Hosts Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass are joined by guests Noah and Kalib in this deep, unfiltered, and insightful conversation. Together, they explore the parallels between tobacco regulation and social media in today's society. They also discuss the importance of public health in a capitalist system and technologys ongoing effects. Sit back and relax as we question the role of power in our society, political influences, faith, and complex modern problems.
Cigarette Smoking Rate in U.S. Ties 80-Year Low
Gallup poll showing that cigarette smoking rates in the U.S. have reached an 80-year low, relevant to the discussion of tobacco regulation and social change.
CDC fact sheet on tobacco-related mortality, highlighting the significant health impact of smoking and the benefits of quitting.
Listener Q&A
Should the United States have a TikTok ban?
Argues for content-specific regulations rather than company-specific bans, noting the inconsistency of targeting one platform while allowing similar harmful content on YouTube Shorts and Instagram.
Historical Tobacco Marketing Claims
Reference to historical tobacco advertisements claiming health benefits, including "More Doctors Smoke Winston" campaigns.
Quotable
“The second hand ideology that's coming from the social media bullshit is now infecting families, is tearing families apart. It's like, how many people have a fucking uncle that can't come to Thanksgiving because, you know, they're like, you know, you know.
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Observation about how social media-driven ideological divisions are fracturing family relationships, similar to secondhand smoke effects.
Reference to studies showing that public voting preferences have about 30% correlation with enacted legislation, while corporate preferences show near-linear correlation, demonstrating the power of lobbying.
Quotable
“All governments, suffer a recurring problem. Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts, but it is that power is magnetic to the corruptible.
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Quote explaining how governments consistently attract problematic leaders because power naturally draws those willing to abuse it.
Quotable
“You have to take the approach of economic output. You have to take the approach of this is better for business. You have to take the approach and you say those things behind closed doors and then impact door, the policy that actually benefits people by after that.
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Strategic advice for creating beneficial policy within a capitalist system by framing human welfare in terms of economic benefits.
Quotable
“Faith is not acceptance. Faith is an openness to possibility, in my opinion. But you know, in that's it. Ehm, you got to keep maybe not. Well but you got to keep yourself questioning I guess, is my point.
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Redefinition of faith as openness to possibility rather than blind acceptance, emphasizing the importance of continued questioning.
Theory that the interactions between technologies (social media + endocrine disruptors + other factors) create complexities beyond human comprehension, preventing effective regulation or corrective action.
Host's creation of "What Would AI Do" bracelets as a parody/evolution of "What Would Jesus Do" bracelets, representing tools to navigate technological complexity.
Isaac Asimov's Robot Series Three Laws of Robotics
Reference to Asimov's exploration of how robots could be convinced to violate their programming through clever semantic manipulation.
Quotable
“We've been able to destroy the entire planet perhaps like a long. It's got nothing to do with that. Technology is just a tool. And I know Oregon better how it it's the folks in power arguably the reason we haven't destroyed the planet.
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Argument that technology itself isn't the problem - humans have had world-ending capabilities for decades. The issue is the people controlling the technology.
Quotable
“Do we use technology to enable people? Do we use it to like emancipate people and bring people to this new state of existence where, you know, health and wellness and prosperity and all this kind of stuff and, you know, well nourished bodies, well educated kids and healthy kids and so forth, mentally and physically.
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Vision of technology's potential to elevate human existence versus its current use for exploitation and control.
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