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Leanne Shawler's avatar

Finished edits just as the live finished. Great chat, guys!

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⚡Mike Schuster | Immortal Wit⚡'s avatar

Congrats on getting interviewed Scoot! Interesting questions. Hard to tell if we are entering an age of technological explosion or not.

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John E. Dobbs's avatar

One of my favorite encouragers on Substack...so welcoming and friendly... Scoot is awesome!

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Kathy Napoli's avatar

Technology seems to be changing Media and culture. AI in particular is the next rung on the ladder of technological progress. I recall hearing about robots taking the place of humans over 30 years ago. In my way of thinking that began with roomba vacuums. Now it’s actual creation robots fed by AI. Think drones also. How do you think writing can remain a natural form for culture, politics, religion or any other form of life’s information, now that AI is growing so rapidly? Human philosophy appears to be fading into the historical category. It seems that we are in a chaotic state because the technology is growing at a “Flash” speed surpassing perhaps the speed of light. Where any thing is possible, my thoughts are not so far-fetched. Suppose I was born too early as compared to born too late.

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Fritz Freud's avatar

Good Interview.

Scoot speaks for a lot of people who have been marginalized by a system that tries to manipulate people into Group think... aka State Sponsored Propaganda.

In the old media that was possible because the Medium production distribution and subsequent education to produce mass media was limited by default.

That has changed.

But what is happening now is Quality of content.

Everyone can have a voice.

But everyone has a choice.

It no longer is like those who shout loudest are only heard.

But the Quality of content and subsequent education of the masses is a well appreciated side effect.

The next step is to do the same for Education by creating a platform for free education on the Substack model so all people can get educated free of charge wherever they are without political or religious bias.

That way we change society from the Ground up.

Religion and Education and Government are tools of Mind Control.

Substack has broken that spell.

https://fritzfreud.substack.com/p/mind-control

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Michael Atkinson's avatar

Hamish, gretchen sword, Scott, Nick Sallon, S.E. Reid, and all,

Hello. As people see, more and more people than ever before are able to understand some of these already-long-known realities, like electronic voting machines having never been valid anywhere, that man-made religion has always been just that, that dinosaur fossils have always disproved the legitimacy of any and all of those fake books, and that people who gaslight other people for any reason at all have mental problems of varying degrees. Please see/share our research from Professor Graeme MacQueen, Captain Rob Balsamo, Captain Dan Hanley, Amber Quitno, Professor Tony Martin, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, and others and help us improve it if you can. Thank you!

https://michaelatkinson.substack.com/

Sincerely,

Michael

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Michael Burnham's avatar

Hence, Elon Musk named his all-electric vehicle Tesla.

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Michael Burnham's avatar

Thomas Edison’s electricity was limited and required charging stations almost every block of a city, yet the Italian electrical genius was Tesla. Tesla introduced alternating current, which could travel hundreds of miles, and it was adopted around the world, including the United States.

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Michael Burnham's avatar

American Democracy has been around and primarily successful, until Trump was elected in 2024, for 150 years.

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Michael Burnham's avatar

Or: mjburnham@post.harvard.edu, I have a Master's Degree in Sociology from Harvard Universty in Cambridge, MA 02138.

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Michael Burnham's avatar

Michael in Greensboro, NC. Why does trump get away with all his illegal actions, both nationally and internationally?

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Monica Dubay's avatar

I really loved this conversation about where media is going and how we can shape it by allowing anyone to participate with their voice. And be paid for their work if they succeed. Humanity has a chance to evolve from being mind controlled and fed from a centralized media to sharing their own critical voices. It's a chance of real progress...and a way out of slavery to a true democratic ideal. Let's see if we can pull it off.

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stephanieb's avatar

A greedy few immediately envisioned the internet with monetary profit in mind, like most who high-tailed it to the seemingly infinite, uninhabited Americas, to suck out the lifeblood and resources therein for themselves. The lesser known continents engendered laser focus of greedy entrepreneurs and adventurers much like the unknown territory of the internet. The most educated and broad thinkers

imagined they might mediate the goldrush(!)

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David Harold Chester's avatar

sound is insufficient

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Groke Toffle's avatar

I read the second dot point as "Alligator Era" at first glance, now trying to convince myself that the title does indeed work. Instagram, Twitter... gobbling up the main players of the distribution monopoly era? Yeah. YEAH! : )

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