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Grumpy Old Geeks

34: Sexbots, money, and honey

Grumpy Old Geeks

Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner

Vibe Coding, Elon, Bitcoin, Nfts, Tesla, Meta, Cyber, Google, Palantir, Entertainment, Tech, Music, Lifestyle, Code, Technology, Crypto, Social, Facebook, Ai, News, Internet, Elon Musk, Web, Apple, Tech News, Security, Kanye, News Commentary, Movies, Engineering, Spacex, Scams, Business

4.96.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2013

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks we talk the dystopian future of The Circle, what are they smoking at Snapchat, anti-rape clothing, sleep tips, working tips, business tips, just the tips. It's a humdinger!   Please visit http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/34 for the show notes for this episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

All right!

0:01.2

We're going to have to go wrong.

0:10.9

So we're going to do something a little different this week.

0:15.0

We're starting with at the library.

0:17.1

At the library.

0:18.9

I picked up a new book called The Circle by Dave Eggers, which is kind of a dystopian

0:23.5

future of social networking run amok.

0:27.4

Yes it is.

0:29.5

It is hands down my favorite near future fiction since Demon by Daniel Suarez, which we covered

0:36.3

before.

0:37.3

Yes.

0:38.3

I fucking love this book.

0:39.5

I really do.

0:41.3

It points out everything that can and probably will at some point happen with social networking.

0:47.6

Yeah, I mean, I full disclosure, I'm only about 25% of the way into the book.

0:53.1

You told me about it on Wednesday.

0:55.8

Oh!

0:56.8

Sorry.

0:57.8

Whoops.

0:58.8

Apparently, 25% is the magic number.

1:01.2

Yes, it is.

1:02.2

Double dinged.

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