I was raised the same way. Answer to any question…”yeah, sure, can do that.” Then you figure it out as you go. It’s the best way to grow up. My folks started a business with machines in the basement of our house and it grew and grew into big buildings. Amazing way to grow up. Oh my, this is the way I grew up. Love this guy.
Thank you Mike Rowe.... I did not know anything about this guy until I watched this podcast.... BLUF...Proud to share that my nephew, Keith B. Ives, graduated from the McCourt School of Public Policy.
Great Episode, very thought provoking. I often think back to the 1997 move 'The Game" and watching it unfold. I look forward to the day when our privacy is restored.
The ability to see "the fruits of your labor" at the end of the day is one of the things I miss doing the work I do now. I work all day, get a ton done, but being able to point at something and say, I did that, see it right there, isn't really there!
Doing marble, stone, and remodeling all my life, let's me know that people will be injoying and using my work long after I'm dead and buried... I always prided myself for not getting any callbacks for work I did.. and I did Alot of bunch out work, back in the day,
👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you Mike,great conversation,been thinking and feeling this way for a long time . Frank's words need to be heard , I will definitely be sharing.🙏
For some unknown reason, this episode would not load on Spotify which is my usual platform I use to listen to Mike. Glad it is on TH-cam so I didn't miss this great interview.
A couple years ago, my husband asked if I'd like anything for my birthday. I usually don't, but that year I did. I told him I'd like the entire Travis McGee series in paperback. Found a guy on eBay who had scrounged it together, and a few days later it arrived. I began that series after hearing you speak about it in a podcast...something about staying in somebody's house and finding them on a shelf. I checked them out one by one from my local library...devouring them as I went. So, thank you for introducing me to one of my favorite characters. I am forever grateful.
No thanks for your husband huh? The one that actually did something for you and actually CARES about you. These guys don't give a damn about you, you're just a metric to them. I feel bad for your husband.
In 89’ when all of this became public with the internet I said it would lead to the end of modern man. I said to the person in our department who was installing computers that these devices would destroy everything and society would suffer under a new oppressive system. Censorship and the loss of our identity would be the first to hit us. I’ll never forget the laughter they made and the ridicule they put me through when they realized I was serious. That person who ran the IT has since reached out to me and said he wished he took my comments more seriously. I don’t know how I saw it, but images came into my mind of all the things that are happening right now in the last few years. It’s going to get a lot worse unless there’s a major change or natural catastrophe. We need to real reset.
They claimed computers would make work easier, but they never told you it would increase your workload ten fold. With all the new and quick changing technology, I speculated years ago that there would come a time that humans would not be able to mentally keep up with the fast pace. Also many companies want to go completely digital, but it's a bad idea to get rid of your paper trail. Eventually technology will change again and you will lose access to old e-files, for example floppy discs, and eventually written history will be completely lost.
@@yukersit’s already fear and rage inducing when one can’t access something important because there’s no service or weak and spotty WiFi. We have become dependent on our tech in so many ways, why we would want to do away with all knowledge and sources of back up methods, I can’t understand. I think we should utilize tech to its fullest, but unless that includes a fail safe for everything like our records, our finances, our health and safety, our utilities, our knowledge and skills, etc…we have to keep reimagining how to advance our world without regressing as well.
Many of us who follow Christ and read the Bible and pay attention to the way things have been going over the last several decades have known this was coming. This is all part of the coming Beast system headed up by the coming Antichrist world leader. so while you are correct in your assumption that technology will be our downfall it is merely a tool and a means to an end toward the coming tribulation spoken of in the Bible. We are now living in the end times and so should be prepared. Give your life your faith and your heart to Jesus christ. He is the only way out of this entire mess.
I recently read A Brave New World for the first time and I realized that the internet -- and specifically social networking sites, TH-cam, TikTok, etc. -- is soma.
Great interview Mike and Frank. Thank you both. Enlightening and proposes thinking points for more problems to identify. Then comes the research, which I am hopeful will lead to a correction to the direction we are headed as the human race. I hope the younger generations wise up to this soon. I will be sharing this interview.
The people have changed. When I was in college back in the 90s, I was in a marketing class and actually proposed the gmail model of offering free email in return for selling ads based on the users’ interest. Everyone in that class rejected the idea, saying that nobody would agree to sell themselves. And I’m sure they all have gmail accounts now…
Only half way through the podcast, but one could instantly understand how Frank's Grandfather and his Father understood and treated everyone. Frank is a builder, but his family's intuitive understanding is that it takes people to build, to create.
Mike Thank you! You always have great guests. Frank McCourt is an amazing story. I for one will be looking into mewe it sounds like something that can change my perspective about the internet.
I love it. There was a book published years ago, (Mid 90's I think) By a gentleman Clifford Stohl "Silicon Snake Oil". Reminds me of this conversation.
