♪ ♪
>> START THE CLOCK.
♪ ♪
>> Bill: THANK YOU, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU!
I THINK I KNOW WHY YOU'RE
EXCITED, THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
ARE UPON US, THEY ARE 11 DAYSAY.
I GUESS I WAS WRONG, NOT EXCITED
ABOUT THAT --
I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING
APATHETIC.
WHAT AN ELECTION THIS IS, THE
REPUBLICANS ARE P UP A
SLATE OF ELECTION DENIERS AND
CRACKPOTS AND CROOKS.
AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A GUY WHO
RECENTLY DIED OF A STROKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE ARE NOT MAKING FUN BUT IF YOU
SELL THAT DEBATE IN
PENNSYLVANIA, DR. OZ AGAINST
JOHN FEDERMAN, HE DID RECENTLY
HAVE A STROKAND HE IS STILL A
LITTLE SHAKY.
NEUROLOGISTS CALL THAT CONDITION
HERSCHEL WKER.
[LAUGHTER]
THERE IS SOME BEAUTIES THAT
HERSCHEL WALKER, ANOTHER ONE --
ANOTHER WOMAN CAME FORWARD TO
SAY HE PAID FOR AN ABORTION.
THIS GUY HAS PROVIDED MORE
ABORTIONS THAN PLANNED
PARENTHOOD TO.
[LAUGHTER]
ONE OF THE POPULAR COSTUMES NOW
FOR KIDS IN GEORGIA, KIDS GO OUT
WITH A GHOST COSTUME AND A SIGN
THAT SAYS HERSCHEL PAID FOR THI
THIS.
[LAUGHR]
THAT WAS,EFULLY STILL IS A
BIG ISSUE IN THE ELECTION,
ABORTION -- NOTHING.
THIS CROWD, NOTHING GETS THIS
CROWD TO.
OKAY, IN AMERICA, I'M TELLING
YOU IT'S A BIG ISSUE IT CAME UP.
DR. OZ SAID ABOUT ABORTION IT
SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S
DECIDED BETWEEN A DOCTOR, A
WOMAN, AND LOCAL POLITICAL
LEADERS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE NEW FOR
WOMEN.
[LAUGHTER]
MAYOR'S OFFICE?
I MISSED MY PERIOD.
YES, I'LL HOLD.
THE BIG NEWS IN THE TECH WORLD,
ELON MUSK HAS NOW TAKEN OVER
TWITTER.
[APPLAUSE]
AND PROBABLY WILL PUT TRUMP BACK
ON IT -->> SAID YESTERDAY, HE SD
TWITTER IS IN SAYING THE HANDS
BUT THAT'S ALSO WHAT HE SAID
WHEN KANYE BOUGHT ACHOOL.
KANYE IS IN HOT WATER, HE HAS
LOST HIS DEALS NOW WITHDIDAS,
GAP, FOOT LOCKER, YESTERDAY HIS
MIKE DROPPED HIM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WOW.
HE HAS SEEN HIS NET WORTH
PLUMMET TO A FRACTION OF WHAT IT
WAS.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE IS DOESN'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ALL THOSE
GOLD DIGGERS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HE DOES HAVE A SCHOOL, THE DONDA
ACADEMY, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD
ENROLLED THERE, BE AWARE IT MAY
HAVE CLOSED AND WHAT WERE YOU
INKING?
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF
SCHOOL, IT'S OPEN ONLY ON JEWISH
HOLIDAYS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND THEIR MOTTO IS "A MIND IS A
TERRIBLE THING."
[LAUGHTER]
AND FINALLY I THOUGHT TS
RESTING, I SHOULD BRING IT
TO YOUR ATTENTION ESPECIALLY
WITH ALL THE TECH NEWS.
THE POPE MADE NEWS HE CAME OUT
AND SAID HE IS URGING PRIESTS
AND NUNS TO DELETE ALL THE PORN
OFF THEIR PHONES.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY EVEN HAD A
PHONES ARE PORN ON THEM AND THE
PRIEST SAID NOT A PROBLEM, JUST
LEAVE US GRINDER.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW,
YUVAL NOAH HARARI AND JILLIAN
TETT ARE HERE, BUT FIRST. HE'S
THE AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER AND
AUTHOR WHOSE NEW BOOK, "CINEMA
SPECULATION" IS OUT ON NOVEMBER
1ST: QUENTIN TARANTINO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
HOW ARE YOU?
LOOK AT THAT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANKS A LOT.
>> Bill: I'VE SAID THESE
BEFORE, IT'S AMAZING WHEN THE
DIRECTOR IS TREATED LIKE A STAR,
THE DIRECTOR IS TRADITIONALLY
THE PERSON BEHIND THE CAMERA,
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEM, YOU ARE
A STAR.
>> NOT TO INSIDE TO HEAR
BUT I ACTUALLY HADN'T NOTICED
THE AUDIENCE WAS STACKED LIKE AT
THIS.
IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE A
NIGHTCLUB WHEN YOU LO OUT, IT
HAS A NIGHTCLUB KIND OF FEEL.
>> Bill: THIS IS A LEGACY OF
WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID WHEN
WE HAD TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND
WE COULDN'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE
IN THE AUDIENCE GOT MUCH BETTER
BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT WE JUST
GOT RID OF THE GRONER'S.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I BELIEVE IT PERIODS BE WOOD
BEFORE WE LOSE ALL OF OUR TIME
BECAUSE YOU AND I CAN GET TO
TALKING LET'S GETO THE BOOK
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE
DESTINED TO WRITE THIS BOOK.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE A
GREAT FILMMAKER IS BECAUSE
YOU'RE A GREAT STUDENT OF THE
FILM, THAN ANYBODY WE'VE ALWAYS
KNOWN THAT ABOUT YOU, YOU JUST
LOVE IT.
THE BOOK IS SO FUNNY.
YOU WERE RAISED BY MOVIES, I
EVEN REALIZE THIS ABOUT
YOU, YOU WENT WHEN YOU WER
SEVEN YEARS OLD TO A VERY ADULT
MOVIES.
>> ILKED ABOUT IN THE BOOK
AT SOME POINT, I REALIZED IAS
SEEING MOVIES -- WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE 70s, TALKING ABOUT
STARTING FROM 68 OR WHATEVER.
THE EXPLOSION OF WHAT THEY CALL
NEW HOLLYWOOD, THAT'S ME GETTING
USED TO GOING TO THE MOVIES.
NEW HOLLYWOOD ARE THE MOVIES TO
ME.
