Bull in a Twitter Shop (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

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🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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0:00 Why immigration squishes have Mickey worried about the midterms 7:13 Elon Musk’s bull-in-a-china-shop strategy to owning Twitter 17:26 The conspiracy theory about the attack on Paul Pelosi 22:33 If Putin didn’t have nukes, would Biden’s Ukraine policy still be dangerous? 31:03 Who is calling the shots in the Biden White House? 41:34 Why Cold War psychology might have less sway over Musk-owned Twitter 47:05 Bob has another baseball quiz for Mickey 53:44 Could Biden’s tech embargo against China backfire horribly? 1:03:20 Parrot Room preview: The odds of a centrist party succeeding in America; Elon’s secret master plan; Bob’s debate with Bret Weinstein; the impact of automation on workers; Bob and Mickey assess the metaverse (via Ready Player One)

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded November 04, 2022.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:08.8	Hi, Mickey.
0:11.0	Hey, Bob.
0:12.3	I'm upset because we just got news that a loser, a political loser, as soon as the election is over, is going to announce their candidacy for president.
0:26.8	And it's disturbing. I was hoping it wouldn't happen.
0:30.8	Is it Liz Cheney?
0:31.8	But it turns out that Stacey Abrams is unstoppable, Bob.
0:38.1	Wait, she's going to announce her president if she loses?
0:40.9	Well, you know, she announced president practically last time she lost, so why not this time?
0:46.6	This is sheer conjecture on your part?
0:49.3	This is me showing off my new Stacey Abrams doll.
0:52.2	It's a good doll.
0:53.8	It is a pretty good doll. It's one good doll. It is a pretty good doll.
0:54.8	It's one of the better ones.
0:56.0	I love that blue.
0:57.1	But she looks great.
0:58.9	But there is going to be an incredible rush for candidatesies because the Republicans will
1:07.7	want to beat Trump.
1:08.6	And he's going to announce on Monday.
1:13.6	So a Monday after the election.
1:20.8	So, you know, there'll be the days before that are going to be filled with the Republicans tickling their candidates.
1:23.1	So it doesn't look like they're challenging Trump.
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