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Click & Obey
by Click & Obey
We're taking you behind the curtain of the tech world with fearless commentary on current affairs.
Episodes
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Supreme Court Speculation (22)
Today we discuss what the Biden team is looking to do on the Supreme Court before delving in to other topics about the current political climate.
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Red Pill, Blue Pill... Black Pill, White Pill?
Discussion on exactly what each different "pill" means when people bring them up in conversation.
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Talking About Talking About Political Violence
Some pre-inauguration thoughts on the difficulties of having actual conversations around political violence.
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The Case for Optimism: Big Tech Censorship
While censorship is bad, the time for decentralization might finally be upon us.
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Parler and the current (and future) state of Censorship.
We have a long discussion on the state of things after the Parler take down. Both of us are very optimistic at the thought of a de-centralized internet however, so long term we hold high hopes.
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2021, a year that took 5 days to become more chaotic than 2020
So now what happens?
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What does Secession mean to you?
Discussion on Secession at a state level and even secession as it relates to friend groups and relationships.
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1 Billion Americans!?
Discussion on the Matthew Yglesias book/podcast appearances discussing the prospect of 1 Billion Americans. We also end on a discussion about the new Covid Vaccine that will be rolling out in the coming months.
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Election Results Pros and Cons
Discussion on what good/bad came out of the election results (at least until/unless they change).
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The election happened, and we still don't know who won.
Some presidential election talk, but also looking in to the Senate, House, and Ballot Measures.
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The state of Journalism
A discussion on the state of Journalism and whether it even exists any more. Also predictions for the election.
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Social discourse with Friend of the Podcast G
Discussion of the DOJ anti-trust suit against google, 230 protections, social discourse, and several other topics.
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VP Debate Recap, Mesh and DRush try out a couple different debate formats
Starts with a quick recap of the VP debates, followed by 2 debates between Mesh and DRush. Debates are over Lockdowns and UBI, one with the 2 minutes format we see in presidential debates, the other with a more long form 5/10/5 style that we are using as a thought exercise. Neither of us have any...
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Losers and Bigger Losers from the Debate
What was that debate? How in the world are these the 2 people we have chosen to potentially lead the country?
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Offensive Speech, Hate Speech, and Harrassment
Today we go in to a discussion on what are Offensive Speech, Hate Speech, and Harassment. We go in to the implications as they relates to freedom of speech, and the cultural implication of being able to punish offensive speech.
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Episode 9: DRush goes a week without Politics
00:00 - Mesh gives a True/False quiz on the weeks headlines 09:15 - Answers are revealed 34:00 - State of Discourse 42:25 - How to Avoid Politics 56:55 - Prioritization of Threats 1:06:00 - Voldemorting 1:10:00 - When Left met Right
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Episode 8: How would Online Voting work?
00:00 - Intro 05:50 - What is the acceptable vote loss? 13:05 - How does this work with in person and mail in? 19:30 - Where do we even start? 23:15 - What is the user experience? 29:10 - Security 35:10 - Platform vs. Application 39:10 - What happens when a security breach occurs? 44:50 - What is...
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Episode 7: It's a grab bag
Usually I timestamp these things, but this episode was a bit all over the place. Lot of politics and in general venting about the current state of things.
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Episode 6: Biden's VP Pick (Spoiler Alert it's Kamala Harris)
Timestamps: 00:00 - General talk about the pick 12:00 - Is Harris the presidential pick 23:00 - Lets talk swing states 29:00 - Do we trust the polls 40:00 - Contested election 48:00 - Next Generation of debates Useful Links: Compare Senate/Congressional Voting Records -...
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Episode 5: Data (And yes some Covid discussion will occur)
00:00 - Good Data vs. Bad Data, is there such a thing as either? 2:30 - Covid Discussion 14:00 - Is the Suicide Rate up? 23:30 - The Sweeden (and other countries) comparison 38:10 - Polarization, i.e. the mental state of the country 41:40 - Let's talk polling data
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Episode 4: Glitches and Hacks
Timestamps: 12:00 -blacklist/whitelist and adjustments based on social justice initiatives 28:50- google “blacklisting” conservatives 45:00 - Hawaii false missle alert 53:00 y2k Useful Links: Streisand effect - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Black list first usage -...
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Episode 3: Academia
Timestamps: Our Personal Anecdotes (0:15) Grievance Studies and STEM (7:00) Denouncing STEM and what is the Smithsonian's take on Whiteness? (18:49) Purity Testing (30:14) State of College (34:53) References: Jonathan Haidt/Greg Lukianoff - Coddling of the American Mind:...
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Episode 2: Social Media
How does automatic moderation of content work? How do social media platforms make money? Is data really that valuable? How has social media influenced discourse? What happens to social media after the next election?
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Episode 1: Twitter vs. Parler
“Split Economies” or just allowing for more conversation? Centralization for discourse. 2020 election results effects on the future of both platforms.
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