Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I recall working at the pub in my hometown. I am relieved to be out of that environment. However, as you know, one must make a living and earn money. I was employed at the pub, one of the restaurants in town. I also took on janitorial work at two of the …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is Harris doing wrong with regards to Trump? Rick Rosner: I mentioned a couple of potential vulnerabilities. She can’t do much about what’s happened during the Biden presidency on the border. She can try to reframe it, but it’s not what she did wrong. What she might be doing wrong now …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, Trump and Elon Musk had a conversation this evening on Twitter. What happened? What were they talking about? And where's the technical issue that happened? Rick Rosner: I didn't want to click on it because I didn't want to give them ratings, but... Initially, it crashed to 200,000 viewers/listeners. But then they got their act …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, we’ve already covered pornography. Rick Rosner: It’s like the fentanyl of porn—so powerful that it’s... We’ve talked about how in the future, people will have more control, depending on when in the future you’re talking about. When I say "we," the "we" of the future doesn’t even stay the same. We …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Next topic: the future of arousal, addictions, pleasure, partnership, and pornography. A lot of P's there. Rick Rosner: Let’s start with porn. So, in the novel I’m writing about the future, I initially had Russia trying to destabilize the West by infecting our porn and making it fill every consumer with perversion …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about Holocaust denial and German recordkeeping? Rick Rosner: Let's briefly talk about it. I'll say the Nazis kept very gooI'llcords. So, when people talk about six million Jews being murdered by the Nazis, 200,000 disabled people being murdered, and another five million or so people considered undesirable by the regime, including Romani …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Oh, there is another here. So, where I live, there is a Sasquatch Museum, which is two streets over. It's a big Sasquatch commThere'sere. People write books about that mythology. It goes by different names, like Bigfoot, in some versions. Rick Rosner: Anyway, yes, the Abominable Snowman when he's in a snowy area. Jacobsen: Yes, …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Ray Kurzweil and The Guardian. The article's title is "AI Scientist Ray Kurzweil: We Are Going to Expand Intelligence a Millionfold by 2045." Intelligence will be a million-fold more by 2045. Kurzweil is consistent with his predictions regarding what he makes and sticks to. What are your thoughts on this prediction …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Yes, so presidential candidate Kamala Harris is up. Her running mate is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. What is Walz known for? Why did she pick him? Rick Rosner: Carole told me that it was because he asked, "How can I help?" when they met. She liked that. He seems cheerful. He signed …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So there's this whole principle on YouTube of calling someone a Nazi as the end of an argument. Are people using Nazi analogies or accusations online? I'm sure you see this on the X platform on posts. Rick Rosner: Yes, so is it Godwin's Law that as soon as you call somebody …
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