Our big tech overlords have unveiled a new ritual for us, and it s the cutting edge of wokeness. Also, the prosecution s case collapses in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, and the left has a good laugh over inflation at the grocery store. Plus, a teacher explains what Democrats really mean when they say that critical race theory isn t taught in schools.
00:00:00.000Today on The Matt Wall Show, our big tech overlords have unveiled a new ritual for us.
00:00:04.520Apparently, now you're supposed to introduce yourself with name pronouns and also race.
00:00:08.300It's the cutting edge of wokeness. We'll talk about that today.
00:00:10.780Also, the prosecution's case completely collapses in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
00:00:15.220And the left has a good laugh over inflation at the grocery store.
00:00:17.960Plus, a teacher explains what Democrats really mean when they say that critical race theory isn't taught in schools.
00:00:24.240They're lying. OK, not to not to spoil the ending.
00:00:26.180And finally, Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports gets the Me Too treatment.
00:00:30.660We'll talk about all that and more today on The Matt Wall Show.
00:00:42.320So you thought maybe that our civilization would burn into ashes or explode like fireworks.
00:00:49.980You thought we would be brought trembling under the boot heel of some violent dictator.
00:00:54.460But American society won't be blessed with such a dramatic ending as that.
00:00:58.960The last thing we will see before it all goes dark is the smiling face of a corporate marketing executive in a pantsuit telling us her pronouns.
00:01:06.880I mean, there are there are elements of 1984 thrown into what we're experiencing right now.
00:01:12.080But we're actually living in a brave new world.
00:01:16.720Microsoft's virtual marketing conference called Ignite 2021 just concluded its three day run.
00:01:22.300Now, typically, the purpose of this type of event is to unveil new and upcoming products,
00:01:28.320get consumers excited about all the wonderful and cutting edge opportunities for consumption that Microsoft will provide in the year ahead.
00:01:35.400The goal, as always, is to chip away at flesh and blood human existence little by little until our lives have been entirely subsumed by the screen.
00:01:44.420Microsoft and its competitors stand basically at the entrance to the black hole, beckoning us to enter and be absorbed by it.
00:01:52.560This process has become increasingly literal as big tech moves towards our utopian metaverse future.
00:02:00.280Recently, Mark Zuckerberg gave birth to Meta Platforms Incorporated, which is now the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and subsidiaries.
00:02:09.660He's not, you know, he's not talking about Facebook anymore.
00:02:15.240Zuckerberg, concerned that although we spend 10 hours a day staring at our screen, we still haven't quite invested enough of ourselves into it.
00:02:22.120He wants to turn social media into a virtual reality metaverse experience.
00:02:27.740Soon we'll be able to enter into the Internet, swapping our bloated, fleshy carcasses for cartoon avatars and perhaps never returning to the real world again.
00:02:38.340You know, Zuckerberg watched The Matrix and mistook it for a how-to manual, apparently.
00:02:46.000The star attraction of the Ignite 2021 conference was its new Mesh software, its first foray into the metaverse.
00:02:53.800Not quite as fancy as Zuckerberg's version, but it will allow you to attend virtual work meetings as an avatar if for some reason you want to.
00:03:02.600There are also 3D and virtual reality components to it as well.
00:03:05.260Down the line, Microsoft hopes through Mesh that you'll be able to mesh with cyberspace, become one with it, and finally lose whatever pieces of your unique individual self still remain.
00:03:17.100But Ignite 2021 wasn't just a spectacle of new technology.
00:03:20.620It was also an opportunity to roll out groundbreaking state-of-the-art wokeness.
00:03:26.100Microsoft's senior program manager, Allison Wines, kicked things off with a religious ritual that has become somewhat familiar on sort of the fringes of the far-left cult,
00:03:35.920but had yet to make its way into the mainstream corporate world until now.
00:03:41.560This is called a land acknowledgement, and here's what it sounds like.
00:03:46.220Hello, and welcome to Microsoft Ignite.
00:03:49.860We've got a big day ahead and lots in store for you.
00:03:53.500First, we want to acknowledge that the land where the Microsoft campus is situated was traditionally occupied by the Sammamish, the Duwamish, the Snoqualmie, the Suquamish, the Muckleshoot, the Snohomish, the Tulalip,
00:04:11.000and other Coast Salish peoples since time immemorial.
00:04:14.500A people that are still here, continuing to honor and bring to light their ancient heritage.