Real Coffee with Scott Adams - Episode 1721 Scott Adams： Political Retaliation as Strategy, Elon Musk Builds a City, Ghost Drones？

00:00:00.000 And welcome to another insanely great experience.

00:00:07.540 I don't even call this entertainment.

00:00:09.660 It's not education, it's not entertainment, it's an experience.

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00:00:27.840 Why?

00:00:28.260 Why? Because perhaps it is.

00:00:30.760 This might be the beginning of something special that begins with a simultaneous sip.

00:00:37.120 You don't want to miss it because it could be the key to unlocking all of the happiness for the rest of your life.

00:00:42.160 I'm just saying, you might regret it if you miss it.

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00:01:02.140 It's the dopamine of the day.

00:01:03.440 The thing makes everything better.

00:01:05.620 It's called the simultaneous sip.

00:01:08.200 And it happens now.

00:01:08.780 Go! 0.95

00:01:08.940 So, yes, the oft-quoted verse.

00:01:15.820 That's correct.

00:01:17.300 Oh, that was so good.

00:01:19.400 What is that?

00:01:20.060 Well, what's happening lately?

00:01:28.240 So, CNN's a streaming service called CNN Plus.

00:01:33.020 CNN Plus, it's not a plus anymore.

00:01:36.900 So, CNN Plus got minused.

00:01:41.840 So, their new owners of the company that bought CNN said, let's get rid of this lame service that only reportedly had 10,000 subscribers.

00:01:50.680 Which is, I think the bad part was not, if you think about it, the bad part is not that, that they didn't get a lot of customers.

00:02:07.880 What?

00:02:13.600 Okay.

00:02:14.300 Somebody paid $50 for the most obtuse comment on YouTube ever.

00:02:18.500 But the problem, I think, with CNN Plus is that as a subscription service, and it was subscription, right?

00:02:28.640 That was the whole point.

00:02:30.500 I think this is where CNN showed the world how much people valued their content.

00:02:37.520 Because nobody would pay for a little extra.

00:02:42.580 Isn't that the real problem?

00:02:43.980 So, the real problem, I don't think, is that it didn't work out as a technology or as a business model.

00:02:50.940 I think what it did is it showed that the flagship of the property, the main TV show, probably isn't something that anybody would pay for.

00:03:01.480 Now, that kind of makes sense, doesn't it?

00:03:03.420 Because you would think that you would see the same news for free somewhere else.

00:03:07.580 But wouldn't you see the same news that's on Fox News for free somewhere else?

00:03:13.980 Because they have a streaming service that is still around, so it must be doing better.

00:03:20.200 If you think about it, CNN actually doesn't have a product.

00:03:24.220 Because their product can be substituted with, how about nothing?

00:03:29.260 I'll just watch MSNBC, and I'll read the New York Times, and I'll look at a website, and I'm going to see the same news.

00:03:36.940 Because the left-leaning news has lots of competition.

00:03:40.720 So, that's really the big story, is that nobody would pay for it.

00:03:43.980 Here's a smallish story becoming a big story.

00:03:50.920 And I wonder if the big corporate press will pick up on this or not.

00:03:56.520 I think they might have to kill this story.

00:03:59.940 But, as you know, Michael Schellenberger is running for governor in California as an independent,

00:04:05.200 which normally would be just sort of the graveyard to losing an election.

00:04:13.340 But he's the most unique candidate.

00:04:17.280 Well, that doesn't make sense.

00:04:18.840 Nothing is the most unique.

00:04:19.980 But he's the first candidate I know of who has tried to run on competence and knowledge.

00:04:27.160 Somebody was going to try it eventually.

00:04:32.100 So, all he does is he's got books that are exactly on topic that he has researched.

00:04:39.760 And so, he has very specific solutions that are exactly tailored for the state.

00:04:47.160 They have wider application, but they're perfectly suited for running for governor.

00:04:51.480 So, he's demonstrated a body of knowledge in great detail, along with solutions to the specific problems of California.

00:04:58.880 And he just won.

00:04:59.680 So, here's the big news.

00:05:01.420 He just won a coveted endorsement from one of the biggest endorsing groups, taxpayer groups in California,

00:05:12.060 whose name I dumbly forgot to copy and paste into my notes.

00:05:16.960 But the point is, he just got a huge endorsement as an independent.

00:05:22.620 And it's not an accident.

00:05:24.860 Before, yeah, it was the Jarvis.

00:05:28.400 Somebody will tell me it's the Jarvis Taxes, somebody, blah, blah, blah.

00:05:32.100 So, it's a very influential group.

00:05:34.920 And the fact that they liked him and their orientation is taxes, that's a pretty strong endorsement,

00:05:45.320 given that he's coming in with lots of solutions for social problems.

00:05:50.860 The fact that the tax people like him also.

00:05:54.480 Like, who does that?

00:05:56.500 Who gets an endorsement?

00:05:58.200 Well, who comes in with specific, proven solutions for social problems,

00:06:05.620 like homelessness and drug addiction, you know, and drug addicts on the street,

00:06:13.420 but also climate change?

00:06:18.200 Not from a panicked perspective, but from a practical perspective of what you can and cannot do

00:06:25.420 and what works and what doesn't.

00:06:26.640 So, he comes in with all these things that fix,

00:06:30.260 they're really designed to fix the problems that the people on the left would also say are big problems.

00:06:36.840 And he gets an endorsement from the people who like low taxes.

00:06:41.760 It just shows you that his solutions don't require a lot of money.

00:06:46.200 And they work.

00:06:48.400 So, apparently, they read all of his books and said,

00:06:51.760 okay, these are practical solutions that don't look like they cost a lot of money.

00:06:56.640 And, boom.

00:06:58.980 I mean, this is a really, really big deal.

00:07:01.960 And it's probably right, it's teetering on the edge of the larger corporate press,

00:07:07.360 noticing that something's going on here that's not like anything else.

00:07:12.100 Yeah, do you know what makes a story?

00:07:13.400 You've heard, it's not a story if a dog bites a man, because that happens all the time,

00:07:19.580 but it's a story if a man bites a dog.

00:07:23.440 So, the news is always looking for somebody who's doing something not just better,

00:07:27.940 because that's not really news,

00:07:29.760 and not really just more of it,

00:07:32.340 because that's why you don't see a lot of reporting on the details of, like, shootings every weekend,

00:07:37.540 because it's sort of the same story, there's more of it.

00:07:40.780 So, that's not as newsworthy as other stuff.

00:07:43.800 But when somebody does something in a completely different way, like AOC,

00:07:48.940 you know, AOC was sort of a story of, you know, the way she did it, wouldn't you say?

00:07:54.180 Because she did things differently, that's what was exciting.

00:07:59.800 She was young, she was young, she just had everything going on to make it something that was different.

00:08:05.180 But Schellenberger's doing the same thing in a far more directed way, like directed solutions way.

00:08:11.640 And nobody's done this.

00:08:14.060 And correct me if I'm wrong, but nobody's even tried this.

00:08:17.200 Nobody's tried to demonstrate great mastery of content with specific solutions,

00:08:24.480 and then run for office.

00:08:27.360 Am I wrong?

00:08:28.600 I don't think it's ever been done.

00:08:30.060 And if it has been done, I doubt it's been done this well,

00:08:32.720 because it's so directed at things that Californians care about.

00:08:37.140 Anyway, it's going to get big.

00:08:40.660 So let's talk about, do you all know the background to the story about,

00:08:45.320 about DeSantis fighting against Disney and taking away Disney's special status,

00:08:52.620 because Disney opposed the so-called don't say gay law,

00:08:57.840 which isn't really a don't say gay law.

00:09:00.660 And are you following this whole story, everybody?

00:09:03.940 So I don't want to give you the whole background,

00:09:06.400 because most of you probably are familiar with it.

00:09:09.200 So you can Google it if you need to.