AT SOME POINT I DID NOTICE I WAS
SEEING MORE, DIFFERENT MOVIES
AND THE OTHER KIDS WERE ALLOWED
TO SEE.
>> Bill: LIKE WHAT?
MASH?
>> I SAW MASHED THREE TIMES IN
1970, IT WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE
THAT YEAR.
MASH END OF THE FRENCH
CONNECTION AND THAT GODFATHER A
COUPLE OF TIMES.
>> VERY ADULT MOVIES.
>> DELIVERANCE AND THE WILD
BUNCH, USING AS AN EXAMPLE,
THERE IS THE MALE SODOMY, RAPE
SEEN IN DELIVERANCE.
I'M WATCHING DELIVERANCE AS
KID.
>> Bill: AIN'T GOT A HAIR IN
HIS MOUTH.
>> I'M SEEING IT IN 73 COME
ABOUT NINE.
I'M WATCHING DELIVERANCE.
DO I KNOW HE'S STICKING HIS DICK
UP NED BEATTY'S ASS?
I DON'T KNOW THAT.DO I KNOW HE'G
SODOMIZED -- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
SODOMY OR RAPE WAS AT THAT TIME,
I KNEW HE WAS BEING HUMILIATED,
I KNEW HE WAS BEING SUBJUGATED
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THAT WORD MEANT BECAUSE EVERY
BOY ON THE PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN
HUMILIATED TO SOME DEGREE.
>> Bill: NOT LIKE THAT.
>> NOT LIKE THAT BUT WE
UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC, I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND -- I DID SEE T HIM BE
HUMILIATED IN THE GROUP.
>> Bill: I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE
LESSON IS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I GUESS THE LESSON IS
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE KIDS TO
SEE -- THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME
STUFF THAT GOES OVER THEIR HEAD
AND SOME STUFF YOU WANT TO GO
OVER THEIR HEAD BUT THERE WAS A
WHOLE LOT OF STUFF THAT EVEN
THOUGH I MIGHT NOT TECHNICALLY
HAVE KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT THE
CHARACTERS WERE TALKING ABOUT I
GOT THE GIST OF IT AND I GOT THE
JUST BY HOW THE AUDIENCE
RESPONDED TO.
>> Bill: WHATEVER IT WAS, IT
MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE.
WHAT I TOOK AWAY IS THAT I FEEL
LIKE THE LESSON IS SO CLEAR IN
THAT BK AND IT COMES IN THE
VERY FIRST CHAPTER WHEN HE
TALKED ABOUT GOING TO A JIM
BROWN MOVIE, I DON'T KNOW IF
PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN AGE KNOW WHO
HE IS BUT HE WAS THE ORIGINAL
ATHLRNED STAR.
MICKEY MANTLE NEVER BECAME A
MOVIE STAR --
>> IT WAS ALWAYS A JOKE.
>> THEN IT BECAME MUCH MORE OF A
COMMON THING.
JIM BROWN AND HE WAS -- I WANTED
TO BE JIM BROWN TOO, WHEN HE WAS
IN 100 RIFLES -- THERE IT IS,
LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S THE POSTER
WHERE SHE'S HUGGING HIM FROM
BEHIND LIKE THAT AND THEY BOTH
HAVE A LOOK ON THEIR FACE, YEAH
WE JUST DID IT AND WE DID IT
WELL.
>> THEY ARE SEXY IN THAT MOVIE.
>> Bill: HE IS VERY SEXY.
YOU SAW A JIM BROWN MOVIE WHEN
YOU WERE TEN?
>> 72, I LIKE EIGHT.
>> Bill: EIGHT YEARS OLD,
YOU'RE IN THIS ALL-BLACK THEATER
AND IT'S A DOUBLE FEATURE, WHEN
THEY HAD DOUBLE FEATURES.
THE FIRST MOVIE IS KIND OF A
MESSAGE MOVIE.
>> IT'S CALLED THE BUS IS COMIN
COMING.
>> Bill: THE CROWD HATED IT.
THEY ARE LITERALLY YELLING OUT
SUCK MY DICK.
>> I WAS A FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED
KID SO I SAW THE ADULTS HAVE
DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO MOVIES
BEFORE AND I HAD EVEN SEEN AN
AUDIENCE TURN AGAINST A MOVIE
BUT HAD NEVER SEEN THE LEVEL OF
CONTEMPT THIS BLACK AUDIENCE
FELT TOWAR THE BUS IS COMING.
>> Bill: WHICH IS A BLACK
MOVIE.
>> THEY JUST PROCEEDED TO YELL
INSULTS AT THE CHARACTERS ON
SCREEN, THAT'S NOT THE MOVIE WE
CAME TO SEE SO WE ONLY WALKED
IN.
WE HAD 45 MINUTES TO GO.
FOR THE WHOLE 45 MINUTES THEY
JUST YELLED SHIT OFF AT THE
PEOPLE ON THE SCREEN.
THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER HEARD
THE EXPRESSION SUCK MY DICK WAS
SOME GUY IN THE AUDIENCE YELLING
AT THE SOMEBODY ON SCREEN.
AT FIRST LITTLE
TREPIDATIONS ABOUT IT ALL.
>> Bill: ANIL RAPE, SUCK MY
DICK --
>> AT A CERTAIN POINT THEY WERE
SO FUNNY I STARTED
UNCONTROLLABLY GIGGLING AND
GUY WHO'S TAKING ME TO SEE IT IS
THIS FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO'S
DATING MY MOM, HE'S TRYING TO
GET IN GOOD WITH ME AND HE TAKES
ME TO AN ALL-BLACK THEATER AND
HE'S LIKE YOU'RE A COOL KID.
HE'S PATTING ME WITH HIS HUGE
HAND.
SO I YELL OUT SOMETHING AT THE
SCREEN AND I LOOK AT HIM AND
MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY AND HE'S
LIKE HAPPY THAT I'M HAVING A
GOOD TIME.
SO I'M LIKE MY DICK.
THE FUNNIEST ONE, DEFINITELY HAD
THE BENEFIT OF BEING MEMORABLE.
THE FUNNIEST ONE IS AT THE END
THINK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AH I
METAPHOR, 12-YEAR-OLD KID IS
WAITING FOR THE BUS THE WHOLE
FILM.
AT THE END, THE BUS FINALLY
SHOWS UP AND THE KID RUNS DOWN
THE STREET SCREAMING THE TITLE
OF THE MOVIE, THE BUS IS COMING,
THE BUS IS COMING AND SOMEBODY
IN THEER JUST SAYS "GET ON
ENDED GO FUCK YOURSELF."
