Something like half of the country believes occupying a room in the Capitol gives you functional control over the United States government.
We might have a fake news problem. https://t.co/sgDHwM1cQ0
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) May 26, 2021
It’s not because they would have been in the room, it’s because they would have killed the Senators they found there.
Some of them were intent on killing Pence and Pelosi. Try to keep up, bruh.
Is your point that those who occupied the capital didn’t disrupt our government? That if they gained access to the representatives and carried out their threats everything would still be cool?
Breaching the floor of the Senate” means getting into the the building before it was evacuated, to start “arresting” members of congress to prevent them from voting, and/or steal the certified EC votes. That was the plan of many. They got within a minute or two of success.
Yeah, so storming your living room wouldn’t be a threat to you?
“Serious threat” and “functional control” are not the same thing. Police officers were beaten with lead pipes, attacked with stun guns, and stampeded. The mob was only a few wrong turns away from doing the same to Representatives and Senators.
I think you’re forgetting the part where the commander in chief of the United States refused to leave office after a lawful election, is that part of the funny too?
Fireside Chat: Marc Andreessen & Sebastian Thrun
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/s8QHeAv4_XE” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe>22:54looking at us right now if you come to22:58your younger self what is the advice he23:01would give to our students so the single23:04biggest piece of career advice that I’ve23:06ever heard that I realized after the23:08fact I was implementing I didn’t realize23:09it at the time was Scott actually Scott23:11Adams the guy who invented Dilbert easy23:14to remember who came up with this piece23:16of advice because how many how many23:17people invented Dilbert he his his big23:20advice was it’s not about any particular23:22skill it’s about combining skills right23:25the world is becoming an ever more23:26complicated place everything is slamming23:28together right it feels it used to be23:29discrete or not combining do a large23:32part to what we’ve been talking about23:34and so it’s not about any individual23:36skill it’s about come it’s about23:37combining skills and then constantly23:39layering on new skills and so like the23:41great example is you can you can be an23:42engineer and you manage your track you23:44could be a writer the professional23:45writer but what if you’re an engineer23:47with writing skills right and then you23:49can be the engineer who can then23:50actually articulate what engineers do23:52which might be helpful or you could be a23:54writer right who understands engineering23:56culture and you could write books about23:57technology right and all of a sudden23:58like both of those are like highly24:00differentiated skills like those those24:02are very special skills and then what if24:04on top of that you thread it in24:05knowledge of Education and then you have24:07the ability to write about technology24:09and education and all of a sudden that’s24:10a very special thing24:11and then basically through the course of24:13your life you just keep layering in you24:14just keep you keep layering in more and24:16more skills we were actually I’ll brag24:17on Sebastian you know professor turn24:20executive turned entrepreneur right it’s24:23like no talk it you know talk about like24:24a magical combination of skills right24:26there’s there’s no possible professor24:27who could keep up with him in business24:28and there are very few business people24:30who can keep up with them on the24:31intellectual side of things and so the24:33magic is in the combination and and I24:35suspect the world’s gonna get more in24:37the direction where combinations are24:39going to get much more valuable and the24:41people who have the combinations of24:43skills of attending on the students take24:44more than a degrees that’s good time24:50would ask one last question sure how do24:52you get rid of fear how do I do what24:55fear fear seem so fearless what’s that24:58yes that means what’s that mean if ei25:01are AR see so much of it is it’s you25:06actually actually read a study actually25:08read a study area there’s a psychologist25:10named Dean Simonton who has studied the25:12history of creativity across every25:14different kind of creative field art25:15music and business and everything and25:17his his big conclusion out of the entire25:19thing is the people who succeed are the25:21people who just keep swinging the bat at25:23the ball over and over and over again25:24it’s just repeated attempts basically25:27people who don’t quit and who keep25:28swinging and so just it’s just sort of25:30this I don’t know maybe it’s maybe it’s25:32my Midwestern background or just25:34old-fashioned stubbornness but you know25:36it’s it’s very easy to opt out it’s very25:38easy to get discouraged and give up but25:39if you kind of have the mentality which25:41I don’t know where it comes from but25:42I’ve got it I’ve got the mentality the25:44basically says it kind of doesn’t matter25:45how many times you get knocked down the25:47key the key thing is to just keep25:48getting back up and keep swinging and
Scott Adams: Sam Harris is Wrong About Donald Trump
(4 min) The people on the right are nicer to me when they disagree.
Trump departs from the fact checking more aggressively than we’ve seen before, but the results appear to be quite good.
Trump hasn’t broken stuff, which is better than people thought would happen.
It seems to be that Sam’s concern is the departure from the fact is so extreme that it will cause lasting damage. It will cause others to discard facts or cause people to not care about facts.
When Sam says there is a big problem with the Trump Experience I can’t see it because I see Trump as a unique experience. I think that the next President will be a reaction to Trump, like Trump was a reaction to Obama.
Sam’s assumption is wrong, but while his brand is “Rationality”, in the realm of politics, facts don’t matter.
(13 min ) The way people make decisions don’t depend on facts. Politics was always 100% bullshit, so Trump prioritizes winning outcomes in all cases.
Compare that to politicians whose priority is the truth.
In politics, the truth gets your economy in trouble because people loose confidence when you talk truthfully about the problems.
Sam’s prioritization of the truth is valuable in almost all except politics.
(19:55) In politics, there is no truth. There is no process to get there and even if there was, you wouldn’t want it because it wouldn’t be winning (and half the country wouldn’t believe you).
[Tim: since you can’t tell the truth all the times, disregard it completely]
Trump prioritied the Rust Belt states and made sure his message fit there. Hillary Clinton didn’t. She prioritized her gender.
Many Republicans would choose Nikki-Haley (showing that Hillary broke the glass ceiling)
(25 min) You’ve got to give Hillary credit for breaking the glass ceiling.
(14:26) If Putin continued to do the same things with elections in the future (and why would he because he seems to like a President Trump)
The best way to deal with interference is not to talk to that in a press conference. (Its just a good play)
I kind of like Putin’s play to say that we can interview the 12 Indicted hackers if he can interview Americans. (Uninformed)
Trump Derangement Syndrome and the Crumbling Media (Scott Adams Pt. 2)
Scott Adams (Creator of Dilbert) joins Dave to discuss the trend of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ the crumbling mainstream media, the Trump/Russia controversy, his predictions for future candidates and the future of Trump, and more.
Just this week there was this idiotic thing with Trump in Japan, dumping out his food in the fish pond.
What they don’t show you is the moment before the Japanese Prime Minister did the same thing.
(10 min) I don’t think media can make money in the middle of the political spectrum
Trump’s opponents might see sense if Trump does something useful with:
- North Korea
- Health Care
As long as Trump stays provocative in the same way, people will get used to it.
(18 min) Scott Adams: Russia is a weird relationship – frenemies, but we have deep connections. Why wouldn’t be talking to them? What are we going to do: depose Trump and Pence, put in Paul Ryan. This would be an act of war. Are we going to nuke Russia?
If Obama knew that Trump was a Russian spy, they would be out on the street yelling about it.
Why would it be illegal to get true information?
(22 min) If you were to ask someone on the street to sort out the Russian thing it would be a jumble.
Persuasion Democrats with Charisma:
- George Clooney
- Mark Cuban
- Van Jones
All Politicians are celebrities, we’re going to live in a world where facts don’t matter.
Even if you’re pro-Trump, you know that the fact-checkers aren’t wrong all the time, but you like the way that he is persuading in the right way
- Health Care
- Growth = 4%
If he is successful, you might go out on top and Anoint his successor and keep the brand clean.