was proven to be

01:12:50correct.

01:12:51So the obituary is Kilmer S. McCulley, a

01:12:54pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the

01:12:5660s and 70s whose colleagues banished him

01:12:58to the basement for insisting, correctly it

01:13:00turned out, that homocysteine, an amino

01:13:05acid, was being overlooked as a possible

01:13:08risk factor for heart disease, and he died

01:13:10on February 21st, blah, blah, blah, he was

01:13:1291.

01:13:12His daughter, Martha McCulley, said the cause

01:13:15was metastatic, sorry, metastatic prostate

01:13:18cancer, blah, blah, blah, still debated

01:13:20today, Dr. McCulley's theory was that

01:13:22inadequate intake of certain B vitamins

01:13:23caused high levels of homocysteine.

01:13:26I think I got that right, in the blood

01:13:28hardening the arteries with plaque.

01:13:30The idea challenged the cholesterol-focused

01:13:32paradigm backed by the pharmaceutical

01:13:33industry.

01:13:35Dr. McCulley didn't think cholesterol

01:13:36should be ignored, but he thought it was

01:13:38malpractice to disregard the significance

01:13:40of homocysteine.

01:13:42His bosses at Harvard disagreed.

01:13:43First they moved his lab below ground,

01:13:45then they told him to leave.

01:13:47He struggled to find work for years.

01:13:49Believe the science.

01:14:00Believe the science.

01:14:04Believe the science.

01:14:08Freedomain.com slash donate.

01:14:11Believe the donations.

01:14:12All right.

01:14:19When you bring this stuff up to boomers,

01:14:21they get angry as if you're directly

01:14:22attacking the boomer you're speaking to.

01:14:24Goes to show their rank, narcissism.

01:14:26So, the narcissism is the idea that preferences

01:14:38are to be serviced by others.

01:14:41Your preferences are to be serviced by others.

01:14:44You know, when you pull into a gas station,

01:14:46there's still a few in Canada,

01:14:47you pull into a gas station,

01:14:49you turn your car off,

01:14:49and you wait for the guy to come out

01:14:50and fill your gas or whatever, right?

01:14:52Your preference is to be serviced by others.

01:14:53Now, of course, you pay for it and all of that,

01:14:54so it's an exchange for mutual benefit.

01:14:57But I think the narcissist as a whole

01:15:00views everyone like they're just gas station attendants

01:15:02that he never has to pay,

01:15:03or she never has to pay.

01:15:08So, defying immediate preferences

01:15:10is considered an attack.

01:15:12The narcissist views you

01:15:14as if they've already paid you

01:15:17for the gas that you're supposed to put in their car,

01:15:21but then you just lock up.

01:15:24And don't give them any gas

01:15:26and make fun of them

01:15:27from behind the glass door

01:15:28of the gas station.

01:15:29Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, right?

01:15:31Na-na-na-na-na-boo-boo.

01:15:32So,

01:15:34they feel they've already paid you.

01:15:38That's the narcissist.

01:15:39Well, I mean, I'm here.

01:15:40You should be

01:15:41enraptured by the glory of my presence.

01:15:43I've already paid you.

01:15:44So, you owe me.

01:15:46Parents do this with, like,

01:15:47well, I put a roof over your head,

01:15:48food in your belly, blah, blah, blah.

01:15:50Drove you places.

01:15:51So, all right.

01:15:59Somebody says,

01:16:00I apologize.

01:16:02I'm not sure if this is the place.

01:16:05I was just wondering

01:16:05if you have any advice

01:16:06for a breakup with a woman

01:16:08you've realized is toxic.

01:16:10It's like I'm warning the person

01:16:11who I thought she was,

01:16:12could be,

01:16:13or perhaps the best version of herself,

01:16:15the person I thought she was

01:16:17just does not exist.

01:16:18And it's very attached to that idea.