Father owner of the Braves, his son the third up bidder to the Red Sox...Mike Rowe is really in deep shining the shoes of the rich and powerful on his podcast. He's exceedingly privileged to discuss everyday peoples struggles. I'm sceptical of MeWe, algorithms are necessary in managing the flow of information, accounts couldn't find what you need and advertisers have no interest in a weak platforms that doesn't get views or clicks. So far, Frank wants you to buy his book and own your information on MeWe despite his claim. I like Fiber infrastructure, taxpayers would gladly pay for it, companies would cry unfair competition. Generally we need an overhaul on personal privacy laws. We are ruled by ower corporate influencer of business outside of our control.
My parents knew this in 1963 and limited the amount of time we watched TV and yes... radio. I still to this day have a love of night time AM radio when I could hear the whole world
Frank McCourt is absolutely right and I wish I could be a part of fixing this issue. Everyone should see the obvious need for being in charge of their own information and rally to his efforts.
Biggest fallacy promulgated over the past 50 years is that using technology means you are Smart....it actually means you are gradually becoming less intelligent and more and more dependent upon access to that technology (because you didnt create it and only use it) When AI produces that technology you eventually become completely dependent upon AI to provide quality of life and therefore completely subservient to it. Ask yourself. Does the machine have to adapt to accomodate your needs or must you junp through hoops to accomodate the machines requirements? who is the master and who is the slave??
@@atticushexcel9567 Yeah, you know... Prom = big, formal dance Mull = to ponder (over) Gate/d = hinged entryway and/or number of paid admissions ...Prom-mull-gate...when breaking it down, considering the topic that was explored in today's podcast, I don't know if I could come up with a better, more apt word APROPOS this particular discussion. Lookin' up the spelling of "apropos" now, I stumbled upon another word, that almost's apropos as "promulgate" and that's: "appurtenance"! Lmao!
I've thought about that. What happens if A.I. controls most everything. It sees how obesity is such a problem for humans, so as it controls the production, transportation and distribution of food, it decides food causes obesity which causes major health problems, so to "help" humans, it will stop providing food. Or, there is a lot of unhappiness and stress causing problems for humans, so massive amounts of sedatives would be given to the whole population. Also, with people learning less, while relying on tech to think for them. What happens if there's a massive solar flare, or other event that knocks out much of the technology? How many people will have basic skills, without the need for technology, to be able to manually get things working? I know so many people that can't cook, wouldn't be able to mend their clothes, etc. I make sure I'll never be 100% dependent on others!
Technology is a tool. Using it efficiently is the skill. I have expensive and cheap hand tools and I must be honest, my craftsman ratchet has done just as much work as my Snap-on ratchet, and cost about 80% less. Either way, to get the job done you need the right socket and enough strength to work it.
When talking about politics at the end of the interview I'm shocked and saddened that Frank didn't mention RFK Jr. as a presidential candidate that already talks about these subjects. Why does everyone want to pretend that there isn't another option besides the Red and Blue parties? This is why we will end up with the same old crap again except, after this election things will get much worse. Wake up, Stand up! #RFK2024
I know many people that were paranoid about the government or someone spying on them, and so determined to have their privacy... but then they have something like Siri, and think nothing of it! I could understand apathetic people not caring, but how can you go from upset at the idea of being spied on, to paying to be spied on 24 hours a day?
Right and let's not forget Alexa. It will get worse with digital ID/vaccine passports and thus everything, literally all our previously private data from medical records to all purchases being tracked on the phone. Scary stuff.
my introduction to Frank McCourt (the Irishman) was from a snippet published in Reader's Digest. It was just a glimpse into a day in the life of a teacher in a rough school, sorta had a "To Sir With Love" vibe to it... with a NYC accent. i was in middle school when i read and i don't even know why. i dont remember if it was my teacher's idea as part of a lesson or if i was bored with her lesson and started reading ahead - one of my many bad habits... Anyway a few years went by. My family blew apart sense then, i was now in high school - the second one i'd been enrolled in because my mom couldn't sit still for nothin'.... I was always lurking around in the library between classes. Again i don't remember the circumstances. maybe i was just going through a phase where i couldn't get enough of Irish culture. but that school actually had a copy of Angela's Ashes. i devoured it.. the movie had already come and gone, i'd seen it. never made any attempt to see it again, never had any urge to read the book... not until that specific moment. I didn't even associate it with the Reader's Digest article. I just knew I loved this man... or at least i loved his writing, his storytelling and ability to weave a world out of words. found him relatable in his childlike perspective of his world. it pretty well matched my own. Anyway, finished the book, brought i back to the library. As i was turning it in the librarian piped up, telling me "He has another book! WE don't have it but i bet you can find it!" She wrote the title on a sticky note along with the author's name. That weekend I found 'Tis.... i also found Angela's Ashes AND Teacher Man, bought all three. And all i did for the next two weeks was read. I took away a lot from those books. Helped shape my perspective on the world and my own place in it. When my own kids were old enough i had them read Angela's Ashes (they're still working on it) as part of our home school curriculum. A book like that can't do anything but change a person. Especially if you have any semblance of humanity and compassion within you. It can't do anything but inspire you. Frank was just one child among many, trying to survive in a harsh world that had very little love for the Irish. and as you read his tale you can fully understand why. We see them as silly boozers, but truly they were not. they were angry and demoralized, much like the Indians in America. Treated much the same way. Many of us claim their heritage, music, and their wit and wisdom but really fail to see them beyond caricatures. Unlike the indians, the irish don't care if you borrow from their culture. they're happy to share it along with the lessons they've learned.... meaning no one gives a turkey if you dress up like a leprechaun for halloween. but don't you dare wear beads and a headdress... ah humans are funny.... i hope we are blessed with just enough time on this planet to laugh at ourselves and get over our pride.