00:09:12.000 But here's my take on it.

00:09:13.480 So even Fox News uses the word retaliation

00:09:18.340 as for why DeSantis wants to remove from Disney

00:09:21.780 some special status they had where they could control the land

00:09:26.300 and the area that they owned

00:09:28.060 without as much government red tape and interference.

00:09:32.720 Now, my understanding is that when it was first granted to them,

00:09:36.740 it was because it just made everything easier.

00:09:39.080 They just didn't have to go through all the government red tape

00:09:42.820 to do things that, you know, probably made sense.

00:09:46.880 And it was good for the state.

00:09:48.220 And, you know, Florida got lots of tourists,

00:09:52.160 and Disney got their work done cheaper and easier.

00:09:56.200 And I don't know, maybe some tax.

00:09:58.320 Did they have some tax benefits too?

00:10:00.100 Something like that.

00:10:00.740 So I don't know the history of it, but here's the thing.

00:10:04.660 I could not argue that it should or should not exist,

00:10:08.400 because I'd have to look into it more deeply.

00:10:10.560 But I don't care about that at the moment.

00:10:13.840 If you're doing something in the political realm

00:10:17.120 that even the people who are on your side call retaliation,

00:10:21.600 I feel like you should be impeached for that.

00:10:23.820 And otherwise, I think DeSantis is sort of a superstar.

00:10:29.100 I mean, I could easily imagine a DeSantis presidency

00:10:32.440 that would do a lot of good stuff,

00:10:34.020 that would not be crazy,

00:10:36.120 and wouldn't be as divisive as maybe other people,

00:10:39.400 anybody you're thinking of.

00:10:42.420 So I have a very high opinion of DeSantis.

00:10:46.080 And now, hold on, hold on.

00:10:48.960 Have you heard my argument yet?

00:10:50.400 I'm seeing the critics already descend.

00:10:54.900 But I'm going to get to your point of view.

00:10:57.420 I promise you,

00:10:59.340 I will try to characterize your point of view

00:11:03.220 as accurately as possible.

00:11:05.700 If you'll allow me.

00:11:06.960 Just hold off, right?

00:11:08.900 Okay?

00:11:09.420 Because this isn't the place you come to

00:11:11.020 for the reflex opinions

00:11:12.880 that are going to look like everybody else's opinions.

00:11:15.500 You wouldn't be here for that.

00:11:16.560 Now, so the argument in favor of retaliation

00:11:23.660 would go like this.

00:11:25.540 And see if I can characterize this for you

00:11:28.060 as strongly as you'd like.

00:11:30.300 The argument for DeSantis would be

00:11:32.540 you really have to push back every place you can.

00:11:36.980 Otherwise, the left, if they get an inch,

00:11:38.860 they'll take a mile.

00:11:39.760 You've seen it a million times.

00:11:41.800 Nothing matters but power.

00:11:43.600 It's all about power.

00:11:44.680 And if you let them push you

00:11:47.200 and you don't push back,

00:11:49.060 then, you know, the whole thing falls apart.

00:11:52.860 Is that strong enough?

00:11:56.560 Does that capture your general opinion?

00:12:00.980 Okay.

00:12:01.580 Now, I'm also going to start agreeing with you.

00:12:04.920 So now I've described your opinion.

00:12:09.020 Now, somebody called that a straw man.

00:12:10.880 Was that a straw man?

00:12:11.620 I thought that was actually a steel man,

00:12:14.640 but is that a straw man?

00:12:17.420 I feel like that's a strong argument.

00:12:20.580 So I'm going to now agree with it.

00:12:22.340 In my opinion,

00:12:23.660 the argument that you should push back

00:12:26.380 against anybody who's trying to

00:12:28.800 continuously push you,

00:12:30.680 right, we're not talking about

00:12:31.600 like a one-off situation

00:12:32.920 that you might treat differently.

00:12:34.400 I'm talking about like a permanent power situation

00:12:37.100 where one side is always pushing you.

00:12:39.440 They're just always pushing you.

00:12:40.460 I would think that it's a perfectly strong

00:12:43.760 and valid argument

00:12:44.620 based on history

00:12:46.160 and human psychology

00:12:48.420 and motivation

00:12:49.140 and basically every observation

00:12:52.120 in science we know

00:12:53.300 that it makes sense to push back.

00:12:56.560 Are we all on the same page?

00:13:00.460 So far?

00:13:02.760 Is that a straw man?

00:13:04.160 I'm not sure if I can satisfy

00:13:06.480 some of you people.

00:13:08.360 How much more can I agree with you?

00:13:11.120 All right?

00:13:11.460 Here's the but.

00:13:13.520 Do you think there could ever be an exception?

00:13:17.580 Do you think there should ever be an exception?

00:13:20.560 And I would say there should be one exception.

00:13:22.300 It should be if you can't win with your argument

00:13:27.920 in the realm of politics,

00:13:29.820 if your argument isn't strong enough

00:13:32.280 and so you resort to something

00:13:35.380 that's literally called retaliation by your own side

00:13:38.240 for something that's a separate topic,

00:13:41.140 everybody would agree it's a separate topic.

00:13:42.920 So retaliating against Disney

00:13:45.440 right in front of us,

00:13:47.140 right in front of the public.

00:13:48.740 You know, there's nothing being hidden here.

00:13:51.180 A separate topic

00:13:52.420 just for the power balance to push back,

00:13:56.900 I feel is impeachable.

00:13:59.460 Hold on.

00:14:00.560 Let me make my argument.

00:14:02.080 You haven't heard my argument yet.

00:14:04.320 Okay?

00:14:06.000 How many of you liked Ronald Reagan?

00:14:10.500 Pretty good, right?

00:14:11.480 If you're a Republican or you lean right,

00:14:14.160 probably you liked him a lot.

00:14:16.340 Now, what was he really good at?

00:14:20.400 Well, one of the things he was really good at

00:14:22.000 is making his case.

00:14:24.660 So what is a better strategy?

00:14:27.920 Making the better argument

00:14:29.300 or retaliation?

00:14:33.320 Now, if I put Reagan into the example,

00:14:35.760 and I'm not even talking about a specific policy,

00:14:39.100 suppose you had Ronald Reagan

00:14:40.420 and he could just make the better argument

00:14:42.940 or he could get some retaliation

00:14:45.720 in an unrelated area.

00:14:47.920 Which would be the better strategy?

00:14:51.280 Well, I would say the strategy is to win.

00:14:54.700 The strategy is not to retaliate.

00:14:57.660 Do you know what retaliation is in this model?

00:15:00.560 Because all of us are spectators

00:15:02.720 to a spectator sport

00:15:03.980 that we kind of like, don't we?

00:15:05.340 Admit it.

00:15:07.240 If you're watching this live stream,

00:15:08.900 it's probably, for most of you,

00:15:11.340 it's because you sort of like

00:15:12.520 the entertainment element of politics

00:15:14.580 as much as knowing what's going on.

00:15:17.160 And if you like the entertainment element,

00:15:19.820 what is that little reward you get

00:15:22.880 when you watch entertainment?

00:15:24.700 What's the reward

00:15:25.760 for any kind of entertainment?

00:15:28.040 It's dopamine, right?

00:15:29.660 I mean, I might be wrong

00:15:30.880 about the chemical signature,

00:15:32.640 but you get a little chemical hit, right?

00:15:35.260 It's like a reward.

00:15:36.660 If your team wins,

00:15:38.660 you get a little chemical boost.

00:15:40.820 It might be testosterone,

00:15:42.360 but it's like a little high, right?

00:15:44.560 A little testosterone

00:15:45.700 when your team wins, especially.

00:15:48.020 So when you see your team retaliate,

00:15:52.240 how does that feel?

00:15:54.180 How does it feel?

00:15:55.700 Just forget about the strategy.