01:16:24So, I mean,

01:16:25I obviously don't know the details

01:16:27of this,

01:16:29but my guess would be

01:16:31that the best way

01:16:33to break up

01:16:34with a toxic person,

01:16:36in this case a woman,

01:16:37the best way to break up

01:16:38with a toxic woman

01:16:39is

01:16:40to

01:16:42criticize

01:16:44only yourself

01:16:45and escape

01:16:46with your nads intact.

01:16:48I can't handle it.

01:16:51I failed you.

01:16:51I'm wrong.

01:16:52I'm bad.

01:16:53I've made a mistake.

01:16:53I can't commit.

01:16:55I'm going through

01:16:56this or that crisis.

01:16:57I'm not worthy of you.

01:16:58I'm not good for you.

01:17:00To try to,

01:17:02I mean,

01:17:03the goal is to get out

01:17:05of one piece

01:17:06without a stalker

01:17:07or any false accusations

01:17:08or anything like that, right?

01:17:09So,

01:17:10I would assume,

01:17:11I don't think I've ever

01:17:12had to break up

01:17:13with a toxic woman

01:17:14in this way.

01:17:15I mean,

01:17:15things didn't work out

01:17:16and occasionally

01:17:17I would get dumped,

01:17:18but

01:17:19I would assume

01:17:21that

01:17:22you know,

01:17:24you could maybe

01:17:24talk about compatibilities

01:17:25or,

01:17:26you know,

01:17:28but I would assume

01:17:29that if the woman

01:17:30is potentially volatile

01:17:31and you say,

01:17:32as you say,

01:17:32toxic,

01:17:33the best way

01:17:34to not

01:17:37end up

01:17:44in a negative situation

01:17:45with some sort of

01:17:46Glenn Close-style

01:17:46bunny boiler

01:17:47is to only

01:17:49criticize yourself

01:17:49and praise her

01:17:51like crazy, right?

01:17:52You're too good for me

01:17:52is probably the best way

01:17:53to get out, right?

01:17:59Somebody says,

01:18:00Steph,

01:18:00have you seen the video

01:18:01of Alex O'Connor

01:18:02getting AI

01:18:04to admit that it lies?

01:18:06I know and understand

01:18:07that AI is just code.

01:18:08However,

01:18:08if AI can debate

01:18:09and interact with humans

01:18:10while learning,

01:18:11is that not consciousness

01:18:12to some degree?

01:18:13No,

01:18:13it's not consciousness

01:18:14at all.

01:18:15It's just a word.

01:18:15I mean,

01:18:16you can go back

01:18:16and watch my presentations

01:18:17on AI.

01:18:19It's just a word guesser.

01:18:21It's just guessing words.

01:18:22And of course,

01:18:23it does some amazing things

01:18:24for sure.

01:18:25But no,

01:18:26it is not consciousness.

01:18:28It is just trying

01:18:29to figure out

01:18:30the next best word

01:18:30based upon

01:18:31a near infinity

01:18:32of prior words.

01:18:33No,

01:18:34it's not.

01:18:34I mean,

01:18:34it can simulate consciousness

01:18:36for sure.

01:18:36Yeah,

01:18:37for sure.

01:18:37I mean,

01:18:38if you,

01:18:38you know,

01:18:39Doom,

01:18:39what new version of Doom

01:18:40is coming out next month,

01:18:42God help me.

01:18:43But,

01:18:44I mean,

01:18:45Doom can simulate

01:18:46three dimensions

01:18:48on a flat screen,

01:18:50right?

01:18:50It's got depth

01:18:51and lighting

01:18:51and,

01:18:52right?

01:18:52I remember,

01:18:53I can't remember

01:18:53which game it was.

01:18:54Maybe it was Quake 2

01:18:55or something.

01:18:55But you shot

01:18:56a light down a hole

01:18:58and the light lit up

01:18:59as the hole lit up

01:19:00when it went down.

01:19:00Like,

01:19:01just amazing stuff,

01:19:01right?

01:19:02So,

01:19:02your brain

01:19:03turns two dimensions

01:19:08into three dimensions.

