Oh, for the best, it's like the worst, some preachin' pain, some die of thirst.

The way of knowing which way it's going, oh for the best, it's like the worst, oh for the best.

Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Wednesday June 21st, 2023. I am John

Puthhoritz, the editor of commentary magazine with me as always, executive editor A. Grimwald

Hyade. Hi John. Media commentary columnist, an American enterprise institute senior fellow,

Christine Rosen, Hykristine. Hi John. Matt Kahnetti is out today, joining us in his stead is

our tech commentary columnist and Manhattan Institute fellow James B. Megs. Hi Jim.

Hey John. Jim, you are the kind of person who when something like a submersible starts sinking

rapidly in the ocean actually has a considered opinion on this on this matter. I was struck yesterday

in a hotel room and the day before by the depth, pardon the pun, of the coverage of this

missing exploration sub that takes people to see the Titanic all three morning newscasts

led with it and not only led with it but went 10, 12 minutes with it and it's a billionaire

and some other rich people spending a quarter of a million dollars to go in this sub to look at

the Titanic and I'm not really sure why I should care until I talk to a couple of people and apparently

this is just the very thought of it causes people to start having claustrophobia and dread like

you're in a sub but you're sinking your air is running out you can't get out you're 10,000

people of the surface and apparently this thought alone makes this a huge news story because almost

anybody can essentially place themselves almost instantly in the in the position of the people on

the sub absent the $250,000 fee to get to board the sub so that in in new story terms there's

something primordial about the idea that you're somewhere you're trapped you're trapped in the ocean

and the air is running out yeah it's it's it is a primordial kind of of fear it's also the kind of

news story that historically has has just fascinated people you know the the when the the kids were

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