Click & Obey

Today we discuss what the Biden team is looking to do on the Supreme Court before delving in to other topics about the current political climate.

Discussion on exactly what each different "pill" means when people bring them up in conversation.

Some pre-inauguration thoughts on the difficulties of having actual conversations around political violence.

While censorship is bad, the time for decentralization might finally be upon us.

We have a long discussion on the state of things after the Parler take down. Both of us are very optimistic at the thought of a de-centralized internet however, so long term we hold high hopes.

So now what happens?

Discussion on Secession at a state level and even secession as it relates to friend groups and relationships.

Discussion on the Matthew Yglesias book/podcast appearances discussing the prospect of 1 Billion Americans. We also end on a discussion about the new Covid Vaccine that will be rolling out in the coming months.

Discussion on what good/bad came out of the election results (at least until/unless they change).

Some presidential election talk, but also looking in to the Senate, House, and Ballot Measures.

A discussion on the state of Journalism and whether it even exists any more. Also predictions for the election.

Discussion of the DOJ anti-trust suit against google, 230 protections, social discourse, and several other topics.

Starts with a quick recap of the VP debates, followed by 2 debates between Mesh and DRush. Debates are over Lockdowns and UBI, one with the 2 minutes format we see in presidential debates, the other with a more long form 5/10/5 style that we are using as a thought exercise. Neither of us have any debate history or topic expertise, so this is more of a thought experiment on the pros/cons of each style.

What was that debate? How in the world are these the 2 people we have chosen to potentially lead the country?

Today we go in to a discussion on what are Offensive Speech, Hate Speech, and Harassment. We go in to the implications as they relates to freedom of speech, and the cultural implication of being able to punish offensive speech.

00:00 - Mesh gives a True/False quiz on the weeks headlines 09:15 - Answers are revealed 34:00 - State of Discourse 42:25 - How to Avoid Politics 56:55 - Prioritization of Threats 1:06:00 - Voldemorting 1:10:00 - When Left met Right

00:00 - Intro 05:50 - What is the acceptable vote loss? 13:05 - How does this work with in person and mail in? 19:30 - Where do we even start? 23:15 - What is the user experience? 29:10 - Security 35:10 - Platform vs. Application 39:10 - What happens when a security breach occurs? 44:50 - What is online voting trying to solve? 48:50 - Who makes the decision on implementation? 53:10 - Online voting vs. Online banking comparison

Usually I timestamp these things, but this episode was a bit all over the place. Lot of politics and in general venting about the current state of things.

Timestamps: 00:00 - General talk about the pick 12:00 - Is Harris the presidential pick 23:00 - Lets talk swing states 29:00 - Do we trust the polls 40:00 - Contested election 48:00 - Next Generation of debates Useful Links: Compare Senate/Congressional Voting Records - https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/compare-votes/115 Votes with Bernie 93% Votes with Ted Cruz 24% Votes with Rand Paul 26% Votes with Tim Kaine 80% Votes with Corey Booker 95%

00:00 - Good Data vs. Bad Data, is there such a thing as either? 2:30 - Covid Discussion 14:00 - Is the Suicide Rate up? 23:30 - The Sweeden (and other countries) comparison 38:10 - Polarization, i.e. the mental state of the country 41:40 - Let's talk polling data

Timestamps: 12:00 -blacklist/whitelist and adjustments based on social justice initiatives 28:50- google “blacklisting” conservatives 45:00 - Hawaii false missle alert 53:00 y2k Useful Links: Streisand effect - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Black list first usage - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting Github renaming - https://github.com/github/renaming

Timestamps: Our Personal Anecdotes (0:15) Grievance Studies and STEM (7:00) Denouncing STEM and what is the Smithsonian's take on Whiteness? (18:49) Purity Testing (30:14) State of College (34:53) References: Jonathan Haidt/Greg Lukianoff - Coddling of the American Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1595518771&sr=1-2 Douglas Murray - Madness of Crowds: https://www.amazon.com/Madness-Crowds-Gender-Race-Identity/dp/1635579988 Grievance Studies Reference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair

How does automatic moderation of content work? How do social media platforms make money? Is data really that valuable? How has social media influenced discourse? What happens to social media after the next election?

“Split Economies” or just allowing for more conversation? Centralization for discourse. 2020 election results effects on the future of both platforms.