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Watching these old Donahue clips (RIP) and once again depressed about how far our speech has devolved over the last 25 years or so. Even the biggest crackpots and lunatics sound articulate and well spoken compared to so-called thought leaders today.
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@0xen
This isn't a Thiel subcast but listening to that Rogan interview, man could barely cobble a sentence together. What's going on here?
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I think part of it is before, you could only succeed if you were rhetorically compelling. I’d argue that’s largely been the case for the entirety of human history. Recently, a route began to open up for some smart people, scientists, philosophers And, since the 1990s, it’s become very easy to make money, friends, and status online, without saying a word PayPal had 200 employees at acquisition. Tiny for a $1b co in 90s He manages/d a board/small group at as an investor/Palantir As such, society assigned less status to rhetoric
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@androidsixteen.eth
I remember watching The Last Dance and thinking the same thing - even the random blue-collar workers that Jordan used to gamble with had a much better vocabulary and ability to convey their thoughts Such a fall from grace in 30-40 years
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@alecpap
https://warpcast.com/alecpap/0x6d295e5c
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@craiconchain
Idiocracy at work?
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@trish
Have you seen this yet? Podcast bros could never https://youtu.be/0J72StQyrjg?si=2VGoHrDQ_tgXo2d5
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@tamey
The debate between Biden and Trump is a good example of
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@traguy.eth
they were so classy, composed and well-spoken back then Down to dress sense, dressing/fashion has devolved over the years too tbh
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