Back to episode — Episode 1718 Scott Adams - Musk, Murder, DarkMAGA, Masks And More. A Meaningful Morning
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nd of like a famous movie scene. And I'm watching what I would call a subtle Spartacus movement in which people who have tremendous influence in society but they're not elected, it's just people whose opinions are going to move your opinion more than other people, they're starting to emerge. I told you that Naval has just sort of very subtly weighed in and said of course we're going to fight over…
← Previous segment →least I haven't seen one. So I've seen people, I've seen Max Boot say it's a bad idea. You might see some people who are purely political say it's a bad idea but you can't count that. They're just being purely political. But tell me, just show me somebody who's sort of not famously political, an independent thinker with an IQ over 140. It's a pretty high bar. Show me somebody with a history of independent thinking, an American with an IQ over 140 who has any problem with Musk buying Twitter. I'll bet there are not many of those. I bet there are not many.
Let's see. Warren Buffett. Haven't heard from him. I don't think he's made any comment right? I'm not sure he will but do you think Warren Buffett who is very clearly in the Democrat realm, do you think that Warren Buffett if asked would say it's a bad idea for Musk to take over Twitter? I don't know. He might make some general statements about billionaire control of the media or something but I've got a feeling he would not be against that. I don't think anybody above a certain IQ with a history of independence, I'm not talking about somebody who's actually a politician but people with a history of some independent thought, I don't think any of them are going to be on the other side. Could be wrong. We'll see.
So the other thing that Jack said, Jack Dorsey, he tweeted at Stelter because Stelter was criticizing Tucker Carlson. So Brian Stelter of CNN goes after Tucker Carlson in a quote and said Tucker Carlson is always selling the same thing. He's selling doubt. And I think he was pointing to somebody else's article on that. So he's selling doubt. And then Jack Dorsey responded to that tweet by saying and you all are selling hope. Now how many of you believed that Jack Dorsey was just a Democrat and probably pretty AOC-ish and that's it so that's how you understand him? He's just a Democrat. How many thought he was just way over there on the left? I don't think that's ever been true.
But let me give you a little test. Who is the person who is most publicly been saying and for years now has been saying that Twitter should change its algorithm so that the users have an option of what to do with it so it's not up to the company what you see? Who is the most famous person who has been criticizing Twitter's algorithm for the last several years? Jack Dorsey. Jack Dorsey is the most vocal noticeable person who's been criticizing Twitter's algorithm and the way they do it. And how long was he still at Twitter
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when that change was never made? Have you been watching that? Because the first time he said it I thought oh obviously they're working on that now because the CEO doesn't say we need to do this unless they're working on it because it's just software. I mean certainly within the doable category of things right? But then Jack Dorsey leaves and criticizes the board. It sounds like we're finding out m…
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