00:15:57.160 We're not talking whether it's a good idea.

00:15:59.380 Forget about the policy.

00:16:00.340 Forget about the specific topic.

00:16:01.840 But how does it feel?

00:16:04.440 It feels pretty good, doesn't it?

00:16:06.580 It feels pretty good.

00:16:09.100 So, if you like to feel good,

00:16:13.940 then DeSantis' retaliation

00:16:16.820 is exactly what you wanted.

00:16:20.120 And if that's what you want,

00:16:22.480 I guess I would support you with that.

00:16:26.160 If you like it because it's delicious,

00:16:28.540 and you know what you like,

00:16:29.720 and it's an entertainment sport,

00:16:31.000 and you just say, you know,

00:16:32.700 it would just really feel good

00:16:34.120 to see DeSantis kick some ass,

00:16:36.640 wouldn't it?

00:16:37.800 It would feel kind of good.

00:16:40.320 All right?

00:16:40.920 So you can get what you want

00:16:42.500 with the retaliation.

00:16:45.340 Now, personally,

00:16:46.220 I just have a different preference

00:16:47.680 because I didn't get the dopamine hit.

00:16:52.580 I don't know why.

00:16:54.600 Don't know why.

00:16:55.820 But I'm watching the same story you are,

00:16:57.980 but I didn't get a dopamine hit.

00:17:00.300 Like, when I heard that he was using it,

00:17:02.700 retaliation,

00:17:04.120 that word just triggered the fuck out of me.

00:17:07.100 Like, I don't know,

00:17:07.900 just something in my brain just went,

00:17:09.280 what?

00:17:10.240 What?

00:17:11.580 I'm paying somebody?

00:17:12.800 Meaning, not me,

00:17:13.820 I'm not paying DeSantis,

00:17:14.920 but taxpayers.

00:17:17.800 Taxpayers hired a guy,

00:17:20.140 a person,

00:17:21.680 and that person is telling us

00:17:24.100 right in front of us

00:17:25.020 that on our dime,

00:17:29.420 he's getting retaliation.

00:17:33.360 Fired.

00:17:34.600 You're fucking fired.

00:17:37.300 You know,

00:17:37.860 I'm sorry.

00:17:39.060 I didn't hire you

00:17:40.340 to give me a dopamine hit.

00:17:41.860 You're not my fucking drug dealer.

00:17:45.040 I want you to win.

00:17:47.120 How about winning?

00:17:48.360 I hired you to fucking win.

00:17:50.700 All right?

00:17:50.980 If I care about this issue,

00:17:52.520 the law and the school,

00:17:54.060 let's win the fucking thing. 0.87

00:17:55.660 Let's do it right.

00:17:56.540 Let's do it like Reagan would do it.

00:17:58.080 Let's do it like Clinton would do it.

00:17:59.900 Let's do it like fucking Obama would do it.

00:18:02.400 Do you know how Obama would do it?

00:18:04.280 He'd argue it better.

00:18:06.080 He'd do a better job.

00:18:07.420 Do you know how Reagan would do it?

00:18:09.500 He'd argue better.

00:18:11.100 He'd do a better job.

00:18:13.020 Do you know how Trump would do it?

00:18:14.800 He'd argue better.

00:18:16.120 He'd do a better fucking job.

00:18:18.200 DeSantis just apparently whiffed on this

00:18:21.480 or something

00:18:22.080 because he didn't feel like he was winning,

00:18:24.420 and so he's going to retaliation.

00:18:26.400 That's weak.

00:18:27.940 That's weak.

00:18:29.860 He can't win his own argument.

00:18:31.780 That's weak.

00:18:33.920 So to me, it looks weak,

00:18:35.040 and I wouldn't hire a guy to retaliate.

00:18:38.780 If he were your employee,

00:18:40.860 let's say he was your,

00:18:42.400 let's say you were an owner

00:18:44.000 of a plumbing contract company,

00:18:46.840 and one of your employees

00:18:48.600 told you straight out,

00:18:52.340 I decided to retaliate

00:18:53.860 against one of my customers

00:18:55.140 because then word will get around

00:18:57.800 and maybe the next customer

00:18:59.240 won't treat me the same way.

00:19:00.940 Would you say,

00:19:03.580 well, good job.

00:19:04.780 You really have to retaliate

00:19:06.060 against customers

00:19:06.920 because if you don't retaliate

00:19:09.720 against a customer,

00:19:10.940 the next one's not going to respect you.

00:19:13.180 No.

00:19:13.920 You would fucking fire him

00:19:15.740 on the spot

00:19:17.020 because you don't hire people

00:19:18.880 to retaliate.

00:19:20.240 It's not a good strategy.

00:19:21.760 It's not a winning strategy.

00:19:23.380 It's a dopamine drug strategy.

00:19:26.500 You don't hire him 0.77

00:19:27.660 to be your drug dealer.

00:19:28.920 DeSantis is your governor.

00:19:31.680 He's not your drug dealer.

00:19:33.880 He's not there

00:19:34.700 to make you feel good.

00:19:36.340 He's there to win.

00:19:38.460 Now, winning should feel good.

00:19:40.160 But win the right battle.

00:19:41.860 Like, don't win the bullshit.

00:19:44.760 All right.

00:19:45.160 So, let me say again.

00:19:48.540 If you like it

00:19:49.520 because it feels good,

00:19:51.080 but you're also aware

00:19:52.300 that that's what you're on about,

00:19:55.220 that's okay.

00:19:57.500 I mean, that's okay.

00:19:58.480 If you know exactly

00:19:59.560 what you're in it for,

00:20:02.280 then that's cool.

00:20:04.360 And let me say again

00:20:05.360 that I think that

00:20:06.240 DeSantis is a superstar.

00:20:08.760 I could easily support him

00:20:10.460 for president.

00:20:12.200 Because I think he's just,

00:20:13.740 he's more commonsensical

00:20:15.020 than anybody else.

00:20:15.960 I feel like he got bad advice

00:20:17.640 on this one thing.

00:20:19.680 unless it's purely political.

00:20:23.600 And I'd hate to see him,

00:20:28.560 you know,

00:20:28.860 of course he's a political animal

00:20:30.200 and, you know,

00:20:30.980 there's no denying that.

00:20:33.280 But I feel like this is just

00:20:34.760 putting dopamine over winning.

00:20:39.120 And I just never want to do that.

00:20:41.500 So, let me ask you this.

00:20:46.780 If we all accept the idea

00:20:48.920 that you should push back

00:20:50.060 on people who are pushing you,

00:20:52.340 would you accept

00:20:53.140 that there could ever be

00:20:54.640 an exception

00:20:56.160 where the strategy

00:20:57.560 is more important

00:20:58.480 than the dopamine hit?

00:21:01.620 Do you buy that frame?

00:21:03.060 And if not,

00:21:07.080 what would be a...

00:21:11.060 No, don't just say

00:21:13.900 something bad about me

00:21:15.360 or that DeSantis is good.

00:21:18.180 These are just generic things.

00:21:19.740 Give me...

00:21:21.240 No, stop saying generic things.

00:21:23.780 Be specific.

00:21:25.500 What would be wrong

00:21:26.400 with that frame?

00:21:26.940 I get way too many comments to...

00:21:35.940 Scott is triggered

00:21:38.460 by a word meant to trigger.

00:21:40.460 Well, remember,

00:21:42.600 the word came from

00:21:44.080 the entity that likes

00:21:46.400 DeSantis the most.

00:21:47.880 It was a Fox News word.

00:21:49.680 If CNN had said

00:21:50.760 that DeSantis

00:21:51.820 had been retaliating,

00:21:55.420 I'm not sure

00:21:55.900 I would have taken it

00:21:56.540 seriously

00:21:56.980 because I would just say,

00:21:58.700 oh, that's just how

00:21:59.180 they're framing it.