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: I WANT TO SAY IF
YOU'RE PROMOTING THIS BOOK ON
"THE TODAY SHOW," D TELL
THESE STORIES.
IS NOT GOING TO WORK THE SAME.
BUT THEN THE GYM BROWN MOVIE
COMES OUT WHICH IS A KICK ACTION
MOVIE WHICH I'M SURE IS COOL AND
THE CROWD LOVES IT AND YOU SAY
YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME AND
YOUR WHOLE CAREER YOU HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO RECREATE THAT
EXPERIENCE FROM 1972.
>> IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT
EXPERIENCE ESPECIALLY BEING THE
SON OF A SINGLE MOTHER AND EVEN
AT THAT POINT SHE WAS LIVINGWITT
WAS A HOUSE WITH THREE YOUNG
WOMEN.
BACON TAKEN BY A FOOTBALL
PLAYER, A RAMS PLAYER TO A JIM
BROWN MOVIE IN 1972 ON A
SATURDAY NIGHT IN AN ALL-BLACK
THEATER EXCEPT FOR ME, THAT WAS
PROBABLY THE MOST MASCULINE
EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD MY
LIFE.
FUCK GOING CAMPING, THIS IS IT.
THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN FUCKING
FISHING.
THIS IS COOL.
>> THERE IS AN ASPECT I DO SAY
THAT EITHER AS A MOVIE CONSUMER
GOING TO MOVIES INTO BEING PART
OF AN AUDIENCE OR CREATING
MOVIES FOR AN AUDIENCE, THAT THE
GOAL OF A JIM BROWN MOVIE IN
1972 IS ALWAYS WHAT I'M TRYING
TO ACHIEVE.
>> Bill: IT ALSO READ --
[APPLAUSE]
I LOVE A MEANINGFUL MOVIE, I
CAN'T STAND WHEN IT ISN'T,
USUALLY, SOMETIMES SOMETHING CAN
BE SILLY AND I KIND ENJOYED
BUT MOSTLY I WANT TO GET INTO
SOMETHING.
DON'T FORGET WE ARE
ENTERT.
THAT TO ME WAS THE LESSON THEY
ARE.
THE FIRST ONE WASN'T
ENTERTAINING AND IF YOU DON'T
ENTERTAIN PEOPLE IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW GOOD THE MESSAGES
YOU'RE JUST PREACHING AND WE ARE
FUCKING BOARD.
THE SECOND ONE IS ENTERTAINING
AND YOU CERTAINLY IF NOTHING
ELSE AND YOU HAVE BEEN MUCH ELSE
HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> A BUNCH OF SATISFIED
CUSTOMERS OUT THERE, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> Bill: I WANT TO ASK FINALLY
NOW THAT WEEN SO MANY
MOVIES IN THE HOME AND YOU HAVE
THESE EXPERIENCES THAT WERE SO
TRANSFORMATIVE, YOU WENT TO A
THEATER -- I'M GUESSING YOU ARE
LIKE A LOT OF DIRECTORS WERE NOT
DIGGING THIS NEW WAY WE ABSORB
MOVIES WHERE WE CAN TURN IT OFF
AND 2 MINUTES -- YOU'VE GOT TO
GIVE A DIRECTOR TIME TO PUT THE
ARROW BACK BEFORE HE FIRES THE
SHOT.
>> IT WAS EVEN TO SUCH DEGREE, I
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MUCH BUT I
HAVEN'T LIKED A LOT OF THE NEW
STUFF THAT HAS COME OUT IN LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS -- I HAVEN'T
SEEN THAT MUCH SO DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING.
HAD A FILM I WAS INTERESTED IN
SEEING AND I GOT THE DIGITAL
THING FOR IT AND SO I INVIT
ABOUT SIX PEOPLE TO COME OV
AND WATCH IT WITH ME.
SO IT WAS SIX OF US SITTING IN A
COOL HOME THEATER AND WE HAD IT
ON THE SCREEN AND LOOKED PRETTY
I ENDED UP NOT LIKING THE MOVIE.
BUT THAT FIRST 30 MINUTESG
SIX OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND
WE ARE ALL WATCHING IT AND IT'S
NOT LIKE IT'S A GOOD MOVIE THAT
I LIKE AND NOW I'M INTRODUCING
IT TO YOU, THAT EXPERIENCE I'M
USED TO.
WE WERE AN OPEN BOOK.
I FELT THEIR EYEBALLS, I FELT
PEOPLE LAUGHED, I STARTED
FEELING WHEN TY STARTED LOSING
THE THREAD IN THE MOVIE.
I ENDED UP EVEN THOH I DIDN'T
CARE FOR THE MOVIE ENDED UP
HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME
BECAUSE WE WERE PART OF AN
AUDIENCE.
>> Bill: COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE.
KEEP MAKING MOVIES, I KNOW WE GO
THROUGH THIS EVERY TIME WE SEE
EACH OTHER.
DON'T QUIT.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
IT'S A GREAT BOOK TOO.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
OKAY!
SHE'S CHAIR OF THE EDITORIAL
BOARD AND U.S. EDITOR-AT-LARGE
OF THE FINANCIAL TIMESND
AUTHOR OF "ANTHRO-VISION: A NEW
WAY TO SEE IN BUSINESS AND
LIFE": JILLIAN TETT.
BACK WITH US!
HE'S THE HISTORIAN AND
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF "SAPIENS"
WHOSE NEW BOOK FOR KIDS IS
CALLED "UNSTOPPABLE US: HOW
HUMANS TOOK OVER THE WORLD":
YUVAL NOAH HARARI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE NOW WHO
ARE NOT AMERICANS WHO I CALL THE
LUCKY ONES BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT
TO HAVE AN ELECTION IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> SAME HERE.
>> I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS LUCKIER.
>> I'M NOT SURE BEING FROM
BRITAIN IS GREAT EITHER.
>> Bill: I THINK I CAN WIN
THIS CONTEST BECAUSE WE ARE AT A
PLACE HERE WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE
ABOUT TO ELECT A SLATE OF ALMOST
ALL ELECTION DENIERS.
THAT'S AN AMAZING FACT
CONSIDERING THAT JANUARY 6TH WAS
LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO AND A
THAT TIME EVEN THE REPUBLICANS
ALMOST ALL OF THEM CONDEMNED
WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID.
SOME OF THEM VOTED FOR IT IN
CONGRESS BUT JUST IN THAT TIME
WE'VE SEEN SOMEHOW TRUMP AND HIS
COHORTS CHANGE THE ENTIRE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TO PEOPLE WHO
DON'T BELIEVE BIDEN WAS
LEGITIMATELY ELECTED PRESIDENT
IN THE JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS WE
HAD THEM ALL YEAR, THERE WERE
NINE OF THEM.
