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esn't work as well as it could. But what if you go the opposite way? Suppose you complimented Biden for the fact that drilling is at an all-time high. That might actually work because remember if you're a Republican you don't have to disagree with everything the other side does. Every now and then there's going to be something you agree with. So imagine Trump saying you know I criticize you a lot…

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Yeah right. Surprise shocker.

All right may I take this moment for a public service? This is a public service announcement. Your privacy disappeared a long time ago. You don't have a problem of losing privacy. You have a problem of not understanding it's already gone. It's a different problem. You should start living your life immediately as a person who has nothing to hide. Meaning don't do stuff that you have to hide. Don't do it because you're going to get caught at least by the government.

You know if you're hiding something from your spouse well you're still going to get caught. Does anybody get away with cheating these days? I feel like cheating is not even the thing anybody can get away with because it's definitely going to be on your phone. And if your spouse asks to look at your phone and you say no well you're definitely a cheater. And if you say yes and you're cheating well you're definitely caught. So your phone is like the greatest anti-cheater device.

But it's probably, do you know how many divorces are caused by phones I wonder? Because if you went back to say the 60s if you suspected your spouse was cheating and you couldn't prove it there was probably a really good chance you could get over it. Like even if there was cheating if it was temporary you'd probably have a way to get over it because you'd never really be sure. Your spouse would say it didn't happen and maybe you talk yourself into believing it didn't happen. But if it's right there on the phone there's nothing you can do about it.

So just live your life if you can in a way that there are no secrets at least digitally. And you can't even have a conversation in a home or a physical space because, well let me just think about this. Imagine you said to yourself okay I know there's a ring camera but it can't hear me because I'm out of hearing distance. Do you think AI won't someday be able to read your lips? Yeah yeah someday AI is going to read your lips. If you appear on video talking it doesn't matter if they can't hear it. The AI will just read your lips someday. Yeah.

If you had a conversation with somebody and either one of you had a smartphone in your pocket or nearby is that private? Well not necessarily because the bad guys can listen to you through your phone. They can even take a picture of you through your phone and you'd never know it. Right? There is no such thing as privacy. It's gone. Live your life under that assumption.

How many people are having the same experience about Japan? Japan is, I don't know if I should say suddenly but it's the it country. When I asked you where's the place if I were to leave America because things got bad where would I go, a number of people said Japan. Privately people have told me Japan is incredible. Like

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when people talk about Japan their entire demeanor changes when they talk about it. Have you noticed that? If you talk about another country that people like, hey have you been to Great Britain? Oh yeah it was a good trip I loved it. Have you been to Dubai? Yeah Dubai is amazing you know very modern great place. Have you been to Paris? Yeah it's too many cigarettes but you know great place classi…

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