Back to episode — Episode 1683 Scott Adams - Putin's Health, The Next Governor of California, Lots More
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mand and no change in supply. So remember, all of the oil changes are just psychology about what we expect. And nobody can predict the future, so there's more uncertainty, which raises the price. So uncertainty does always increase risk, which increases price. But I don't see any reason that it can't plunge just as fast as it went up. How fast does it take people to open up production facilities…
← Previous segment →ose look like people are just mistaken? Because I watched my Twitter account reach a certain level and then just plateaued. It looks like it's throttled. It certainly looks like it. I can't guarantee it, but it looks for all appearances it looks that way.
Twice. So somebody had to resubscribe to me twice. Yeah, the names that I saw subscribing to me are ones that I've known and communicated with for years on Twitter, and they had to re-sign up today. Because the thing is, if it had been random names that I was not familiar with, I would have thought, oh, they got mad at me someday and blocked me or something and then they changed their mind. But these are people I've had no bad interaction with that I'm pretty sure had just always followed me and had to re-follow.
Here's the most interesting thing that's happening, in my opinion. Did you ever wonder what would happen if a lifelong Democrat ever figured out how to design systems that took into account human motivation, economics, and science? What would happen? Well, the Democrats have a lot of supporters, so just being a Democrat should help you get elected like half the time. You would win just by being the Democrat. But what if you had a Democrat who is not just going to win because there are a lot of Democrats? What if the Democrat found a way to design systems and solutions that are compatible with all Republican thought? Well, that person exists and is running for governor of California: Michael Shellenberger.
So Michael Shellenberger is a lifelong Democrat who has turned independent. And there are actually more people registered independent in California than either Democrat or Republican. If you could actually treat the independents as a party and get them to maybe see themselves as a team, they would win every election in California. It's the biggest group. Now I don't think that there are real independents. I think people are really Republican but don't want to say so, that sort of thing. But there's certainly — Elaine, you know, if you think it's impossible, you're way wrong. It's very possible. He can win. Very possible. Because here's what he's got going for him. He is a lifelong Democrat, and as
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far as I can tell his emotional empathy is still exactly in that world of trying to make sure everybody has a good chance and a good life. But on top of that, he's the only person I've ever seen who put tremendous years of effort into figuring out what works. You know, he's written books on these topics, so he knows what works with homeless and with drug addiction because he looked at all the thin…
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