Back to episode — Episode 1683 Scott Adams - Putin's Health, The Next Governor of California, Lots More
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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…
← Previous segment →r has done deep dives and super productive activist stuff like talked to Congress a number of times, talked to other governments. I mean, he's persuading governments at the highest level about things that are deeply important to the world. So he's got his priorities right. He's got the skill set that I've never seen. Honestly, let me say this. I've never seen anybody enter politics with as good a skill set as he's bringing. Like the right set of talents that all stack just right.
You take anybody. You take Trump. You know, I was obviously pro-Trump, but even Trump doesn't have expertise in all these categories, right? Imagine if he did. Imagine Trump with his other skills but also having all the deep dive analytical ability of a Shellenberger. I mean, that's an endless possibility. But you don't have to imagine that because you can just look at Shellenberger because he actually has those skills. He has everything from the persuasion to the communication to insanely high energy. I don't know how he gets so much done. You need somebody with high energy in politics. And yes, good hair. I always make fun of that. You can't really get elected unless you have good hair. He has great hair. Let's not underestimate the hair.
So there you go. Keep an eye on California. We might be going from a bad situation to a good situation. And at least we have a good choice, which I don't think we've ever had before. And you should follow Michael Shellenberger if you want to know any solutions for anything from drug addiction to homeless to nuclear energy to crime. Basically all of it. He's done pretty much a deep dive on everything that matters in California.
So what do you think? Does he have a chance? He is going to have some powerful people behind him. I'm 100 percent behind him. Anybody who thinks he doesn't have a chance, I think you're coming from the political parties have all the power perspective. You probably didn't think — that's interesting. You probably didn't think that he could move the dial on nuclear power, didn't you? Did you think anybody could do that? Do you think anybody could enter the conversation and just move the dial on nuclear power? He did. He did that. I mean, you watched it. You watched it in real time. I kind of did the play-by-play for years watching him do his work, and he did it.
Musk should endorse Shellenberger. Oh, there's an idea. Yeah, imagine if Elon Musk backed Michael Shellenberger and did it publicly. Wow. Because I don't think there would be even one speck of difference between Musk's opinion on political stuff and Shellenberger's. I'll bet. I'll bet they don't have one difference of opinion because at a certain level of awareness everybody has the same opinion. I hate to tell you, but at a certain level of understanding of how the world works, all the opinions are the same. Trust me, they're all the same at a certain point.
Could Tesla come back to California? Now that's a big ask, and I think taxes will be the big problem there.
All right. I am going to go do something else. And I think you'd agree this is the best live stream of all time. Of all time. It's just getting better. This is the only live stream in w
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hich we intentionally try to change the world and succeed. Okay, maybe others do that too, but I don't know about them. And that's the same thing. So channeling Muhammad Ali. I don't know that reference in this context. Number 666. My episode 666 was still the best. I was normal then before I became abnormal. Oh, it'll be better tomorrow. Wait, you have a question? Yes, it's the best ever. The be…
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