00:22:00.600 But if his own side

00:22:02.040 is framing it that way,

00:22:03.020 it's probably

00:22:03.820 a little closer

00:22:04.520 to the truth.

00:22:08.640 I can laugh

00:22:09.500 at your opinion

00:22:09.980 all I want.

00:22:10.800 Actually, you can.

00:22:12.160 So if you get

00:22:13.200 a dopamine hit

00:22:14.000 by feeling that

00:22:14.800 you're smarter than me

00:22:15.840 on this topic

00:22:16.500 or that your strategy

00:22:18.900 would be more effective,

00:22:21.640 then I'm in favor of that.

00:22:23.940 If you can get

00:22:26.400 a dopamine hit

00:22:27.180 anyway at all,

00:22:29.300 just go ahead

00:22:30.820 and do it.

00:22:31.980 Anyway,

00:22:32.660 I'd rather win

00:22:33.660 than get a dopamine hit,

00:22:34.960 but that's just me.

00:22:36.160 Elon Musk

00:22:36.900 wants to start a city

00:22:38.200 that I think

00:22:39.480 would be called

00:22:40.060 Starbase.

00:22:41.440 And of course,

00:22:42.340 it would have to get

00:22:42.880 the approval

00:22:43.340 of the people

00:22:44.240 who already live there.

00:22:45.920 But the idea

00:22:47.060 would be to

00:22:47.960 have some kind of,

00:22:49.980 I don't know,

00:22:50.420 local control

00:22:51.520 and design

00:22:52.760 and engineer

00:22:54.220 an awesome place

00:22:56.240 to live

00:22:56.740 so that he can attract,

00:22:58.740 I guess,

00:22:59.720 high-quality workers

00:23:00.780 for his own companies.

00:23:03.080 And have I ever told you

00:23:05.480 that that had always

00:23:06.480 been my dream

00:23:07.200 to design a city?

00:23:10.500 Because our cities

00:23:11.460 are all wrong.

00:23:12.340 You know,

00:23:12.880 I keep hearing

00:23:13.480 who's got a good idea

00:23:15.160 for fixing crime

00:23:17.980 in our cities

00:23:18.640 and everything.

00:23:19.280 And I keep saying,

00:23:20.220 why would you fix cities?

00:23:22.520 You can't really

00:23:23.360 fix the cities.

00:23:24.900 You know,

00:23:25.540 you can barely

00:23:26.280 put a tourniquet on them.

00:23:27.500 I think cities

00:23:28.120 are just going to die. 0.61

00:23:29.900 Because unless you,

00:23:31.760 you know,

00:23:32.480 start over,

00:23:34.340 there's nothing

00:23:35.020 about a city

00:23:35.640 that works.

00:23:36.140 There's just too much

00:23:36.880 population

00:23:37.640 to transportation

00:23:40.460 to everything's

00:23:41.720 in the wrong place.

00:23:43.440 I don't think

00:23:44.260 you could fix a city.

00:23:45.160 But I've long said

00:23:47.220 that the next phase

00:23:48.520 of, you know,

00:23:49.260 human, let's say,

00:23:50.320 civilization

00:23:50.940 will be to start

00:23:52.400 from scratch

00:23:53.060 and design

00:23:53.920 towns and cities

00:23:55.760 and even blocks

00:23:57.380 and even the house

00:23:58.500 itself

00:23:59.000 in a very

00:24:00.520 A-B tested,

00:24:02.300 human-centric way

00:24:03.660 until you can build

00:24:04.680 an insanely good

00:24:06.320 place to live

00:24:07.100 that

00:24:07.520 doesn't cost much.

00:24:10.280 Now,

00:24:10.820 that might be

00:24:11.340 the thing that

00:24:11.820 Elon Musk

00:24:12.400 could bring

00:24:13.020 into a city

00:24:13.580 design.

00:24:15.240 Imagine any other

00:24:16.340 way to build

00:24:16.880 a city.

00:24:17.640 What happens?

00:24:18.900 You bring in

00:24:19.640 private companies

00:24:20.560 whose job it is

00:24:22.160 to build,

00:24:23.000 let's say,

00:24:23.300 homes.

00:24:24.460 You say,

00:24:24.980 give us the best bid

00:24:26.620 to build the cheapest

00:24:29.060 home.

00:24:29.460 Well,

00:24:29.580 even the best bid

00:24:30.600 is going to try

00:24:31.280 to make the most profit

00:24:32.320 they possibly can.

00:24:33.280 So they're going

00:24:34.300 to build the house

00:24:35.160 that specifically

00:24:37.040 they know how to

00:24:37.920 build and they can

00:24:38.720 already do it

00:24:39.500 and they can just

00:24:40.880 outbid the other

00:24:42.400 people.

00:24:42.920 They're not going

00:24:43.420 to build you

00:24:44.880 the city of tomorrow.

00:24:47.020 You're basically

00:24:47.840 going to get

00:24:48.380 the same houses

00:24:49.320 but somebody's

00:24:50.620 going to give you

00:24:51.080 the cheap one

00:24:51.660 if money is what

00:24:53.020 matters.

00:24:54.640 But Elon Musk

00:24:55.920 and maybe he alone,

00:24:58.460 you know,

00:24:58.720 again,

00:24:59.020 we keep running

00:24:59.560 into situations

00:25:00.320 that only a few

00:25:02.280 people could handle.

00:25:03.960 You know,

00:25:04.180 maybe Jeff Bezos

00:25:07.000 could do it

00:25:07.540 or something

00:25:07.960 but Musk could do it.

00:25:11.480 And imagine

00:25:12.500 starting from scratch

00:25:13.580 and saying,

00:25:14.080 okay,

00:25:14.420 what must a city have?

00:25:17.840 Like,

00:25:18.160 what are the specifications

00:25:19.300 starting with a human being

00:25:21.440 and even starting

00:25:23.320 with, you know,

00:25:24.020 which human beings?

00:25:25.400 Are you going

00:25:25.780 to favor,

00:25:26.460 you know,

00:25:27.160 children or single people

00:25:29.580 or all equal?

00:25:31.320 Do you make

00:25:31.620 different models

00:25:32.260 for each one?

00:25:33.160 So you start

00:25:33.780 with the very specifics

00:25:35.020 of what a person needs

00:25:36.120 and then you design

00:25:37.240 their house

00:25:38.020 or at least

00:25:38.880 their living structure

00:25:39.880 or whatever it looks like.

00:25:41.360 And then from the house,

00:25:43.040 you figure out

00:25:43.780 what type

00:25:44.580 and kinds of houses

00:25:45.740 should be,

00:25:46.280 like,

00:25:46.560 right next to it.

00:25:48.040 And should they be

00:25:48.940 up in a building

00:25:50.280 where you never see

00:25:51.060 anybody except

00:25:51.640 in an elevator?

00:25:53.160 Or should it be

00:25:53.720 arranged in a way

00:25:54.480 that you have

00:25:54.980 some forced

00:25:56.680 but optional,

00:25:58.400 I guess that's,

00:25:59.260 you know,

00:25:59.440 let's say,

00:26:00.500 frequent but optional

00:26:01.880 interaction with

00:26:03.980 your neighbors

00:26:04.500 in some way

00:26:06.080 that is good.

00:26:07.700 And maybe you design

00:26:09.180 types of houses

00:26:10.600 for types of families.

00:26:12.240 So let's say

00:26:12.820 a blue house

00:26:13.700 is only for someone

00:26:15.140 who has kids

00:26:15.800 because then you want

00:26:17.580 to put the blue houses

00:26:18.440 together

00:26:18.960 because then the kids

00:26:20.140 could meet each other

00:26:20.880 and everybody's happy.

00:26:21.640 And there's always

00:26:26.060 somebody who says,

00:26:26.740 I hate this.

00:26:27.620 You don't have

00:26:28.460 to live there.

