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My guest: “Seattle Mike” (https://twitter.com/seattleskeptic)
Outline:
- What is Critical Race Theory? https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-critical-race-theory.html
- CRT, right wing hysteria, and the witch trials: https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dei-crt-schools-parents and this: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fight-hell-smile-our-faces-crt-debate-spurs-parents-run-school-boards and this: https://truthineducation.org/about-us/
- talk Cipolla’s 5 laws of stupidity https://principia-scientific.com/the-5-basic-laws-of-human-stupidity-according-to-cipolla/ One corollary to the second tenant is how beautiful people can produce ugly children and vice-versa. Same principle for smart people. Almost like there’s some sort of divine check (the curse?) on natural selection as a macro principle in human propagation.
- The Ukraine situation, thoughts: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-just-implemented-risky-anti-russia-measure-could-trigger-ww3-few-are-taking-notice Question: what’s the likelihood that the US defense industry could scale up to produce the replacements needed for a US vs Russia scenario? How long would that take? What is a “firestorm” scenario and what value are alliances at this point?
- The future of the blockchain – do you use it for anything? https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/19/investing/bitcoin-price/index.html
- What’s life in Seattle like? PNW? Any weather anomalies? https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2022/02/17/mysterious-bubbles-in-puget-sound-researchers-track-hundreds-of-seeping-gas-plumes/