Elon Musk, Twitter, and Free Speech: Bret Speaks with Jim Rutt
DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2022
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
Bret speaks with Jim Rutt about Elon Musk's move to takeover Twitter and free speech on social media.
Jim is an American businessman and entrepreneur, the former CEO of Network Solutions, and the former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1Sl_jFYRl2gbkBLp7w4lg
https://twitter.com/jim_rutt
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Jim's article for Quillette on Elon Musk takeover:
https://quillette.com/2022/04/27/musk-and-moderation/
Game b website:
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:37) Opposition to communism
(06:48) Emancipation party and game b
(10:59) Sponsor
(12:39) Game b spore mode
(16:25) What is game b?
(21:26) Jim’s article on Quillette on Elon Musk
(25:06) Where to draw the line with free speech?
(33:58) Doxxing and privacy, serious crime advocacy, and dangerous content
(35:55) Point of view moderation
(40:27) Dealing with fringe ideas
(45:30) Doxxing and Bret’s vax mandate example
(50:28) Jim’s proposal for moderation rules
(58:00) Bret’s modifications to Jim’s proposal
(01:03:19) Jim’s disagreements with Bret
(01:08:52) Algorithm transparency and shadow banning
(01:12:15) Is Elon correct about algorithm transparency?
(01:21:10) Can Elon solve Twitter?
(01:30:47) String theory
(01:34:03) Is Elon the benevolent dictator we need?
(01:39:24) Start up mentality
(01:46:17) Wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | If you give users the ability to play with the parameters, see what other people see, right? |
| 0:07.1 | That could potentially be a game changer with respect to how we understand each other. |
| 0:12.6 | Yeah, I love that. I love that. You combine it with the marketplace idea. |
| 0:16.4 | That way, there would be innovation in these sliders, right? Okay, not just right-left. |
| 0:20.9 | That's kind of stupid. How about open-minded versus closed-minded? How about neurotic versus anti-neurotic? |
| 0:26.2 | Right. You can have all kinds of interesting ideas or again, someone could actually put, |
| 0:32.6 | I want to look at the world the way Kim Kardashian looks at it for three seconds before I went in |
| 0:38.2 | saying. Right. And there would be lots of innovation in the features around fees. |
| 0:44.4 | So, I love your idea. I mean, frankly, I've never thought about that. That's a great one. |
| 0:48.7 | I'm stealing that. I'll give credit when I remember. |
| 0:52.0 | The threat wine sign said that we should have sliders on our feed-alboles and be able to switch |
| 1:01.1 | shoes with other people and see the world from there-that alone, see the world from their perspective |
| 1:05.7 | for even if it's just an hour would be really quite valuable. |
| 1:16.4 | Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast. I am, of course, |
| 1:20.0 | I'm Dr. Brett Weinstein and I have the distinct pleasure of sitting today with my good friend, |
| 1:24.8 | Jim Rutt. Jim is a podcaster. He is the host of the Jim Rutt show. He is a, he is the former chairman |
| 1:32.3 | of the Santa Fe Institute, which studies complexity. He is a tech entrepreneur and investor, |
| 1:38.9 | and he is a co-founder of the Game Bee Movement. Jim, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast. |
| 1:44.8 | Yeah, it's a pleasure to be here and reconnect with Brett. We've had some good times over the years. |
| 1:51.3 | We certainly have. Now, am I right? I was looking back over our history and I think I've been on |
| 1:56.3 | your show a couple of times, but this is your first time on Dark Horse. Is that right? That is correct. |
| 2:00.7 | Wow. All right. Well, that is a mistake that we are correcting as of this moment. |
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