00:26:30.340 I didn't say

00:26:31.320 it's the one place

00:26:32.080 to live.

00:26:34.680 You know,

00:26:35.280 everybody thinks,

00:26:36.100 if you describe

00:26:36.700 a product,

00:26:37.340 they just say,

00:26:38.120 well,

00:26:38.600 I'm not going

00:26:39.460 to use it,

00:26:39.880 so screw that product.

00:26:41.980 It might be good

00:26:42.800 for other people.

00:26:44.160 Anyway,

00:26:44.460 I think you could

00:26:45.060 take the price

00:26:46.460 of living down

00:26:47.300 by 90%,

00:26:48.320 and I think

00:26:49.380 you could take

00:26:49.880 the quality of life

00:26:51.100 up to the point

00:26:52.640 where both

00:26:53.200 drug addiction

00:26:54.060 and loneliness

00:26:56.100 and mental health

00:26:57.060 would be cut in half.

00:26:59.680 I think you could

00:27:00.340 do that

00:27:00.780 with a physical design.

00:27:03.700 I'll say it again.

00:27:04.920 I think

00:27:05.240 a physically

00:27:06.640 engineered city,

00:27:09.440 engineered

00:27:10.060 in a way

00:27:11.440 that Elon Musk

00:27:12.600 would do it,

00:27:13.200 I would imagine.

00:27:14.260 You start

00:27:14.760 with the specifications

00:27:15.640 of the human

00:27:16.280 and then work out

00:27:17.120 what the city

00:27:17.920 looks like

00:27:18.360 to support it.

00:27:19.020 Nobody's ever

00:27:19.960 done that.

00:27:21.020 Nobody's ever

00:27:21.580 even come close

00:27:22.400 to doing that.

00:27:23.840 And I can't even

00:27:24.960 imagine anybody

00:27:25.620 else who could do it.

00:27:27.320 But he could

00:27:27.820 sort of do it

00:27:28.520 easily.

00:27:31.740 I don't even think

00:27:32.620 it would be hard.

00:27:33.580 He'd just

00:27:33.960 pull together

00:27:35.400 the people

00:27:35.840 who know

00:27:36.140 how to do

00:27:36.540 that stuff,

00:27:37.720 throw a few

00:27:38.260 billion at them

00:27:39.000 that he has

00:27:39.480 laying around,

00:27:42.200 do a little,

00:27:43.320 no,

00:27:43.800 nothing like

00:27:44.280 Levittown.

00:27:45.500 Okay.

00:27:47.120 Let me say,

00:27:48.240 if what you

00:27:49.100 thought of

00:27:49.480 was Levittown,

00:27:50.920 you're really,

00:27:52.660 really far

00:27:53.180 from what

00:27:53.800 I'm talking

00:27:54.200 about.

00:27:54.780 I mean,

00:27:55.020 that's like,

00:27:55.800 Levittown

00:27:56.200 was like a

00:27:56.680 two,

00:27:58.420 you know,

00:27:58.700 Elon Musk

00:27:59.280 could design

00:27:59.800 a nine

00:28:00.140 or a ten.

00:28:00.620 They wouldn't

00:28:01.580 be comparable

00:28:02.140 in any way.

00:28:04.180 So,

00:28:05.060 that's coming.

00:28:08.000 Could be

00:28:08.240 interesting.

00:28:10.060 At the beginning

00:28:10.740 of the Ukraine

00:28:12.920 conflict,

00:28:13.620 I said

00:28:14.960 that Ukraine 0.91

00:28:15.840 might be

00:28:16.680 better off

00:28:18.460 than people

00:28:19.100 thought because

00:28:19.600 they would

00:28:19.900 have new

00:28:20.440 tech military

00:28:21.820 equipment that

00:28:22.760 NATO and

00:28:23.760 the United

00:28:24.060 States would

00:28:24.500 make available

00:28:25.100 to them.

00:28:25.600 I speculated

00:28:26.360 that it could

00:28:27.740 make a big

00:28:28.160 difference.

00:28:29.260 Now,

00:28:29.520 I'm not so

00:28:30.040 sure that the

00:28:30.820 new,

00:28:32.120 what would

00:28:34.240 you call

00:28:34.560 it,

00:28:35.940 sort of

00:28:38.400 secret stuff,

00:28:40.000 what's the

00:28:41.720 word for

00:28:42.060 secret

00:28:42.560 technology?

00:28:44.600 There's some

00:28:45.140 other word for

00:28:45.700 it that they

00:28:46.060 use.

00:28:46.820 Anyway,

00:28:47.820 but there are

00:28:49.080 two things that

00:28:49.980 we don't know

00:28:50.460 too much about

00:28:51.160 that are being

00:28:51.740 shipped to

00:28:52.160 Ukraine.

00:28:52.600 One is called

00:28:53.100 a ghost

00:28:53.740 drone or

00:28:55.620 Phoenix,

00:28:56.420 Phoenix ghost

00:28:57.460 drone.

00:28:59.300 Now,

00:29:00.140 classified,

00:29:00.840 right?

00:29:01.260 It's classified.

00:29:02.780 I think that's

00:29:03.320 the word.

00:29:03.960 So,

00:29:04.180 I think it's

00:29:04.460 classified,

00:29:05.220 meaning that

00:29:05.820 we don't know

00:29:06.980 what capabilities

00:29:07.840 it has.

00:29:09.020 Also,

00:29:09.360 there's an

00:29:10.240 unmanned

00:29:10.880 boat.

00:29:11.920 I guess you

00:29:12.440 would call

00:29:12.680 that a

00:29:13.020 drone boat,

00:29:13.920 wouldn't you?

00:29:14.780 An unmanned

00:29:15.480 boat would be

00:29:16.020 a drone boat,

00:29:16.800 wouldn't it?

00:29:17.860 So,

00:29:18.920 both of these

00:29:21.540 things are

00:29:21.940 apparently being

00:29:23.780 delivered,

00:29:25.640 and I think

00:29:26.220 the ghost

00:29:27.180 drones were

00:29:28.160 supposedly

00:29:29.220 designed

00:29:30.520 especially for

00:29:31.340 Ukraine,

00:29:32.940 and maybe

00:29:33.540 they're anti-tank

00:29:34.540 and anti-personnel,

00:29:35.800 but I think

00:29:36.100 people are

00:29:36.500 guessing.

00:29:36.780 Yeah,

00:29:39.400 are the

00:29:39.700 drones

00:29:40.060 submersibles?

00:29:41.180 That's a

00:29:41.540 really good

00:29:41.960 question.

00:29:43.260 Really good

00:29:43.880 question.

00:29:45.160 I don't

00:29:45.560 know.

00:29:46.400 So,

00:29:47.080 here's what I

00:29:48.360 had speculated

00:29:49.140 Ukraine would 0.96

00:29:50.180 have access to,

00:29:50.980 although maybe

00:29:51.420 it's taken

00:29:52.040 longer than I

00:29:52.960 would have

00:29:53.200 imagined.

00:29:54.120 But they

00:29:54.720 may have

00:29:55.180 now the

00:29:55.720 good stuff,

00:29:57.320 the phrase I

00:29:58.160 used at the

00:29:58.980 beginning,

00:30:00.180 that tech-wise

00:30:01.200 they might have

00:30:01.760 access to the

00:30:02.460 good stuff,

00:30:03.060 in a way that

00:30:03.900 no other

00:30:04.480 military has

00:30:06.580 ever had,

00:30:07.680 like actually

00:30:08.420 weapons that

00:30:09.160 no one's

00:30:09.780 ever used.

