Episode 2128 Scott Adams: 15-Minute Cities Run By "They Who Must Control You", Magadonians
Episode Stats
Length
1 hour and 5 minutes
Words per Minute
136.85083
Summary
Scott Adams explains why Greenland is back in play, and why you should be afraid of the idea of an independent country in the middle of the ocean, called Greenland, and what it means to be a "15-minute city."
Transcript
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Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the highlight of civilization.
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It's called Coffee with Scott Adams, and aren't you glad you're here?
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And if you'd like your day to be kicked off to, I don't know,
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levels that nobody's ever heard of in the history of hearing about things,
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all you need is a cuppa, a mug, or a glass, a tanker, a chalice, a stein,
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a canteen, a jug, or a flask, a vessel of any kind.
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Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee.
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It's the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better.
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It's called the simultaneous sip, and it happens now.
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So, as you know, I'm sure all of you are up to date on your Greenland history.
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But in 1979, Greenland did gain its autonomy from Denmark, but not entirely.
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It's got a little bit of autonomy that it needs to get back,
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because Denmark still runs some stuff over there.
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And they're putting together a little draft of a constitution to get Denmark out of their business,
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so that Greenland would be an independent country.
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Potential, future, independent, completely independent country.
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What is the total size and capacity of the Greenland military?
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I wonder what kind of invasion force they could repel.
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Well, I've never before considered conquering a foreign country.
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But I feel like if I could give 50 volunteers, I think we could make a run at it.
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We've got to make sure it gets free of Denmark first.
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You know what I would do if I were Trump when he becomes president?
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I would make a deal with Greenland to provide them an umbrella of national defense
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in return for making sure that we have some, let's say,
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ability to keep them from falling into Russian and Chinese hands.
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Because I think we're going to end up defending them, right?
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I mean, one way or another, we're going to be basically their military.
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How many of you are afraid of the so-called 15-minute cities?
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So I think the World Economic Forum and maybe others have talked about the idea.
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Of creating cities, and I think they mean creating new cities,
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and everything's technologically tied to everything,
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and everybody's happy, and they're a 15-minute city.
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Now, the 15-minute city means you can walk everywhere you need to walk
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so you can go get your groceries if you need to, et cetera.
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How many of you believe that the 15-minute city
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would be built with no accommodation for leaving the city?
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Do you really believe that they want to keep you in the city?
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but some of the people in the city might want to...
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How many of you think that's really going to happen?