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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 218: "The Valve"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2016

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Is this your first day?

The Problem: He tried to solve his darkness.


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0:29.6

Oh boy.

0:33.6

Hi John.

0:34.6

Hi, I'm Merlin. How's it going?

0:36.6

Good, fourth time's a charm.

0:38.8

Four times a charm.

0:39.4

Four times a j-

0:40.0

What?

0:41.2

Oh my God, now what caused it that time?

0:44.0

Well, see, here's the thing.

0:46.0

Think about the internet.

0:48.0

Yeah.

0:49.0

The way it's provided to you.

0:50.0

I don't know what it's like in other countries, but... I don't know. I don't know what it's like, but here in America, it's provided to you by a company. Right? Yeah. Even though the internet itself exists in a sphere. Right, it's a series of tubes under the Rocky Mountains in Salt Lake City in an old salt mine owned by

1:17.0

Jeff.

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