00:30:11.260 And Ukraine

00:30:11.720 is going to

00:30:12.040 have access

00:30:12.460 to them,

00:30:13.120 because part

00:30:14.080 of my

00:30:14.380 speculation was

00:30:15.200 that the

00:30:15.620 weapons

00:30:16.140 manufacturers

00:30:16.980 would rush

00:30:18.540 the good

00:30:19.060 stuff into

00:30:19.800 the fight

00:30:20.260 to see how

00:30:20.780 it works,

00:30:22.020 because that

00:30:22.880 would just be

00:30:23.300 great for

00:30:23.700 them if it

00:30:24.140 did work.

00:30:24.820 And if it

00:30:25.120 didn't work,

00:30:25.640 maybe nobody

00:30:26.120 would notice,

00:30:27.180 better than

00:30:27.620 nothing,

00:30:28.180 right?

00:30:28.400 They'd be

00:30:28.680 happier that

00:30:29.120 you tried

00:30:29.500 than if you

00:30:29.900 didn't.

00:30:30.160 So yeah,

00:30:32.260 it could be

00:30:32.540 just a whole

00:30:33.140 gigantic weapons

00:30:34.700 testing ground,

00:30:35.920 and that's the

00:30:37.160 real reason for

00:30:37.860 the war.

00:30:38.740 I wouldn't rule

00:30:40.700 it out that

00:30:42.100 the defense

00:30:43.060 contractors have

00:30:44.100 created a war

00:30:44.820 just to test

00:30:45.420 stuff.

00:30:46.820 Like, as

00:30:47.400 crazy as that

00:30:48.100 sounds,

00:30:49.320 like you would

00:30:50.320 love to say,

00:30:51.100 well, that's

00:30:52.020 not going to

00:30:52.420 happen.

00:30:53.440 Like, that's

00:30:54.040 way over the

00:30:54.660 line.

00:30:55.560 That could 0.68

00:30:55.940 never happen.

00:30:57.520 But I think

00:30:58.340 it could.

00:30:59.060 I'm not

00:31:00.380 saying it

00:31:00.760 did, but I

00:31:02.620 think it

00:31:02.980 could.

00:31:06.460 So here's

00:31:07.260 my question

00:31:07.800 about these

00:31:08.540 classified drones.

00:31:10.100 Let's take

00:31:10.440 the one that's

00:31:10.900 in the air.

00:31:12.340 Seems the

00:31:12.820 more important

00:31:13.320 one.

00:31:14.480 Is the one

00:31:14.980 that's in the

00:31:15.400 air, let's

00:31:17.120 say you had

00:31:17.480 a drone that

00:31:18.260 could just

00:31:18.720 fly longer

00:31:20.280 and was

00:31:20.840 stealthier and

00:31:22.180 could hit

00:31:22.560 whatever it

00:31:23.060 wanted, would

00:31:23.720 return to

00:31:24.440 base and

00:31:24.980 just turn

00:31:25.580 around and

00:31:26.220 do it

00:31:26.720 again.

00:31:27.780 Something that

00:31:28.420 could just

00:31:28.760 like do

00:31:29.040 mission after

00:31:29.660 mission and

00:31:30.300 every time it

00:31:31.200 would get

00:31:31.480 away with it

00:31:31.940 and every

00:31:32.200 time it

00:31:32.680 would hit

00:31:33.140 something.

00:31:34.100 What if they

00:31:34.560 have something

00:31:35.000 like that?

00:31:36.680 And how many

00:31:38.000 of those would

00:31:38.480 you need?

00:31:39.960 Because if you've

00:31:40.680 got little

00:31:41.000 switchblades,

00:31:42.000 like they're all

00:31:42.540 suicide things,

00:31:43.960 but what if

00:31:44.420 these are not

00:31:45.000 suicide things

00:31:46.860 and they have

00:31:47.800 enough munitions

00:31:48.660 and it just

00:31:51.240 never gets

00:31:51.740 hit and it

00:31:52.940 can just go

00:31:53.460 out and hit

00:31:53.920 anything it

00:31:54.400 wants?

00:31:55.040 Well, wouldn't

00:31:55.420 it start with

00:31:56.160 whatever is the

00:31:56.900 most important

00:31:58.460 assets that

00:31:59.160 the Russian

00:31:59.500 army has

00:32:00.160 and just

00:32:01.160 take them

00:32:01.580 out?

00:32:03.840 Seems like

00:32:04.520 it would just

00:32:05.660 take out the

00:32:06.340 most important

00:32:06.940 stuff.

00:32:07.740 So it would

00:32:08.120 take out then

00:32:08.780 the anti-drone

00:32:10.120 stuff and then

00:32:11.720 the regular

00:32:12.200 drones could 0.59

00:32:13.600 get in there.

00:32:17.260 Sucking more

00:32:18.100 dopamine,

00:32:18.700 fantasizing about

00:32:19.500 a longer war.

00:32:20.940 You know,

00:32:22.340 there's no doubt

00:32:23.440 about the fact

00:32:24.040 that we are

00:32:25.460 sick people

00:32:26.740 who are looking

00:32:27.300 at the war

00:32:27.760 as an

00:32:28.080 entertainment

00:32:28.500 property.

00:32:29.920 If you're

00:32:30.360 far enough

00:32:30.760 away, it's

00:32:32.780 actually

00:32:33.280 interesting in

00:32:34.800 a way that

00:32:35.300 makes you feel

00:32:36.200 icky, but

00:32:37.840 it's interesting.

00:32:39.920 And I don't

00:32:41.820 know how to

00:32:42.120 change that.

00:32:43.720 So there

00:32:44.460 probably is a

00:32:44.980 dopamine hit

00:32:45.600 talking about a

00:32:47.020 war.

00:32:47.340 I wouldn't

00:32:47.640 doubt that at

00:32:48.100 all.

00:32:48.300 But that

00:32:52.520 doesn't mean

00:32:53.080 I should

00:32:53.680 enlist, just

00:32:54.680 to address

00:32:56.660 your comment

00:32:58.660 there.

00:33:01.260 All right.

00:33:04.200 So that's

00:33:05.080 happening.

00:33:08.400 So Jonathan

00:33:09.520 Turley had an

00:33:10.340 interesting

00:33:11.040 article in

00:33:13.140 which he

00:33:13.580 thinks that

00:33:14.240 Elon Musk's

00:33:15.180 bid for

00:33:15.640 Twitter is

00:33:16.780 going to put

00:33:17.160 the board

00:33:17.700 in a tough

00:33:18.960 place because

00:33:19.660 his offer

00:33:20.480 is so good,

00:33:21.640 especially if

00:33:22.280 he were to

00:33:23.780 increase it,

00:33:24.440 which is the

00:33:24.900 rumor.

00:33:26.960 It's going to

00:33:27.660 be hard for

00:33:28.380 the board

00:33:28.920 to justify

00:33:30.440 that they're

00:33:30.940 actually working

00:33:31.680 on behalf of

00:33:32.440 the stockholders.

00:33:34.360 So this is

00:33:35.440 going to get

00:33:35.740 really interesting.

00:33:39.580 Rasmussen had

00:33:40.300 a poll about

00:33:42.120 masks and

00:33:44.780 the airline

00:33:46.480 decisions to

00:33:47.400 drop mask

00:33:48.100 requirements.

00:33:50.660 And 51%

00:33:51.700 said it was a

00:33:52.340 good idea to

00:33:52.980 drop the

00:33:53.460 masks on

00:33:54.200 planes, to

00:33:55.480 which I

00:33:55.820 said, what?

00:33:58.360 What kind of

00:33:59.600 bubble have I

00:34:00.160 been in that

00:34:00.660 only 51% were

00:34:01.980 happy that masks

00:34:02.860 are dropped on

00:34:03.520 flights?

00:34:06.680 Are you

00:34:07.360 surprised?

00:34:09.260 34% said it's

00:34:10.780 a bad decision

00:34:11.480 and they would

00:34:12.300 prefer that masks

00:34:13.300 were required on

00:34:14.340 flights?

00:34:15.960 34%?