THEY LAID OUT ALL THE FACTS
METICULOUSLY BY REPUBLICANS,
TURNED OUT DIDN'T CHANGE
ANYBODY'S MIND.
WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT IS HAVE
OUR BRAINS BEEN REWIRED MOSTLY
BY TECHNOLOGY TO WHERE WE CAN'T
ABSORB INFORMATION ANYMORE?
I CAN SIT HERE TONIGHT AND SAY
THE ELECTION IS IN 11 DAYS COME
YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND
VOTE, IT WON'T CHANGE ANYBODY'S
MIND IT WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT
THEY'VE ALREADY DECIDED THEY ARE
GOING TO DO AND THEY ALL SEE ON
THEIR OWN PHONES BASED ON THEIR
OWN ALGORITHMS.
>> I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT TO YOU
TO GET THE ACADEMIC ASPECT OF
THIS BUT IF YOU LOOK A SOME OF
THE POLLING DATA RECENTLY
THERE'S TWO THINGS IT'S AMAZING.
WRITERS...
POLL CAME OUT INTO THE POLE
ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO THAT SHOWS
THAT 47% OF AMERICAN VOTERS
FEARED VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION
AROUND VOTING AND THE MIDTERMS.
40%, THAT WAS BEFORE WEHE
ATTACK YESTERDAY.
THE OTHER THING IS IT YOU LOOK
AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN TERMS OF
TUDE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES
TO THETHER PARTY, 72% OF
REPUBLICANS AND SOMETHING
SIMILAR AMOUNT DEMOCRATS NOW
THINK THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
OTHER PARTY, NOT THE PEOPLE, THE
PARTY ARE DISHONEST, THAT THEY
ARE ESSENTIALLY LACKING IN
MORALS, THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE AND
THAT IS TWICE THE PROPORTION OF
SIX YEARS.
WE HAVE GONE INTO TRIBALISM
WHICH IS GETTING HARD WIRED IN
THE WAY PEOPLE ARE SEEING
POLITICS.
THIS CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY IS
ADDING TO IT.
YOU LOOKED AT THIS IN YOUR BOOK.
>> ONE THING WE CAN AGREE ON IS
SOMETHING IS BROKEN AND THE
INFORMATION SYSTEM.
WE HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY IN HISTORY AND YET
PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER HOLD A
CONVERSATION, CAN NO LONGER
AGREE ON THE MOST BASIC FACTS
LIKE WHO WON THE LAST ELECTION.
SOMETHING ISEFINITELY BROKEN
IN THE INFORMATION SYSTEM, WE
ARE NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PHONES
THEMSELVES BUT PEOPLE SHOULD
MAYBN AN INFORMATION DIET.
>> Bill: THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
COME IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL
DATA --
WE CAN'T RESIST.
I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE
THROUGHOUT HISTORY WITH
TECHNOLOGY.
HUMANS CANNOT RESIST TECHNOLOGY,
YOU TALK ABOUT JUST FARMING
WHICH I WOULD CALL THE FIRST
TECHNOLOGY AND YOU SAY MAY BE
HUMANS WOULD'VE BEEN MUCH
HAPPIER REMAINING NOMADIC -- I
WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE REASONS
WHY YOU SAY THAT AND I CERTAINLY
DON'T WANT TO BE FORAGING FOR
FOOD TONIGHT.
[LAUTER]
IT'S FRIDAY.
OR TAKE SOMETHING MORE RECENT
LIKE THE COTTON GIN, WE ARE
READY TO GIVE UP SLAVERY IN THIS
COUNTRY AND A MACHINE CAME ALONG
THAT MADE IT MUCH MORE
PROFITABLE AND THEY WENT LET'S
GO BACK TO SLAVERY.
I THINK HUMANS CANNOT RESIST
WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY COMES ALONG
AND THE PHONE IS JUST THE MOST
RECENT EXAMPLE OF THAT AND THE
MOST OF YOU RELENT BECAUSE I DO
THINK IT IS REWIRING THE BRAIN
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S T
TECHNOLOGY ITSELF BUT THE FACT
THAT SO MANY PEOPLE -- I CANNOT
IMAGINE READING A BOOK -- THESE
AREN'T STUPID TO.
>> DON'T TELL HIM THAT.
>> EVERYTHING IS REWIRING OUR
BRAINS, JUST TALKING HERE AND
PEOPLE LISTENING TO US, THE
BRAIN IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
WHAT WE SAY ESPECIALLY IN
PUBLIC, WHAT WE SAY HERE, THE
WORDS ARE LIKE SEEDS THAT GROW
IN THE BRAINS OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE SO WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT SEEDS WE ARE SOWING,
IF WE SOW SDS OF HATRED IT
WILL BRING VIOLENCE.
ALSO PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT THEY TAKE IN, THE
SAME WAY THEY ARE VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT FOOD.
YOU HAVE DIETS AND WARNINGS ON
FOOD LIKE YOU HAVE ON THE LIST,
THIS IS 40% FAT AND 20% SUGAR,
BUT WE NEED THIS ALSO IN A
YOUTUBE VIDEO.
THIS IS 40% GREED, 20% HATE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE ONEER IMPORTANT THING
ABOU TECHNOLOGY, IT'S VERY
DANGEROUS TO THINK TECHNOLOGY IS
LIKE UNSTOPPABLE, BUT IT'S NOT
UP TO US -- IT'S ALWAYS UP TO
US.
YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE CHANGES, WE
CAN'T ROLL THE CLOCK BACK.
IN THE 20TH CENTURY YOU CAN USE
THE TECHNOLOGY OF ELECTRICITY
AND RADIO AND TELEVISION TO
BUILD THE SOVIET UNION AND
TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP OR YOU
CAN USE THE SAME TECHNOLOGYO
BUILD A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.
IT'S THE SAME IN THE
21ST CENTURY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I THINK THIS -- I CLEARLY AM
ADDICTED I BROUGHT IT ON SET,
THESE ARE ADDICTIVE.
THIS TECHNOLOGY, IT'S DESIGNED
TO BE ADDICTIVE, DELIBERATELY
DESIGNED BUT IT ALSO DO
SOMETHINGUCH MORE SUBTLE THAT
PLAYS INTO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT IN TERMS OF POLARIZATION
WHICH IS THAT THIS HAS CREATED
WHAT I CALL JEN P.
GENERATION PLAYLIST.
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP IF YOU
WANTED TO LISTEN TO MUSIC YOU
HAD TO ACCEPT SOMEBODY ELSE'S
PRESET PACKAGE.
