Ep. 583: "Disproportionate Event Horizon"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

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

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The Problem: Somebody was trying to nail John to the carpet.

(Recorded on Monday, June 16, 2025.)

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:06.9	Hi, John.
0:08.7	Hi, Merlin.
0:10.0	How's it going?
0:11.2	Oh, it's a sunny day here in Seattle.
0:13.4	Things are going just Jim dandy.
0:18.2	Feels like the first real day of summer, vacation-wise, family-wise, for me.
0:25.7	Is that right?
0:26.6	Everybody's out of school, and it's just chilling times.
0:30.5	No.
0:31.9	Oh, no, my kid's driven.
0:33.6	It's terrible.
0:34.5	I mean, so last week, did it feel like last week was the start for you?
0:38.7	When did it feel like, because you've done this enough times now, that you know there's a vibe in house, in family, in culture.
0:47.4	And it's different, right? Because it used to be everybody got out of school on the same day, went back to school and the same day, everything's different.
0:52.5	People used to go to school all the time and now they don't.
0:54.8	It's confusing.
0:56.0	Yeah, it is.
0:56.5	It's very confusing.
0:57.3	Do you know what I'm talking about?
0:58.1	People don't do stuff like they used to.
0:59.5	You used to have to do everything when I was a kid.
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