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The Gist

Technology Revolutionizes Life But Not Incomes

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson are the authors of the new book "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity." We discuss how history shows (through evidence) that progress depends on the choices we make about technology. Plus, a movie about a doll got a Texas senator and a Tennessee representative upset. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, July 6, 2023 from Peachfish Productions, it's the Gist, I'm Mike Pesca.

0:09.4

There's a controversy about geopolitics who has the rights to an island chain and essentially

0:17.9

the shape of the continent of Asia.

0:20.6

It's all playing out a stupidest way possible about the movie Barbie.

0:26.6

It's a live-action version of the beloved children's toy, Marver Robbie Stars' Barbie, Greta

0:32.6

Gerwig directed.

0:33.6

It seems like they've got too much talent for the underlying source material.

0:38.2

But anyway, there is a controversy surrounding a scene in the upcoming picture, which has

0:42.7

been shown in the trailer that features a world map with an outline of what is called the

0:48.4

Nine-Dash line.

0:49.9

Vietnam calls the Nine-Dash line the Kaos tongue line.

0:53.6

In fact, V. Kiantan, the head of the Vietnam Cinemat Department, confirmed that Barbie

0:59.1

was banned in his country due to the illegal image of the Kaos tongue line.

1:06.0

Well, we see a map.

1:07.9

To call it a map is, in my opinion, quite unbelievable.

1:11.8

I cannot believe that this is going on over this so-called map.

1:16.4

I'm not even really able to portray in words what the world map looks like in the movie

1:21.0

Barbie.

1:22.0

It's a town that maybe gets at it.

1:26.0

So this quote-a-quart map is just about just splotches of color with one splotch labeled

1:32.5

Asia.

1:33.5

I think one's labeled Africa.

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