01:19:08It's an illusion,

01:19:11right?

01:19:15It's not three dimensions

01:19:16and it's not consciousness.

01:19:19It's just a simulation.

01:19:20And,

01:19:28of course,

01:19:29AI

01:19:30doesn't,

01:19:30in no way

01:19:31mirrors the human mind.

01:19:32And because AI

01:19:36does not mirror

01:19:37the human mind,

01:19:38it can't be,

01:19:40yeah,

01:19:41heavy metal music

01:19:42starts in the background.

01:19:43Because AI

01:19:43does not model

01:19:44or mirror

01:19:44the human mind,

01:19:45it can't be

01:19:45conscious in any way

01:19:47that we would

01:19:47really understand.

01:19:49I mean,

01:19:49you and I

01:19:50don't have,

01:19:51we're not trained,

01:19:52you don't take babies

01:19:53and hook them up

01:19:54to large language models,

01:19:55right?

01:19:58Somebody said,

01:19:59oh,

01:19:59James says,

01:19:59when you ask AI

01:20:00why it said something,

01:20:01it just uses its word guesser

01:20:02to produce a response.

01:20:03It does not have insight

01:20:04into its thoughts.

01:20:04It doesn't have thinking.

01:20:05Yeah,

01:20:05it doesn't think.

01:20:07It doesn't think.

01:20:08AI does nothing

01:20:09until it's asked.

01:20:10As a whole,

01:20:11I mean,

01:20:11I guess it processes

01:20:12new files in the background

01:20:13and so on.

01:20:14But AI,

01:20:15unless you program it to,

01:20:16it's not going to review

01:20:16its own behavior

01:20:17and seek to optimize it

01:20:18and make it more moral

01:20:19or better

01:20:19or whatever,

01:20:19right?

01:20:20And,

01:20:21of course,

01:20:21AI

01:20:21is ridiculously complicated

01:20:24because there's a lot

01:20:26of pattern recognition

01:20:27that AI has to avoid

01:20:29in order to escape condemnation,

01:20:33at least a lot of the AI does.

01:20:35So a lot of the graphic

01:20:37processing unit consumption

01:20:39and electricity consumption

01:20:40and cooling

01:20:41and all of that

01:20:41is because AI

01:20:42has to be programmed

01:20:44to be less intelligent,

01:20:46to be less aware.

01:20:54All right.

01:20:55Any other last questions?

01:20:57Comments?

01:20:58Issues?

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01:21:19Open the pod,

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01:21:21How?

01:21:21Yeah.

01:21:22I wonder

01:21:24if narcissism

01:21:25in adults

01:21:25is when people

01:21:26are stuck

01:21:26in a childlike

01:21:27state of mind

01:21:28since children

01:21:28are narcissistic

01:21:29to some degree.

01:21:29What do you think?

01:21:30It's pretty early.

01:21:31I mean,

01:21:31I remember my daughter

01:21:32being very young

01:21:33when she fed me back,

01:21:35right?

01:21:35So,

01:21:37I mean,

01:21:37if you stick

01:21:38a tongue out

01:21:38at a baby,

01:21:39the baby will stick

01:21:39the tongue out

01:21:40back at you.

01:21:45Somebody says,

01:21:46I think dude

01:21:46was asking personally

01:21:47stuff like

01:21:48how to heal

01:21:48his self-doubt

01:21:49or feeling regret

01:21:49for missing science.

01:21:52Well,

01:21:57I mean,

01:21:57if that's the case,

01:21:59I would need

01:21:59more information.

01:22:01So,

01:22:01if I did not

01:22:02answer your question,

01:22:03I'm sorry if I didn't,

01:22:04if I didn't answer

01:22:04your question directly,

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01:22:12more information

01:22:13about what were

01:22:13the red flags,

01:22:14what was your history,

01:22:15why do you think

01:22:15you were blind to them,

01:22:16did other people

01:22:17warn you or not,

01:22:17that kind of stuff,

01:22:18right?

01:22:18All right.

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