VINYL RECORD OR YOU SWITCH ON
THEIO AND SOMEONE ELSE
DECIDED WHAT WAS PLAYING WHEN.
TODAY NOBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 30
WOULD ACCEPTT, EVERYONE
WANTS PLAYLISTS, LISTEN TO MUSIC
WHEN YOU WANT, HOW WOULD YOU
WANT, IT'S THE ULTIMAT
CUSTOMIZATION, PICK A CULTURE.
WE ARE EXTRAPOLATING THAT ON
CONSUMER CULTURE, OUR COFFEE
CHOICES, AT STARBUCKS YOU WANT
TO ORDER COFFEE YOU'VE GOT 20
CHOICES.
YOU HAVE IT WITH MEDIA, YOU READ
WH WANT.
YOU HAVE YOUR FRIENDS, YOU HAVE
YOUR WORK YOU MIGHT GO INTO WORK
IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT, NOT IF YOU
DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, THAT PLAYED
INTO THE HOLE WORKING FROM HOME
OF THING.
ALSO PLAYS INTO OUR POLITICS
BECAUSE WE ALL THINK WE LIVE IN
OUR VERSION OF THE MATRIX WHERE
WE CAN PICK ISSUES WHEREVER WE
WANT AND WE CAN FOCUS ON ONE
THING AT A TIME AND CHANGE OUR
MINDS.
THE IDEA OF HAVING OLD-FASHIONED
THINGS CALLED PARTIES IS SO 20TH
CENTURY.
IT'S LITERALLY A VINYL RECORD
FOR POLITICS.
I THINK THAT'S PLAYING INTO THE
SENSE OF TRIBALI, A SENSE OF
CAPRICIOUS UNPREDICTABLE BURST
OF ENERGY WHICH DIED DOWN AGAIN.
IT MEANS POLITICS IN THE COMING
ARE UNWORKABLE.
>> YOU POINT OUT ALL THESE
THINGS WE COULD DO, BUT PEOPLE
DON'T.
THE LABELS ON FOOD IT SAY WHAT
SHIT IS IN IT AND PEOPLE EAT IT.
IS NOTE THEY GO IT HAS FAT
AND SUGAR, I CAN'T EAT THIS,
THAT'S WHAT THEY PULL OFF THE
SHELF.
PEOPLE COULD IGNORE THE PHONE,
THEY DON'T.
THEY COULD CHOOSE TO GO ON A
MEDIA DIET BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO.
WE SAW IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK 26
OF 193 COUNTRIES WHO SIGNED ON
TO DO THINGS ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT HAVE DONE ANYTHING.
WE CAN'T RESIST THAT EITHER, THE
CONVENIENCE THAT IS BROUGHT TO
US BY THINGS THAT POLLUTE, I
SAID THIS TO THE AUDIENCE MANY
TIMES.
IF YOU COULD TOMORROW GIVE UP
THE TV REMOTE AND HAVE IT QUEUE
OR GLOBAL WARMING, WOULD YOU DO
IT?
[APPLAUSE]
>> IT'S EASY TO CLAP.
>> IT'S NOT JUST THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE GOVERNMENTS,
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
INSTITUTIOIS IS WHY WE
HAVE REGULATIONS TO HELP US WITH
THE THINGS -- IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE DIFFICULT.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SMARTEST
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BASICALLY
HACKING THEIR OWN WEAKNESSES AND
USING IT AGAINST US, BEHIND THIS
DEVICE, SOME OF THE SMARTEST
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LEARNED HOW
TO USE THIS IN ORDER TO GET --
>> Bill: THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
VERY UPSET TODAY THAT ELON MUSK
TOOK OVETWITTER AND BROUGHT
HIS SYNC WITH HIM.
I HAPPEN TO BE AN ELON MUSK FAN
BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT?
IS THAT A GOOD IDEA THAT
BILLIONAIRE TAKE OVER TWITTER?
BILLIONAIRES CERTAINLY ON EVERY
OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS.
>> HE'S NOT OFFICIALLY A MEDIA
BARON.
I HAVE A LOT OF ADMIRATION FOR T
ELON MUSK HAS BROUGHT TO THE
WORLD.
HE HAS DONE SOME INCREDIBLE
THINGS, THE PROBLEM WITH HIM IS
HE'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY
GODLIKE INAY HE LOOKS AT
PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW AND ASSUMES
HE CAN SOLVE THEM AND HE IS
CAPRICIOUS.
HE'S UNELECTED TO.
WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DONEN
UKRAINE WITH SOMETHING LIKE STAR
LINK WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE
TECHNO-
>> Bill: X PLANE WHAT HE'S
DONE.
GIVES PEOPLE INTERNET ON THEAT
MOVE WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THE
CELL TOWERS WHICH GETIT BY
MISSILES VERY EASILY.
IN THE EARLY WEEKS OF THE
UKRAINIAN WAR, THE RUSSIAN
INVASION, HE SPREADS A STAR LINK
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HE DONATED
SOME AND OTHERS WERE BOUGHT BY
UKRAINIANS AND IT MEANT THAT THE
SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS HAD
INTERNET THROUGHOUT THE WAR
WHICH WAS AMAZING.
INCREDIBLE.
THAT WAS GOOD TO.
>> Bill: TESLA WAS A GOOD
THING AND RELENT OF ALL ROCKETS,
GOOD THING -- BAD GUY.
>> WAIT FOR US --
>> HE BEGAN TO SAY IT WASN'T
CLEAWHO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR
THEM AND THEN HE BEGAN TO SWITCH
THEM OFF AND SOME OF THE REALLY
IMPORTANT AREAS.
>> Bill: HE DIDN'T DO THAT,
THEY ARE ON.
>> ACTUALLYAVE BEEN IN TOUCH
WITH UKRAINIANS RECENTLY AND
AREAS WHERE STARLINGS WERE
SWITCHED OFF AS UNCLEAR
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Bill: THAT'S NOT I
READ, I READ HE TALKED ABOUT IT
A LITTLE BIT AND THERE WAS
SOME --
>> WHAT HE TWEETED IS NOT WHAT
HE ACTUALLY DOES.
>> LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
ESPECIALLY OF THE YOUNGER
GENERATIONS THEY TWEET WR
COMES INTO THEIR MIND --ON'T
GET THAT.
THAT'SOW PEOPLE ARE, THEY ARE
MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT THAN THEY
USED TO BE.
PRIVACY IS ALMOST SOMETHING TO
BE AVOIDED.