There's nothing better than having a good family upbringing. Even riches are relatively ephemeral to that, because riches can spoil the offspring. When I was younger, I believed that people could be superheroes, and it wouldn't matter how they started out. But now, I'm realizing that a good family is basically priceless.
The comments section is getting destroyed. I used to like it here. I'm starting to think there are even more bots then we realize. Anything to divide us while supporting our corrupt government.
@@matthorrocks6517 No.. its coordinated bornets, reposting the same thing...all of them are banned and remade in a giant roomof people, by a state across the ocean...
@@dertythegrower and the tube encourages it because of the add revenue. I tested it before i stopped caring. I flagged the bots and within 10 min the tube AI reinstated all of them.
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Here is something to think about: I gained my degree in Sociology, with a minor in Psychology in 1981. The past century of mental imbalance study categorized societal behavior into three types. I) Core Civilized Behavior. Normal behavior conducive to the foundations of civilization and its continuance. True governmental representation, true judicial processes. Moral, productive, and lawful citizenry. Together these represent what is called Culture. The glue that holds societies together. 2) Behavior defined as a Sociological Pathology, in short Sociopathic behavior. This included oddball behavior that ran outside normal behavior like walking around the park backwards just to do it, basically harmless. Murderers are categorized as sociopaths, as well as homosexuals. All being defined as being destructive to the core foundations of civilization. 3) Behavior defined as being a Psychological Pathology, short term Psychopathic behavior. A behavior that was not just destructive to the core foundations of civilization, but lacking an attachment to reality. Psychopaths demonstrate a need to change identity to escape into a more powerful identity they were not experiencing in real life. The 'Trans' identity is a perfect example of this. It can even be into an identity that is one of victimization, being the gaining of power through being the victim, somehow. Murderers that are psychopathic demonstrate mutilations to gain power over the individual, or from the individual they have killed. It offers a freedom from the societal structure they could not exist in. A freedom to do anything, or be anything, without rules, and ultimately to be free from reality. Today, as the media has taken the population into the abyss, psychopathic behavior is now the victimized norm. Here is the progression: After WW2 the media began to promote trans men in the movie 'Some like it Hot-1949. In the 50s the media cabal separated the youth from the adults by giving them their own music called Rock-N-Roll. This music indoctrinated the youth into rebellion. In the 60s the Supreme Court removed prayer from school and began the death spiral of America. Juvenile crime, drug use, pregnancy skyrocketed and in six short years the media brought in the 'hippie' movement with its feminized male persona. In the 70s the media pushed homosexuality with its 'prop' superstars that were promoted to do this very thing. Elton John sang "Love lies bleeding in the sand, I can tell by the things I will do with another man." The Kinks had "I know what I am, and what I am is a man, and so was Lola." Van Morrison sang "Roll me over Romeo, there you go, Lord have mercy.". Today this is still in full push with Luke Brian's song "My baby, HE is in the shotgun seat, them kisses are for me, this life may not be for you, but it is for me." From the 80s on came the push away from reality, past trans, and now into the abyss with the presenting child molesters as simply 'minor attracted persons', and pushing the idea that little boys should be castrated to make them little girls. This is how the slipping away from a pure cultural heritage can, incrementally, degrade the entire society. How all western societies are breaking apart, as all have throughout history. Five empire ages have come and gone: Babylon, Media Persia, Greece, Rome, Neo-Roman empire. This is how liberalism destroys nations, it allows for the change away from what made that society strong in the first place. Change the outward face of a society and in time you change the inward identity. What is important to know is that the social movements have not appeared spontaneously having the media reflect them to bring in viewers. The media developed each social movement to methodically bring down the nation, and the west in general. Some examples of how this is having an effect on America is that the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health is a man calling himself Rachel L. Levine. A man who believes he is a woman. A sub-department of the Department of Health is the Department of Mental Health. So the number two person in charge of the U.S. Department of Mental Health is a man who thinks he is a woman.? The U.S. Supreme Court included the LGBTQ and Trans people in the Equal Right Act of 1964. Trans politicians have been elected to congress. Total societal collapse in progress.
Great ideas, have said this since the late eighties!!! No one in charge to listen!!! You are fightng the established money machine!! You will never be able to overcome the advertising juggernaut!!!!! Toooooo established! What’s mine should remain as such until I choose otherwise!! But I wish you good luck and support your effort! Thanks for listening!
Rossmann has built (with help!) a bypass that allows the freeflow of ideas, without the interruption of third parties. Check him out, its a competitor to this locale, so I can't call it out by name.
