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The Ripple Effect Podcast

Episode 506: The Ripple Effect Podcast (David Donnelly | The Cost Of Convenience: Nothing Is Free)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Bryan, Callen, Dave, Bill, 6, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Carlin

4.6603 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

David Donnelly is an award-winning American filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. He has written, directed, and produced music videos, video installation art, short films, docu-series, and feature-length documentaries.

In 2021 Donnelly co-founded the multi-media production company CultureNet. His fourth feature film, The Cost of Convenience, will be released in 2024. It marks the first of a trilogy of documentaries focused on the merger of technology and culture. Forever Young and a History of Consciousness will follow the release of The Cost of Convenience.

DAVID DONNELLY:
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0:00.0

believe in the ripple effect.

0:25.6

The ripple fact. I'm gonna' I'm gonna I'm

0:38.3

I'm

0:39.3

Avaughan What's up, what's up, another episode of Ripple Effect podcast.

1:12.6

Of course, I'm your host, Rikad Rends.

1:14.8

Also knows Ricky Vranz, and a great episode for you today.

1:17.2

Today we have American filmmaker David Donnelly, and he has an amazing new documentary called

1:21.9

The Cost of Convenience, as you could probably assume, it's about big tech, it's about surveillance,

1:26.9

it's about the loss of privacy, it's about social engineering, so basically it's about big tech, it's about surveillance, it's about the loss of privacy,

1:28.6

it's about social engineering. So basically it's about a digital prison that we are building

1:33.4

for ourselves. So please check out the documentary. I'll put links in the show description to the

1:38.1

documentary and the trailer. So please check it out. But before we get into this thought-provoking

1:43.3

conversation, let me remind you this is

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a value for value show if you get any value out of these discussions and guests i bring to you

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But for those regular listeners, the people who download just about every show, the people who watch just about every show,

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if you're in a good financial situation, please consider giving some value back.

2:14.5

It doesn't have to be a lot.

2:15.8

We have a Patreon page where you can donate as little as a dollar a month. And let's be honest, you wouldn't even notice that dollar is

2:21.1

missing. But if a small, small percentage of the people watch and listen to the Ripple Effect podcast

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