>> HE TREATS EVERYTHING LIKE A
HACK I FIND MY KEYS HACKING AND
TESTING AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY
TO HACK A COMPUTER CODE, IT'S
NOT SO GREAT TO TRY TO DO
FOREIGN POLICY.
>> I WOULDAY THIS ABOUT
ELON MUSK.TWITTER -- WILL NOT GO
.
WE REALLY WANT TO PISS OFF THE
ES?
CONSIDERING THIS WEEK WE LEARNED
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE NOT GOING TO
SOLVE THE ENVIRONMENT OURSELVES.
WEE NOT GOING TO DO IT BY THE
MODEL WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT
BY WHICH WAS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO
CONSERVE MORE AND NOT JUST DO
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BECAUSE
THAT POLLUTES, THAT'S NOT
WORKING.
THAT FAILED.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO HAVE A TECHNOLOGICAL
RESPONSE TO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ELON MUSK IS THE
GUY WE WANT TO PASS OFF.
I WANT TO IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE A SHOT AT FIXING
THIS WITH TECY.
>> ARE YOU SCARED OF HIM?
>> Bill: I'M NOT SCARED OF
HIM, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE
SCARED OF HIM, I'M NOT SCARED OF
HIM.
>> THIS IS NOT A TECHNOLOGICAL
PROBLEM, IF YOUAVE A
TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEM.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TAKING OVER
TWITTER.
THIS IS A PROBLEM OF POLITICS,
OF SOCIOLOGY, OF HUMAN
PSYCHOLOGY.
I'M NOT SURE HE IS NECESSARILY
THE BEST ONE TO ADDRESS IT.
HIS VIEW OF TWITTER HE OFTEN
SAYS IT'S LIKE THE TOWN SQUARE,
WE NEED TO PROTECT -- BUT
TWITTER IS NOT THE TOWN SQUARE.
TRISTEN HORACE RECENTLY SAID IT
TWITTER IS ACTUALLY THATWN'S
GLADIATORIAL ARENA.
NOT THE TOWN SQUARE.
TOWN SQUARE REWARDS IN MODERATE
TO TALK, RATIONAL TALK THAT
TRIES TO LEAD TO CONSENSUS AND
TWITTER IS MORE LIKE A GLADIATOR
ARENA THAT REWARDS EXTREMISM,
THAT REWARDS RAGE.
YOU DON'T EVEN FIGHT AGAINST
OTHER HUMANS LIKE IN ANCIENT
ROME, YOU FIGHT AGAINST THE
BOTS.
>> I AGREE THERE IS A LOT OF
RAGE OUT THERE AND IT'S TERRIBLE
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT
ANNOYS US THAT YOU CAN'T WISH IT
AWAY ORBAN.
>> THERE ARE EASY FIXES.
A BOUGHT TWEETS ABOUT 800 TIMES
IN OUR.
>> Bill: THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS
TO GET RID OF.
>> FIRST THING HE DOES, FIRST
DAY HE COMES TO THE OFFICE
INSTEAD OF BRINGING -- LET'S GET
RID OF ALL THE BOTS AND IF THIS
IS A DIFFICULT ENGINEERING THEN
LET'S LIMIT --
>> Bill: THAT WAS HIS MAIN
REASON FOR DRAGGING HIS FEET ON
THE DEAL, I WANT TO GET RID OF
THE BOTS.
>> IF HE DOES THAT THAT'S A
WONDERFUL THING.
>> Bill: HE'S DOING THAT.
>> LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TWEETS
YOU CAN MAKE, SAY FIVE AN HOUR
AND THAT'S IMMEDIATELY PUTS A
LEAD ON ALL OF THESE BOTS.
>> Bill: WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE
THEY CAN'T BE HEARD, THEY DON'T
GO AWAY.
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN OFF
TWITTER, HE DIDN'T GO AWAY.
HE IS GOING TO GET THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION NEXT TIME
AND HIS PEOPLE, THEY DIDN'T GO
AWAY EITHER, THEY DIDN'T SELF
DEPORT BECAUSE HE WASN'T ON
TWITTER AND YOU SEE THERE WAS AN
ATTACK AT A DRAG QUEEN STORY
HOUR AT A PORTLAND PUB I DON'T
KNOW WHY PEOE ARE BRINGING
THEIR CH TO A PUB BUT OKAY
OKAY.
NANCY PELOSI AS YOU MEN
SOMEBODY ATTACKED HER THINKING
SHE WAS HOME, SHE WAS NOT HER
HUSBAND GOT ATTACKED IN HIS HOM
HOME.
THIS IS THIS COLD CIVIL WAR THAT
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE
LAST CIVIL WAR IT'S GOING TO BE
THIS KIND OF STUFF.
WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THAT VALVE OF
LETTING PEOPLE TALK I TNK THIS
STUFF ONLY GETS WORSE.
[APPLAUS
>> NEED NOT JUST TO TALK BUT
ALSO TO LISTEN, WE HAVE CREATED
THIS WONDERFUL TECHNOLOGY IT IS
GOOD IT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TALK
AND VOICE THEIR OPINIONS WHICH
WE DIDN'T HAVE 50 YEARS AGO BUT
WE NOW NEEDO WORK ON LISTENING
AND NOT JUST TALKING.
[APPLAE]
>> Bill: ONE OF PEOPLE I LOVE
TO LISTEN TO ON TWITTER IS
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE COME I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HER BUT
SHE'S HAVING A MOMENTS,
CONSIDERING HER AS A RUNNING
MATE IN 2024 -- THERE SHE IS.
SHE HAS ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF
INCREDIBLE PRESS AND WHEN
REPUBLICANS TAKE OVER CONGRESS
IN 11 DAYS, SHE'S GOING TO BE
VERY IMPORTANT.
WE THOUGHT TODAY WOULD BE A GOOD
TEN THROUGH 24 THINGS YOU DON'T
KNOW ABOUT MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE.
WHAT YOU LIKE TO HEAR THEM?M SU.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A STORE
WITHOUT DEMANDING TO SEE THE
MANAGER.
[LAUGHTER]
I HAVE THREEIDS, TWO IN HIGH
AND ONE WHO WAS MURDERED
BYRY CLINTON.
[LAUGHTER]
MY GREATEST FEARS ARE SNAKES,
SPIDERS, AND JEWS.
AUGHTER]
>> Bill: WE LET A FEW OF THOSE
GRONER'S BACK IN, SHIT.
TO KEEP THINGS SEXY IN A
RELATIONSHIP, I SOMETIMES
THE DOOR COMPLETELY UNARMED.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS ONCE KICKED OFF TRUTH
SOOR NOT COMPARING
SOMETHING TO NAZIS.