A real problem is the government mandating medical records be online that are being used against the population, the finance industry and insurance industry both marginalizing and financially devastating the American people that by law have to buy auto and homeowner insurance. That needs to be addressed immediately before insurance and finance drive citizens into the ground.
Travis McGee...read those...loved them. The colors in the titles. Sam Eliot played him in a TV movie but i wss disappointed in California location and sail boat instead of the Busted Flush House boat.
I hope you put some time stamps in the future because this is an hour and a half long and my busy life doesn’t allow me to sit through - an hour and a half
I’m so on board and have seen some of these problems regarding identity for years. One detriment I see is that the hook they have on us is the platform itself is free. MeWe I have to pay for monthly.
Do not understand how anyone can have a conversation like this without talking about the globalists behind most of the world's problems. Did i miss it?
Americans need to start imagining an agrarian culture with local community co-op food supply and production, based In permaculture and organic soil building.
Held a TS/SI clearance in the 80s working daily in a SCIF using mass collection of data to stop bad guys from doing bad thins. Our problem was not having enough data. Problem now is too much data. Mr McCourt means wells by granting some sort of data ownership, but he knows from his trash hauling days, that stuff falls off the truck. I have never trusted the security of the internet. What McCourt needs to build is a system of anonymity that allows commence and communication without the tracking. Every data entry needs an interrogation protocol that firewalls data strings making any transmission collection worthless, since any data will be trash. This will be a good thing for the user, but unthinkable for the powers to be, private or public. So, good luck with the project.
The guy's accent got thicker as the interview progressed, and the brain was going back in time, as well as getting more engaged. Heh heh. Great accent..Hello from central Texas.
"When its all you know and all you have... its really a difference without a distinction." This is why Xennials are a really important group right now. Barely had smart phones in college and are now in their forties... They have had the critical Yin Yang life cycle so far. They are not happy by the way. They see the Gen Alpha kids and... well... good listen around 43:00.
To add to his list there at the end, I'd also say: 1. Spongebobby Kennedypants (also congratulations for the one still bein', well, you know...lol.) and 2. Let's just say his name is SORT OF, "Spirited self-assuronce" "An animal's strong-smellin' secrection"! LmMFaO
Intended for the good of humanity but the power seekers wanted it for themselves and were told no you can't have it for your own. Forty years later look at the ones that own it.
Unlimited number of datacenters are being built every day containing all our information. What are you going to do with all of that, plus add in AI that can access it.
This is amazing! This is got to be one of the most important interviews you have ever done. Thank you Frank for doing this incredible work. 🎉
Watching this on a sunday morning with coffee and a crisp 62 outside....life is good, Thank-you Mike and Chuck
sounds like a perfect morning!
A takeaway from this interview:
"Be careful that the tools built to be used by you don't end up being used on you."
Facts
I was raised the same way. Answer to any question…”yeah, sure, can do that.” Then you figure it out as you go. It’s the best way to grow up. My folks started a business with machines in the basement of our house and it grew and grew into big buildings. Amazing way to grow up. Oh my, this is the way I grew up. Love this guy.
Thank you Mike Rowe.... I did not know anything about this guy until I watched this podcast.... BLUF...Proud to share that my nephew, Keith B. Ives, graduated from the McCourt School of Public Policy.
Been screaming this for years and people look at me like I'm crazy. Everyone is so lazy in thought.
Rossmann Repair has been working on pieces of the infrastructure. Check him out!
What would make you think that people are lazy in thought?😷🐑
I have said it for years. Net-net (no pun intended) the world was a better place without the internet.
Screaming what? Talk about vague. Maybe you should spell out what you were screaming all these years.
I suggest you stop screaming. It is precisely because he is calm and deliberative that people listen to Frank McCourt.
Great Episode, very thought provoking. I often think back to the 1997 move 'The Game" and watching it unfold. I look forward to the day when our privacy is restored.
Oh honey it never will be. That horse has already left the barn decades ago. Things will just get worse and worse from here on out.
Leave it in better condition than you got it. Simple and classic!
Unless you directly apply that to societies and people worth remembering are forgotten.
Mike Rowe for president
An important conversation that needs to be shared far and wide!
The ability to see "the fruits of your labor" at the end of the day is one of the things I miss doing the work I do now. I work all day, get a ton done, but being able to point at something and say, I did that, see it right there, isn't really there!
Doing marble, stone, and remodeling all my life, let's me know that people will be injoying and using my work long after I'm dead and buried... I always prided myself for not getting any callbacks for work I did.. and I did Alot of bunch out work, back in the day,
👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you Mike,great conversation,been thinking and feeling this way for a long time . Frank's words need to be heard , I will definitely be sharing.🙏
For some unknown reason, this episode would not load on Spotify which is my usual platform I use to listen to Mike. Glad it is on TH-cam so I didn't miss this great interview.
Fantastic discussion. Thanks Mike. Frank M is right on the $ when he asks 'who are we if not our choices?' 🥂
A couple years ago, my husband asked if I'd like anything for my birthday. I usually don't, but that year I did. I told him I'd like the entire Travis McGee series in paperback. Found a guy on eBay who had scrounged it together, and a few days later it arrived. I began that series after hearing you speak about it in a podcast...something about staying in somebody's house and finding them on a shelf. I checked them out one by one from my local library...devouring them as I went. So, thank you for introducing me to one of my favorite characters. I am forever grateful.