00:34:18.100 34% is exactly

00:34:19.720 the amount of

00:34:20.920 Americans who

00:34:21.700 don't fly.

00:34:23.920 I don't know if

00:34:24.760 that's true, but

00:34:25.380 I'll bet it's

00:34:25.820 close.

00:34:26.600 All right.

00:34:27.760 Somebody who can

00:34:28.900 Google really

00:34:29.640 fast, find out

00:34:31.580 what percentage of

00:34:32.700 the population

00:34:33.620 actually flies, who

00:34:34.940 would be adults,

00:34:35.940 who would answer a

00:34:36.720 poll.

00:34:37.600 So percentage of

00:34:38.380 adults who fly, I

00:34:40.060 have to think that

00:34:41.960 at least 34% don't

00:34:43.760 ever fly, right?

00:34:47.380 So isn't it the

00:34:48.500 people who don't

00:34:49.160 ever fly who just

00:34:50.480 say, ah, screw

00:34:51.160 them, make them

00:34:51.720 wear masks?

00:34:53.720 With these polls, I

00:34:54.800 never know exactly

00:34:55.620 what's being

00:34:56.160 measured.

00:34:57.120 It could be

00:34:57.540 jealousy.

00:34:59.200 We might be

00:35:00.220 seeing a bunch of

00:35:00.800 jealousy where the

00:35:01.520 people who never

00:35:02.420 are going to be on

00:35:03.140 a flight and they

00:35:04.300 know they're never

00:35:04.860 going to fly because

00:35:05.620 it's just too

00:35:06.080 expensive or for

00:35:07.000 whatever reason

00:35:07.520 they're never

00:35:07.880 going to fly.

00:35:09.000 They're just like,

00:35:09.640 yeah, yeah, they

00:35:10.240 should wear masks on

00:35:10.980 those flights.

00:35:12.120 Totally.

00:35:12.840 They should totally

00:35:13.400 wear masks on

00:35:14.020 those flights.

00:35:16.320 All right.

00:35:18.680 This Johnny Depp

00:35:19.880 story is just

00:35:23.520 so horrible.

00:35:25.120 I can't look

00:35:25.560 away.

00:35:26.100 So Johnny Depp

00:35:27.840 and this, I

00:35:29.180 guess he's suing

00:35:29.880 Amber Heard

00:35:30.540 because she wrote

00:35:31.340 a story that

00:35:33.380 seemed to suggest

00:35:34.220 that he was

00:35:34.860 physically abusive.

00:35:36.080 And so he's

00:35:37.500 suing her for

00:35:38.120 saying that.

00:35:39.340 And so in

00:35:40.080 order for her to 0.97

00:35:40.740 win, I guess she

00:35:41.400 would have to

00:35:41.800 show that he

00:35:42.260 was physically

00:35:43.940 abusive.

00:35:45.060 In order for him

00:35:46.000 to win, I guess he

00:35:46.800 has to show that he

00:35:47.500 wasn't and maybe

00:35:48.380 that she was.

00:35:49.500 So he has shown

00:35:50.780 that she was

00:35:52.000 physically abusive.

00:35:53.960 So apparently his

00:35:54.920 audios do make

00:35:56.620 that case.

00:35:57.860 But there's one

00:35:58.340 audio in which

00:35:59.140 he, or was it

00:36:00.520 no, I guess an

00:36:01.560 email message or

00:36:03.460 something, in which

00:36:04.560 he did say

00:36:05.360 something about

00:36:06.300 fantasizing about

00:36:08.520 her burnt body

00:36:10.380 and being dead.

00:36:12.700 And so his

00:36:13.320 fantasizing about

00:36:14.380 her being dead

00:36:15.280 is being used as

00:36:17.760 an indication that

00:36:19.600 maybe he's an

00:36:20.940 abuser too.

00:36:22.940 But having heard

00:36:24.220 what Amber Heard

00:36:25.880 did, this seems

00:36:27.100 well confirmed

00:36:27.940 because she's

00:36:28.980 admitting it on

00:36:29.940 audio, don't

00:36:32.840 you think it

00:36:33.780 would be not

00:36:34.600 entirely out of

00:36:35.580 reason to at

00:36:37.040 least have the

00:36:37.720 fantasy of some

00:36:40.780 bad thing

00:36:41.340 happening to her

00:36:42.080 in return?

00:36:43.200 But there's no

00:36:43.780 indication that he

00:36:44.560 acted on it or

00:36:45.460 planned to act on

00:36:46.260 it.

00:36:47.300 So the best

00:36:48.180 defense, the best

00:36:49.740 defense that Amber

00:36:50.960 Heard could come

00:36:51.900 up with is that

00:36:53.280 Amber Heard was

00:36:54.080 such a monster that

00:36:55.960 in his private

00:36:57.000 thoughts he wished

00:36:57.900 that she would just

00:36:58.640 burned to death.

00:36:59.840 And I'm thinking,

00:37:01.000 I don't know that

00:37:02.340 that's an indictment

00:37:03.220 of Johnny Depp.

00:37:04.940 That sounds like

00:37:05.780 even though Johnny

00:37:07.100 Depp had imbibed a

00:37:08.800 lot of alcohol, he

00:37:10.020 still knew what he

00:37:11.580 was dealing with.

00:37:13.240 And maybe his

00:37:14.260 private thoughts as

00:37:15.840 opposed to his

00:37:16.460 actions, which

00:37:17.860 apparently there's

00:37:18.720 no indication that

00:37:19.580 he did anything

00:37:20.340 abusive that I've

00:37:21.340 seen.

00:37:23.180 I feel as if that

00:37:24.540 wasn't an entirely

00:37:25.620 uncalled for opinion

00:37:27.300 of his.

00:37:28.640 So I'm not sure it

00:37:30.000 worked exactly the

00:37:31.120 way the Heard

00:37:32.400 defense hoped it

00:37:33.280 would.

00:37:34.900 Because I think a

00:37:35.600 lot of people heard

00:37:36.240 the things that she

00:37:37.940 did and said and

00:37:39.180 how she treated him.

00:37:40.780 And when he said

00:37:41.480 something like he

00:37:42.940 would F her burnt 0.97

00:37:43.940 corpse just to make

00:37:44.980 sure she was dead,

00:37:46.340 I think a lot of

00:37:47.360 people thought to

00:37:48.220 themselves, well,

00:37:49.500 you've got to do

00:37:50.440 that just to make

00:37:51.060 sure she's dead.

00:37:51.740 So, but, not in

00:37:57.500 real life.

00:37:58.200 We're not talking

00:37:58.840 about real actions.

00:38:00.120 We do not approve

00:38:01.180 of violence.

00:38:03.680 Ever.

00:38:05.220 All right.

00:38:09.500 She put down a

00:38:10.540 cigarette on his

00:38:11.240 face?

00:38:12.280 Has that been

00:38:13.140 proven?

00:38:15.520 Yowzer.

00:38:15.960 I don't know if

00:38:17.720 that's been proven.

00:38:22.320 All right.

00:38:26.960 So what else is

00:38:28.800 going on?

00:38:30.200 Have I completed my

00:38:32.740 mission of the most

00:38:34.600 important live stream

00:38:36.380 in the world?

00:38:36.920 It made some of you

00:38:37.580 mad, but that's why

00:38:39.580 you come back.

00:38:41.000 I had a philosophy

00:38:42.060 teacher who used

00:38:44.300 to talk about when

00:38:46.100 you have a loose

00:38:46.760 tooth.

00:38:48.480 Have you ever had

00:38:48.940 this thing back when

00:38:50.760 you were a kid, and

00:38:51.940 you would be losing

00:38:52.460 a tooth, and so you

00:38:53.740 start playing with it

00:38:54.500 with your tongue, and

00:38:55.880 it would hurt, like

00:38:57.280 you'd push it, and

00:38:58.040 it'd hurt, and you'd

00:38:59.560 just keep pushing it,

00:39:00.380 and it'd just keep

00:39:00.920 hurting, and you'd

00:39:02.120 just keep hurting

00:39:02.580 yourself until it

00:39:03.920 came out.