MY MOM DRANK WHILE SHE WAS
PREGNANT WITH ME.
AND EVEN MORE AFTER SHE MET ME.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I WILL WORK WITH REPUBLICANS WHO
DISLIKE ME BECAUSE THERE IS NO
"I" IN "TEAM."
I THINK.
[LAUGHTER]
SINCE CLASSROOMS ARE FULL OF
GROOMERS, I'M TRAILER SCHOOLING
MY KIDS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I WOULD'VE LIKED SCHINDLER'S
LIST IF IT WAS SHORTER.
NOT THMOVIE, THE LIST OF JEWS
HE SAVED.
[LAUGHTER]
IF I COULD MEET ANYONE LIVING OR
DEAD, I'D PREFER LIVING, BECAUSE
IF I WAS DEAD WHAT'S THE POINT?
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT I CUT YOU OFF BEFORE YOU
ARE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING IN
OUR LAST DISCUSSION?
>> I WAS GOING TO ADD IN ONE
MORE THING WHICH IS PART OF THE
PROBLEM WITH TWITTER IS NOT JUST
A QUESTION OF PEOPLE NOT
LISTENING, IT'S YOU GET SUCKED
TO THESE ECHO CHAMBERS.
ERE ARE THINGS THEY CAN DO
WITH THE ALGORIT FORCE
PEOPLE TO TRY AND COLLIDE MORE
WITH THE DIFFERENT TRIBE.
THAT'S A OF THE PROBLEM
RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE LITERALLY LIVE
IN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSES.
>> Bill: THE WAY THE DEMOCRATS
APPARENTLY THINK THEY ARE GOING
TO SAVE DEMOCRACY IS THROUGH
TIKTOK.
I SAW THIS WEEK --
[LAUGHTER]
JOE BIDEN HAD EIGHT TIKTOKER'S
WITH A COMBINED FOLLOWING A
67 MILLION FOLLOWERS AND HE
TALKED TO THEM AND OF TM
SAID A LOT OF THE CREATORS --
THEY CALL THEMSELVES CREORS, I
LOVE THAT.
INFLUENCERS -- TALKED ABOUTOW
THEY DIDN'T GET A LOT OF CIVICS
EDUCATION IN SCHOOL.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT
THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
IF WE WERE STARTING AT HERE IS
HOW TO REGISTER THE VOTE BUT WE
ARE STARTING AT THIS IS WHAT
GOVERNMENT IS.
WE ARE SO STUPID IN THIS
COUNTRY.
ANOTHER ONE THE KIDS HAS
8.3 MILLION FOLLOWERS.
WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT THE
MIDTERMS, THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT MIDTERMS AT HER
COLLEGE.
[LAUGHTER]
I JUST THINK WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOTE
YOU'VE ALREADY LOST THE ELECTIO
ELECTION.
[APPLAUSE]
YOUNG PEOPLE, DO THEY VOTE IN
ISRAEL?
>> YES.
>> THERE ALSO PRESSED IN THE
MILITARY SERVICE --
>> YOU LOOK AT IRAN WITH THE
YOUNG PEOPLE RISING UP AGAINST
ONE OF THE MOST OPPRESSIVE
REGIMES IN THE WORLD AND WE
SHOULD GIVE SOME RESPECT TO
YOUNG PEOPLE TOO.
ERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: TRADITIONALLY 15% OF
THEM VOTE IN THE MIDTERM
ELECTION, 15% UNDER 30.
I RESPECT THEM 15%.
THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT,
3 OUT OF 20 HAVE A BRAIN IN
THEIR HEAD -- THEY HAVE BRAINS,
WE HAVE LET THEM DOWN, WE DON'T
TEACH ANYTHING ANYMORE.
>> I THINK A LOT OF THEM THINK
TWEETING IS POLITICS, THEY THINK
IF THEY ARE TWEETING THEY ARE
ENGAGING IN POLITICS AND
EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS, THEY'RE
NOT GETTING TO THE BALLOT BOX.
THE PROBLEM AGAIN WITH THE ISSUE
ABOUT CIVICS CLASS IT'S BACK TO
THE IDEA -- IF YOU LIVE IN YOUR
OWN WORLD WITH YOUR PHONE, YOU
THIN YOU CAN LITERALLY FASHION
IT AROUND YOU AS YOU WANT IN THE
IDEA OF POURING GOVERNMENT FULL
OF GROWN-UPS AND ADULTS TELLING
YOU HOW TO LIVE AND IMPOSING A
STRUCTURE ON YOU JUST ISN'T SO
20TH CENTURY.
AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.
>> Bill: EVERY GENERATION HAS
TO FIND A WAY TO SAVE THE PEOPLE
WHO GAVE THEM LIFE AND TO
SACRIFICE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES FOR
THEM, FUCK YOU.
AND JUST DO THE OPPOSITE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO JAZZ I LISTEN
TO ROCK.
IF Y LIKE YOUR COFFEE HOT I
LIKE IT COLD, I WILL WEAR MY
UNDERWEAR OVER MY PANTS.
IF IT MEANS I'M NOT LIKE YOU.
>> THE THING IS HAVE A MILITARY
SERVICE IN ISRAEL IS REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE I SUSPECT
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
PROBABLY CREATES A SENSE OF
COMMON IDENTITY AND BRINGS
PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT YOU TAKE
YOUNG PEOPLE AND FORCE THEM ALL
TO GO AND LIVE TOGETHER FOR A
YEAR RATHER THAN LIVING IN
SEPARATE TRIBAL GROUPS.
>> I WOULDN'T GO FOR THE ARMY IS
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, IT HAS
ITS DOWNSIDES.
IT'S DEFINITELY TRUE -- I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE
FAR MORE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT
LEAST IN THE U.S. IT COULD
THEIR LAST CHANCE.
THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
IN THE U.S. COULD BE THE LAST
DEMOCRATIC ELECTN U.S.
HISTORY.
IS NOT A HIGH CHANCE BUT THERE
IS SOME CHANCE THIS WILL BE THE
CASE.
WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN DO NOT
UNDERSTAND ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS
IT'S NOT ELECTIONS, ELECTIONS
ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A
DEMOCRACY BUT IT CAN TURN INTO A
RITUAL.
THEY HAVE ELECTIONS IN I
THEY HAVE ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA,
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ELECTION IT'S
ABOUT UNDERSTANDING A VERY
COMPLEX SYSTEM, UNDERSTANDING
DISHIP IS EASY.
ONE GUY DICTATES EVERYTHING,
THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU NEED
TO KNOW.