No thanks for your husband huh? The one that actually did something for you and actually CARES about you. These guys don't give a damn about you, you're just a metric to them.
I feel bad for your husband.
In 89’ when all of this became public with the internet I said it would lead to the end of modern man. I said to the person in our department who was installing computers that these devices would destroy everything and society would suffer under a new oppressive system. Censorship and the loss of our identity would be the first to hit us. I’ll never forget the laughter they made and the ridicule they put me through when they realized I was serious. That person who ran the IT has since reached out to me and said he wished he took my comments more seriously. I don’t know how I saw it, but images came into my mind of all the things that are happening right now in the last few years. It’s going to get a lot worse unless there’s a major change or natural catastrophe. We need to real reset.
They claimed computers would make work easier, but they never told you it would increase your workload ten fold. With all the new and quick changing technology, I speculated years ago that there would come a time that humans would not be able to mentally keep up with the fast pace. Also many companies want to go completely digital, but it's a bad idea to get rid of your paper trail. Eventually technology will change again and you will lose access to old e-files, for example floppy discs, and eventually written history will be completely lost.
@@yukersit’s already fear and rage inducing when one can’t access something important because there’s no service or weak and spotty WiFi. We have become dependent on our tech in so many ways, why we would want to do away with all knowledge and sources of back up methods, I can’t understand. I think we should utilize tech to its fullest, but unless that includes a fail safe for everything like our records, our finances, our health and safety, our utilities, our knowledge and skills, etc…we have to keep reimagining how to advance our world without regressing as well.
@yukers it already is lost or intentionally changed.
@@mclt8883 Yeah, it's a scary thought.
Many of us who follow Christ and read the Bible and pay attention to the way things have been going over the last several decades have known this was coming. This is all part of the coming Beast system headed up by the coming Antichrist world leader. so while you are correct in your assumption that technology will be our downfall it is merely a tool and a means to an end toward the coming tribulation spoken of in the Bible. We are now living in the end times and so should be prepared. Give your life your faith and your heart to Jesus christ. He is the only way out of this entire mess.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
I recently read A Brave New World for the first time and I realized that the internet -- and specifically social networking sites, TH-cam, TikTok, etc. -- is soma.
I totally enjoy stimulating conversations, thanks Mike.
Great interview Mike and Frank. Thank you both.
Enlightening and proposes thinking points for more problems to identify. Then comes the research, which I am hopeful will lead to a correction to the direction we are headed as the human race.
I hope the younger generations wise up to this soon. I will be sharing this interview.
The people have changed. When I was in college back in the 90s, I was in a marketing class and actually proposed the gmail model of offering free email in return for selling ads based on the users’ interest. Everyone in that class rejected the idea, saying that nobody would agree to sell themselves.
And I’m sure they all have gmail accounts now…
The concept of Federal Express was a thesis paper written at Harvard that received a 'C' grade from the professors who said it would never work!
@@pyhead9916 And yet, society still holds institutions like that in high regard. It's irrational.
Another great interview. Thank you.
I love how Frank keeps looking at Chuck as well as at Mike, he is including Chuck in the conversation.
Only half way through the podcast, but one could instantly understand how Frank's Grandfather and his Father understood and treated everyone. Frank is a builder, but his family's intuitive understanding is that it takes people to build, to create.
Mike, you and your viewers would love the young man over at Traplines and inlines. He's the type of young fellow We need more of.
Mike Thank you! You always have great guests. Frank McCourt is an amazing story. I for one will be looking into mewe it sounds like something that can change my perspective about the internet.
I love it. There was a book published years ago, (Mid 90's I think) By a gentleman Clifford Stohl "Silicon Snake Oil". Reminds me of this conversation.
Father owner of the Braves, his son the third up bidder to the Red Sox...Mike Rowe is really in deep shining the shoes of the rich and powerful on his podcast. He's exceedingly privileged to discuss everyday peoples struggles. I'm sceptical of MeWe, algorithms are necessary in managing the flow of information, accounts couldn't find what you need and advertisers have no interest in a weak platforms that doesn't get views or clicks. So far, Frank wants you to buy his book and own your information on MeWe despite his claim. I like Fiber infrastructure, taxpayers would gladly pay for it, companies would cry unfair competition.
Generally we need an overhaul on personal privacy laws. We are ruled by ower corporate influencer of business outside of our control.
Governments need to acknowledge their complicity in glorifying horrible past/ prevention of the problems
Thank You Guys 🥰🙏
My parents knew this in 1963 and limited the amount of time we watched TV and yes... radio. I still to this day have a love of night time AM radio when I could hear the whole world
In the old testament of the bible, people came to a point where they (as a group) demanded a king even though God said we didn't need one.
Thanks for a riveting conversation fellas, I just purchased the book from Ebay (using the old internet!)
Frank McCourt is absolutely right and I wish I could be a part of fixing this issue. Everyone should see the obvious need for being in charge of their own information and rally to his efforts.
