If We Think of Social Media Like a Board Game

“These are the statutes and rules that you shall be careful to do in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and burn their Asherim with fire. You shall chop down the carved images of their gods and destroy their name out of that place. You shall not worship Yahweh your God in that way. But you shall seek the place that Yahweh your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go, and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. And there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.” - Deuteronomy 12:1-7   This Episode’s Links: (All timestamps offset by 24-seconds) 00:00 – Deuteronomy 12 07:26 – Thoughts on the Reading 18:56 – Root – Board Game Geek 31:02 - The Musk vs Zuck fight might take place at the Roman Colosseum. Seriously. – Hamilton Porter, NTB 37:22 - Meta's Twitter clone launches, immediately censors anyone with unapproved thoughts – Joel Abbott, NTB 45:05 - Judge Nixes Biden Request That Would Allow Contact With Social Media Companies – Virginia Kruta, DW 59:31 - Vivek got interrupted in Iowa last night by a hysterical woman screaming about abortion. Instead of kicking her out, he let her speak. – Daniel Plainview, NTB 1:09:37 - The KKK's Push for Compulsory Schooling and a Federal Education Department – Stephanie Slade, Reason