00:39:05.160 And he would talk

00:39:05.940 about that being,

00:39:06.720 you know, like an

00:39:07.820 analogy for life.

00:39:08.760 Yeah, we're always

00:39:11.280 hurting ourselves, but

00:39:12.120 we're pushing through.

00:39:14.480 Oh, the Mike Tyson.

00:39:15.900 How many of you saw

00:39:16.720 the video of the

00:39:18.340 drunk guy mocking

00:39:21.840 Mike Tyson just

00:39:23.260 mercilessly on a

00:39:24.380 flight until apparently

00:39:26.280 Mike Tyson turned

00:39:27.260 around and punched

00:39:28.740 him in the head

00:39:29.240 several times?

00:39:34.900 Now, unfortunately,

00:39:36.340 the video only shows

00:39:38.760 the mocking part, but

00:39:40.700 I only saw a still

00:39:41.580 picture of Mike

00:39:43.880 Tyson leaning over

00:39:45.200 the, it looks like

00:39:46.480 he's leaning over

00:39:47.200 his seat to punch

00:39:49.680 the other guy.

00:39:51.740 How much I wish I'd

00:39:53.080 seen the video of

00:39:53.920 that, not the still

00:39:54.780 picture, because, oh

00:39:57.200 my God, did that guy

00:39:59.340 have it coming?

00:39:59.960 There is video?

00:40:04.520 Oh, there is video.

00:40:05.580 Okay.

00:40:06.440 Well, I've only seen

00:40:07.520 the still picture.

00:40:08.480 Maybe they didn't want

00:40:09.600 to show the video,

00:40:10.400 because it was too.

00:40:11.900 So, which reminds me

00:40:13.020 of, I just watched a

00:40:15.120 clip of Joe Rogan, I

00:40:17.260 guess he was recently

00:40:18.100 interviewing MMA

00:40:20.120 fighter Jake Shields.

00:40:22.220 And Jake Shields was

00:40:23.300 at some event where

00:40:25.320 there was Antifa, and

00:40:27.240 apparently, as he

00:40:28.500 tells the story, he

00:40:29.840 was pulling some

00:40:30.960 people off, he was

00:40:32.140 pulling some Antifa

00:40:33.100 people off of

00:40:33.980 somebody.

00:40:34.840 So, Antifa was

00:40:35.720 attacking somebody, he

00:40:36.800 was pulling them off,

00:40:38.180 which caused Antifa to

00:40:39.720 turn on him and call 0.99

00:40:41.680 him a Nazi. 0.77

00:40:43.220 So, they're like, you

00:40:44.100 know, get the Nazis. 0.56

00:40:45.120 So, they attacked, they

00:40:46.000 attacked him, but

00:40:46.940 unfortunately, he's a

00:40:49.240 professional MMA

00:40:51.520 fighter.

00:40:52.020 So, as he subtly put

00:40:55.620 it, he dropped two of

00:40:57.040 them.

00:40:57.860 I would love to know

00:40:58.800 what that meant.

00:40:59.880 I think that was the

00:41:00.760 word he used.

00:41:01.320 I think he said he

00:41:02.180 dropped two of them or

00:41:03.220 something like that.

00:41:04.120 Well, whatever the exact

00:41:05.020 word was, he was very

00:41:05.900 unspecific.

00:41:07.080 But I always thought to

00:41:08.100 myself, how much fun

00:41:10.000 would it be to be a

00:41:11.340 professional fighter and

00:41:13.680 to find yourself in a

00:41:14.760 fight that's like a

00:41:16.120 legitimate fight?

00:41:18.040 Just an actual, okay,

00:41:19.520 this is actually a

00:41:20.360 street fight, and I

00:41:21.300 have a complete right

00:41:22.740 to fight back.

00:41:24.840 You know, and I

00:41:25.780 suppose you've got the

00:41:26.620 legal problem that if

00:41:27.800 you hurt somebody,

00:41:28.880 you're a lethal weapon

00:41:31.240 and they're not or

00:41:31.980 something.

00:41:32.720 So, you know, there

00:41:33.380 has to be some limits

00:41:34.260 there.

00:41:35.000 But it had to be fun.

00:41:37.900 Well, it had to be like

00:41:38.580 a good day for him.

00:41:39.900 It's like, oh, my God,

00:41:41.000 I got to knock out two

00:41:43.040 Antifa guys.

00:41:44.240 And I'm thinking, if you

00:41:45.540 knock down people, like, 0.84

00:41:47.020 for a living, like, that's

00:41:48.680 your sport, that's

00:41:50.360 that must have been

00:41:50.840 just such a fun day.

00:41:52.460 Talk about dopamine.

00:41:55.340 Yeah, just don't kill

00:41:56.220 him.

00:41:56.620 You don't want to hurt

00:41:57.440 him too badly.

00:41:58.420 And I feel like Mike

00:41:59.380 Tyson knew just how hard

00:42:01.540 enough to punch.

00:42:02.840 Like he's an expert

00:42:03.780 puncher?

00:42:05.260 Maybe not.

00:42:06.580 Maybe he just punched

00:42:07.460 him because he was mad.

00:42:09.720 Who knows?

00:42:13.500 Tyson retaliated.

00:42:14.620 Yeah, now, just to be

00:42:16.460 clear, I'm not opposed

00:42:19.980 to retaliation.

00:42:21.480 You just have to do it

00:42:22.760 when it's your best

00:42:23.760 strategy.

00:42:24.720 If it's not your best

00:42:25.760 strategy, well, then I'm

00:42:27.720 not going to pay somebody

00:42:28.580 to do it.

00:42:29.880 Why would I pay somebody

00:42:30.780 to do a suboptimal

00:42:32.080 strategy?

00:42:33.080 But no, retaliation has

00:42:34.340 its places in the right

00:42:37.200 place.

00:42:37.540 Yeah, he's been in

00:42:41.900 trouble for assault

00:42:44.120 before, so.

00:42:45.880 But I don't think any...

00:42:47.540 Can you imagine a jury

00:42:49.280 seeing that video?

00:42:52.580 If you were on the jury,

00:42:54.040 would you convict Mike

00:42:56.260 Tyson?

00:42:56.660 Let's say the guy

00:42:57.280 recovered.

00:42:57.840 He just had some bad

00:42:59.260 bruising, but he wasn't

00:43:00.380 badly injured.

00:43:02.440 Can you imagine...

00:43:03.540 I can't imagine convicting

00:43:04.980 Mike Tyson for that.

00:43:05.980 I would laugh that off.

00:43:08.660 I would say, nope, nope.

00:43:10.520 Saw the video.

00:43:11.500 Nope.

00:43:12.560 But he technically broke

00:43:13.900 the law.

00:43:14.320 Yeah, I know.

00:43:14.980 It's your job as a sworn 0.91

00:43:17.520 juror to follow the law,

00:43:20.040 not how you feel about

00:43:21.440 the case.

00:43:22.060 I know, I know.

00:43:23.400 So what do you vote?

00:43:24.240 Not guilty.

00:43:27.100 I don't know.

00:43:27.920 I don't think you could

00:43:28.780 slip that one past the 0.50

00:43:30.940 keeper.

00:43:32.920 That guy will sue?

00:43:33.980 Eh, I don't know.

00:43:35.020 Maybe.

00:43:35.980 All right, that's all

00:43:39.540 I've got for now.

00:43:40.240 I'll let you go early,

00:43:41.380 get some work done,

00:43:42.520 and thank you for joining

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Real Coffee with Scott Adams - April 22, 2022

Episode 1721 Scott Adams： Political Retaliation as Strategy, Elon Musk Builds a City, Ghost Drones？

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