Great interview Gentlemen from a Metrowest Boston guy now living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire 🇺🇸
Incredible conversations, Mike! Thank you.
Great job Mike
Great podcast, Mike!
Biggest fallacy promulgated over the past 50 years is that using technology means you are Smart....it actually means you are gradually becoming less intelligent and more and more dependent upon access to that technology (because you didnt create it and only use it) When AI produces that technology you eventually become completely dependent upon AI to provide quality of life and therefore completely subservient to it. Ask yourself. Does the machine have to adapt to accomodate your needs or must you junp through hoops to accomodate the machines requirements?
who is the master and who is the slave??
@@atticushexcel9567 Yeah, you know...
Prom = big, formal dance
Mull = to ponder (over)
Gate/d = hinged entryway and/or number of paid admissions
...Prom-mull-gate...when breaking it down, considering the topic that was explored in today's podcast, I don't know if I could come up with a better, more apt word APROPOS this particular discussion. Lookin' up the spelling of "apropos" now, I stumbled upon another word, that almost's apropos as "promulgate" and that's: "appurtenance"! Lmao!
I've thought about that. What happens if A.I. controls most everything. It sees how obesity is such a problem for humans, so as it controls the production, transportation and distribution of food, it decides food causes obesity which causes major health problems, so to "help" humans, it will stop providing food. Or, there is a lot of unhappiness and stress causing problems for humans, so massive amounts of sedatives would be given to the whole population.
Also, with people learning less, while relying on tech to think for them. What happens if there's a massive solar flare, or other event that knocks out much of the technology? How many people will have basic skills, without the need for technology, to be able to manually get things working? I know so many people that can't cook, wouldn't be able to mend their clothes, etc. I make sure I'll never be 100% dependent on others!
Technology is a tool. Using it efficiently is the skill. I have expensive and cheap hand tools and I must be honest, my craftsman ratchet has done just as much work as my Snap-on ratchet, and cost about 80% less. Either way, to get the job done you need the right socket and enough strength to work it.
HAL 9000, 2001 A Space Odyssey.
@@matthewmckee9914 "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that..."
Media needs to face their complicity
When talking about politics at the end of the interview I'm shocked and saddened that Frank didn't mention RFK Jr. as a presidential candidate that already talks about these subjects. Why does everyone want to pretend that there isn't another option besides the Red and Blue parties? This is why we will end up with the same old crap again except, after this election things will get much worse. Wake up, Stand up! #RFK2024
I know many people that were paranoid about the government or someone spying on them, and so determined to have their privacy... but then they have something like Siri, and think nothing of it! I could understand apathetic people not caring, but how can you go from upset at the idea of being spied on, to paying to be spied on 24 hours a day?
No, and lots of people are not in a clinic or hospital
Right and let's not forget Alexa. It will get worse with digital ID/vaccine passports and thus everything, literally all our previously private data from medical records to all purchases being tracked on the phone. Scary stuff.
@@chk6111 And whether it's the government or big business, they assure you that they will respect your privacy... even as they prove they don't!
Mike, I love your "Glorious" lamp.
"fragile"
Having of the resources of all knowledge in the palm of your hand has effectively made people stupid.
my introduction to Frank McCourt (the Irishman) was from a snippet published in Reader's Digest. It was just a glimpse into a day in the life of a teacher in a rough school, sorta had a "To Sir With Love" vibe to it... with a NYC accent.
i was in middle school when i read and i don't even know why. i dont remember if it was my teacher's idea as part of a lesson or if i was bored with her lesson and started reading ahead - one of my many bad habits...
Anyway a few years went by.
My family blew apart sense then, i was now in high school - the second one i'd been enrolled in because my mom couldn't sit still for nothin'.... I was always lurking around in the library between classes. Again i don't remember the circumstances. maybe i was just going through a phase where i couldn't get enough of Irish culture. but that school actually had a copy of Angela's Ashes. i devoured it.. the movie had already come and gone, i'd seen it. never made any attempt to see it again, never had any urge to read the book... not until that specific moment.
I didn't even associate it with the Reader's Digest article.
I just knew I loved this man... or at least i loved his writing, his storytelling and ability to weave a world out of words. found him relatable in his childlike perspective of his world. it pretty well matched my own.
Anyway, finished the book, brought i back to the library. As i was turning it in the librarian piped up, telling me "He has another book! WE don't have it but i bet you can find it!" She wrote the title on a sticky note along with the author's name. That weekend I found 'Tis.... i also found Angela's Ashes AND Teacher Man, bought all three. And all i did for the next two weeks was read.
I took away a lot from those books. Helped shape my perspective on the world and my own place in it. When my own kids were old enough i had them read Angela's Ashes (they're still working on it) as part of our home school curriculum. A book like that can't do anything but change a person. Especially if you have any semblance of humanity and compassion within you. It can't do anything but inspire you.
