A Very Pro-Natalist Mother's Day

The American Mind

The Claremont Institute

Philosophy, Declarationofindependence, Founding, Politics, Conservative, Limitedgovernment, Society & Culture, News, Constitution, Claremontinstitute

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

As Mother's Day rolls around, the editors take a moment to analyze an increasingly troubling movement: anti-natalism. To help with the analysis, Helen Roy joins the cast. Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson has announced that his show will be coming back natively to Twitter, drawing millions of views and prompting speculations about the future of the news industry. Trump was found liable for sexual assault to the tune of $5 million, in a perplexing jury decision that raises troubling questions about justice and crime. In closing, the editors recount their favorite articles of the week before reminding you to read the damn site!

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0:00.0	coming up on this episode of the roundtable.
0:03.0	If Walkness demands a sort of work supercomputer,
0:06.0	then the ways in which technology can totally rework people,
0:10.2	not in the way that TV reworks people,
0:13.8	which is to manipulate them.
0:15.2	It's based on fantasy and illusion.
0:17.6	But digital, it remakes people.
0:20.1	It isn't just about dancing images.
0:22.2	It is about the form, the human form.
0:25.6	That kind of transformation, what is the primary use case
0:29.1	for that kind of technology?
0:30.4	The primary use case is compulsory.
0:32.2	And governments that can are using these technologies
0:36.8	to shape their people in a way that will secure their sovereignty
0:41.3	under digital conditions.
0:43.6	That's something that, even if Elon Musk
0:46.6	would rather not have to do that to people,
0:49.3	he may find himself in a position where it's either you do it
0:53.3	to them or someone else does.
0:54.5	Hello, and welcome once again to the roundtable.
1:20.8	You're weekly publishers and editors podcast here
1:24.2	at the American Mind.
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