And we are back. Mike Sternich, Danger and Play,

Gorilla Mindset, and we have a great podcast today,

introversion, uh, books, this election, and eating crow.

So let's get going.

This will be a little bit more personal probably

than I usually have.

But I just thought it was funny.

I wrote this article in November 14th 2012 so it's always interesting to go back and read

articles from your favorite writers and for me sometimes I read my own stuff and how they evolve and that that's the

mistake people make is especially in this outrage cultural world you'll go

dig up a tweet or an article from 10 years ago and say, oh my God,

oh my God, I hate that person and you never really see me do that unless it is in

self-defence. If I have to defend myself because I'm being attacked

then I'll do whatever I have to do to defend myself. But writers evolve.

All the podcast is that you've heard from me all the writing is I would love to say

that everything is a holy scripture and is timeless but a lot of it is just

what I thought or believed at the moment at a slice of time at a piece of space and time.

So now I'm one of the most influential voices in an election, but here's what I wrote in 2012.

Barack Obama was reelected.

Half of the men think this is the greatest thing of the world,

the other half is convinced the world is going to end.

The West is in decline, etc. And then I wrote about why I don't

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