Frank was just one child among many, trying to survive in a harsh world that had very little love for the Irish. and as you read his tale you can fully understand why. We see them as silly boozers, but truly they were not. they were angry and demoralized, much like the Indians in America. Treated much the same way. Many of us claim their heritage, music, and their wit and wisdom but really fail to see them beyond caricatures. Unlike the indians, the irish don't care if you borrow from their culture. they're happy to share it along with the lessons they've learned.... meaning no one gives a turkey if you dress up like a leprechaun for halloween. but don't you dare wear beads and a headdress...
ah humans are funny.... i hope we are blessed with just enough time on this planet to laugh at ourselves and get over our pride.
As well as judicial leaderships
Fascinating insight. Just fascinating.
There's nothing better than having a good family upbringing. Even riches are relatively ephemeral to that, because riches can spoil the offspring. When I was younger, I believed that people could be superheroes, and it wouldn't matter how they started out. But now, I'm realizing that a good family is basically priceless.
Glad somebody is talking about it.
❤We all have "Several shots" - but never "The same shot"❤
I went to mewe, but don't want to pay 4.99 a month. Plus standing up for something many won't see because they aren't on this platform
People are really not aware of the data social network companies are storing about them!
For being from Beantown you sure don't have much of an accent. Another GREAT and interesting show Mike!
Watertown 😊.
lol 8 corn bots are the first commenters. Great show as always Mike!
The comments section is getting destroyed. I used to like it here. I'm starting to think there are even more bots then we realize. Anything to divide us while supporting our corrupt government.
To be clear you can support either side anymore and it still ends up being the same side. Trump Biden whatever. Same team.
@@matthorrocks6517 No.. its coordinated bornets, reposting the same thing...all of them are banned and remade in a giant roomof people, by a state across the ocean...
Making accounts on android phones costs them pennies to remake... double edged sword
@@dertythegrower and the tube encourages it because of the add revenue. I tested it before i stopped caring. I flagged the bots and within 10 min the tube AI reinstated all of them.
Fabulous interview …
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Frank after doing my research, and I hope I’m right…you’ve got me lock stock, Me and everyone I can convince to get on the app
Absolutely Truth
This is scary! Case in point I was listening to this on TH-cam and Seri heard Mikes Voice ask hey Seri and activated my app Seri on my IPad !!!!!!
Frank mc court was a class act
So is frank mc court
Indeed..! It takes class to know class. Thank You Mike.. Thank you Frank. Jc
Here is something to think about:
I gained my degree in Sociology, with a minor in Psychology in 1981. The past century of mental imbalance study categorized societal behavior into three types.
I) Core Civilized Behavior. Normal behavior conducive to the foundations of civilization and its continuance. True governmental representation, true judicial processes. Moral, productive, and lawful citizenry. Together these represent what is called Culture. The glue that holds societies together.
2) Behavior defined as a Sociological Pathology, in short Sociopathic behavior. This included oddball behavior that ran outside normal behavior like walking around the park backwards just to do it, basically harmless. Murderers are categorized as sociopaths, as well as homosexuals. All being defined as being destructive to the core foundations of civilization.
3) Behavior defined as being a Psychological Pathology, short term Psychopathic behavior. A behavior that was not just destructive to the core foundations of civilization, but lacking an attachment to reality. Psychopaths demonstrate a need to change identity to escape into a more powerful identity they were not experiencing in real life. The 'Trans' identity is a perfect example of this. It can even be into an identity that is one of victimization, being the gaining of power through being the victim, somehow. Murderers that are psychopathic demonstrate mutilations to gain power over the individual, or from the individual they have killed. It offers a freedom from the societal structure they could not exist in. A freedom to do anything, or be anything, without rules, and ultimately to be free from reality.
Today, as the media has taken the population into the abyss, psychopathic behavior is now the victimized norm.
Here is the progression:
After WW2 the media began to promote trans men in the movie 'Some like it Hot-1949. In the 50s the media cabal separated the youth from the adults by giving them their own music called Rock-N-Roll. This music indoctrinated the youth into rebellion. In the 60s the Supreme Court removed prayer from school and began the death spiral of America. Juvenile crime, drug use, pregnancy skyrocketed and in six short years the media brought in the 'hippie' movement with its feminized male persona. In the 70s the media pushed homosexuality with its 'prop' superstars that were promoted to do this very thing. Elton John sang "Love lies bleeding in the sand, I can tell by the things I will do with another man." The Kinks had "I know what I am, and what I am is a man, and so was Lola." Van Morrison sang "Roll me over Romeo, there you go, Lord have mercy.". Today this is still in full push with Luke Brian's song "My baby, HE is in the shotgun seat, them kisses are for me, this life may not be for you, but it is for me." From the 80s on came the push away from reality, past trans, and now into the abyss with the presenting child molesters as simply 'minor attracted persons', and pushing the idea that little boys should be castrated to make them little girls.
This is how the slipping away from a pure cultural heritage can, incrementally, degrade the entire society. How all western societies are breaking apart, as all have throughout history. Five empire ages have come and gone: Babylon, Media Persia, Greece, Rome, Neo-Roman empire.
This is how liberalism destroys nations, it allows for the change away from what made that society strong in the first place. Change the outward face of a society and in time you change the inward identity.
What is important to know is that the social movements have not appeared spontaneously having the media reflect them to bring in viewers. The media developed each social movement to methodically bring down the nation, and the west in general.
Some examples of how this is having an effect on America is that the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health is a man calling himself Rachel L. Levine. A man who believes he is a woman. A sub-department of the Department of Health is the Department of Mental Health. So the number two person in charge of the U.S. Department of Mental Health is a man who thinks he is a woman.? The U.S. Supreme Court included the LGBTQ and Trans people in the Equal Right Act of 1964. Trans politicians have been elected to congress. Total societal collapse in progress.
Great ideas, have said this since the late eighties!!! No one in charge to listen!!! You are fightng the established money machine!! You will never be able to overcome the advertising juggernaut!!!!! Toooooo established! What’s mine should remain as such until I choose otherwise!! But I wish you good luck and support your effort! Thanks for listening!
Rossmann has built (with help!) a bypass that allows the freeflow of ideas, without the interruption of third parties. Check him out, its a competitor to this locale, so I can't call it out by name.
I like the idea of being able to profit from your own information vs. having it taken. If you don't want to sell it, then don't.
A real problem is the government mandating medical records be online that are being used against the population, the finance industry and insurance industry both marginalizing and financially devastating the American people that by law have to buy auto and homeowner insurance. That needs to be addressed immediately before insurance and finance drive citizens into the ground.
Hey Frank your former wife Jamie was my childhood neighbor in Baltimore. Blackhawk Circle. Jack Luskins daughter. Great times
Travis McGee...read those...loved them. The colors in the titles. Sam Eliot played him in a TV movie but i wss disappointed in California location and sail boat instead of the Busted Flush House boat.
Most Interesting. 👍
I hope you put some time stamps in the future because this is an hour and a half long and my busy life doesn’t allow me to sit through - an hour and a half
Thank you sirs
I’m so on board and have seen some of these problems regarding identity for years. One detriment I see is that the hook they have on us is the platform itself is free. MeWe I have to pay for monthly.
Do not understand how anyone can have a conversation like this without talking about the globalists behind most of the world's problems. Did i miss it?
What does that tell the ad company?
I'd be optimistic too, if all my work had culminated in that kind of wealth...
Such a fantastic episode, unfortunately im on the TH-cam naughty list . And somehow unsubscribed. 🤔
Google doesn't seem to like Patriots
Problems of people who benefited by litigation of slavery and social programs of the PAST
Why does the Christmas Story lamp in the background change from show to show?
Americans need to start imagining an agrarian culture with local community co-op food supply and production, based
In permaculture and organic soil building.
Instead, they've chosen bitcoin and data storage centers, which will suck dry all the electricity and water.
Held a TS/SI clearance in the 80s working daily in a SCIF using mass collection of data to stop bad guys from doing bad thins. Our problem was not having enough data. Problem now is too much data. Mr McCourt means wells by granting some sort of data ownership, but he knows from his trash hauling days, that stuff falls off the truck. I have never trusted the security of the internet. What McCourt needs to build is a system of anonymity that allows commence and communication without the tracking. Every data entry needs an interrogation protocol that firewalls data strings making any transmission collection worthless, since any data will be trash. This will be a good thing for the user, but unthinkable for the powers to be, private or public. So, good luck with the project.
Whatever advertising company, I wouldn't hire them
Bird almost took me out on my motorcycle in Boston! That was exhilarating! 😂
Ted Kaczynski knew technology would take away freedom.
Like Pinterest, people take ideas and make it their own. Difference/in eyes of beholder
RFK is talking about it
The guy's accent got thicker as the interview progressed, and the brain was going back in time, as well as getting more engaged. Heh heh. Great accent..Hello from central Texas.
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Leave the past towards future
"Who is John Galt?"
"When its all you know and all you have... its really a difference without a distinction."
This is why Xennials are a really important group right now. Barely had smart phones in college and are now in their forties... They have had the critical Yin Yang life cycle so far. They are not happy by the way. They see the Gen Alpha kids and... well... good listen around 43:00.
around minute 52 mike said SIRI. my phone turned on. LOL
So it was listening the whole time😊
People usually dislike that evil
Why are there no one in government with common sense.
To add to his list there at the end, I'd also say:
1. Spongebobby Kennedypants (also congratulations for the one still bein', well, you know...lol.)
and
2. Let's just say his name is SORT OF, "Spirited self-assuronce" "An animal's strong-smellin' secrection"! LmMFaO
Consider this, it is not illegal to buy and sell social security numbers.
You do not own the number that follows you from birth to death.
Capitalism + Technology + Toxic Freedom + Professional Slavery = Social Credit Score
Monopoly not capitalism
Kennedy Jr would be great!
How simple is that?
Intended for the good of humanity but the power seekers wanted it for themselves and were told no you can't have it for your own. Forty years later look at the ones that own it.
You can’t get kids to go with there dad to work or follow their fathers……….
he's thinking way too small but definitely on the right track
where is project liberty ?
Unlimited number of datacenters are being built every day containing all our information. What are you going to do with all of that, plus add in AI that can access it.