IN DEMOCRACY IT'S SO COMPLICATED
TO PICK OUT ALL THESE ANDBALANCF
RRECTION MECHANISMS.
THE WHOLE THING ABOUT DEMOCRACY
IS THE ABILITY TO SAY WE MADE A
MISTAKE, LET'S TRY SOMETHING
ELSE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT -- YOU
AND YOUR COUNTRIES HAVE
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS, YOU JUST
ELECTED A NEW PRIME MINISTER.
>> I WOULD NOT HOLD UP THE U.K.
IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW TO
DO THINGS RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE HEARD OF LIZ TRUST?
>> DON'T LIKE THE NEW
PRIME MINISTER?
>> I DO.
>> Bill: THIS IS THEIR OBAMA
MOMENTS IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
THEY NEVER HAD ANYONE WHO WASN'T
FROM INDIAN DESCENT. SOMEO
THANK YOU, THREE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE PREHALLOWEEN EXHAUSTED,
THIS AUDIENCE.
>> BRITISH POLITICS --
>> WE ARE SAVING IT FOR THE
PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> HERE'S A THING ABOUT WHAT'S
ING IN BRITAIN, BRITISH
POLITICS USED TO BE REALLY
BORING AND THEN WE BECAME LIKE
ITALY IN TERMS OF OUR POLITICAL
SWINGS WITHOUT THE GOOD FOOD AND
THE SUNSHINE, SADLY.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TURBULENCE,
WE'VE NOW GOT SUNAK WHO IS
OF INDIAN HERITAGE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IF YOU LOOK
AT THE DEBATES AROUND HIM, IT'S
GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR
OF HIS SKIN IT'S ABOUT THE FACT
THAT HE'S RICH AND THERE'S
VOTERS THAT DON'T LIKE THAT.
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, RACE
AND ETHNICITY PLAYS OUT
DIFFERENTLY IN LONDON FROM
ELSEWHERE.
>> Bill: THERE WERE PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY WHO SAID THERE WAS
A BACKLASH AND THERE WASN'T.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES PEOPLE IN
THISRY THERE SO INTO
VICTIMHOOD WHEN SOMETHING OF A
PROGE VICTORY HAPPENS THEY
FEEL DEPRIVED OF HAVING
SOMETHIN TO BITCH ABOUT.
>> THE OTHER THING IS IN THE
U.K., RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOR OF
YOUR SKIN IS NOT VIEWED AS BEING
IN BOXES BECAUSE THERE IS MORE
SPECTRUM BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO
MUCH INTERMARRIAGE.
I LIVED IN LONDON FOR YEARS, MY
OWN KID'S MIXED RACE.
PEOPLE IN LONDON USED TO JOKE
EVERYONE IN LONDON IS COFFEE
COLORED, ON A SPECTRUM FROM
DOUBLE ESPRESSO TO FLAT WHITE.
PEOPLE ARE MIXED UP, IT'S NOT
AS BEING QUITE SO RIGIDLY
IN BOXES A THAT'S A GOOD
THING.
>> Bill: LET ME GO BACK TO THE
ENVIRONMENT FOR A SECOND, YOUR
BOOK A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I
FOUND SO FASCINATING WAS ABOUT
HOW WHAT YOU CALLED THE
COGNITIVE REVOLUTION, WHEN
PEOPLE, ABOUT 70,000 BC LEARNED
TO COOPERATE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SAY AND I THINK
COMPLETELY RIGHT
SEPARATES US FROM THE ANIMALS.
WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA AND IT'S
USUALLY A MYTH, IT CAN BE A LIE
LIKE RELIGION BUT IF A MILLION
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS GOD
AND THE WRONG PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN
OVER JERUSALEM YOU CAN GET A
MILLION PEOPLE TO MARCH ON
JERUSALEM LIKE THEY DID IN THE
CRUSADES AND A MILLION EXAMPLES
OF THIS TYPE OF THING.
COOPERATION WE WOULD NEED THAT
TO SOLVE THIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEM.
WHY DOESN'T IT WORK THERE?
>> WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD STORY.
COOPERATION ULTIMATELY AS YOU
SAID IT'S BASED ON A STORY THAT
EVERYBODY NOT JUST ACCEPT AND
BELIEFS BUT IT'S ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT IT, WILLING TO MAKE
SACRIFICES AND IT REALLY GOES
BACK AGAIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
YEARS TO THE STONE AGE.
WE HAVE NOT ADAPTED BY EVOLUTION
TO WORRY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT
ON THE ATMOSPHERE, ON GLOBAL
CLIMATE.
BECAUSE ITS STONE AGE PEOPLE YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON THA
THAT.
YOU ARE PROGRAMMED BY EVOLUTION
TO WORRY A LOT ABOUT THE TRIBE
ON THE OTHER S THE HILL,
TO WORRY A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE IN
YOUR TRIBE WHO MIGHT BE PLOTTING
AGAINST YOU, BUT NOT ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF YOUR CAMPFIRE ON WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE
ENVIRONMENT.
WE ARE PROGRAMMED TO WORRY ABOUT
THESE THINGS COME IT'S MUCH MORE
EASY TO PRESS THE EMOTIONAL
BUTTONS OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU TELL
THUT THE OTHER TRIBE OR
ABOUT THE TRAITORS IN OUR TRIBE
THEN WHEN YOU TELL THEM ABOUT
GLOBAL WARMING.
>> THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY
OPTIMISTIC FOR SOLVING THIS
OTHER THAN LIKE I SAY WITH SOME
SORT OF TECHNOLOGICAL SAVING.
I DON'T SEE PEOPLE COOPERATING,
THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING US FOR 25
YEARS NOW THAT DOOMSDAY IS
COMING.
>> EVEN FOR TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE
US WE NEED TO INVEST THE MONEY
IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
>> THE IMPORTANT THING TO
REALIZE ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF
CLIMATE CHANGE, IT'S COMPLETELY
WITHIN HUMAN POWER TO SOLVE IT.
WE ARE NOT HELPLESS VICTIMS.
WE CAN DO THAT, WE HAVE THE
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE
IT'S ESTIMATED WE NEED SOMETHING
LIKE TO INVEST 2% OR 3% OF
GLOBAL BUDGET AS HUMANITY IN
DEVELOPING THE RIGHT
TECHNOLOGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE
CHANGE.
2% OF THE GLOBAL BUDGET IS A LOT
OF MONEY BUT IT'COMPLETELY
FEASIBLE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE
POLITICIANS FOR, THEIR JOB IS TO
SHIFT 2% OF RESOURCES.
>> Bill: BUT THEY DON'T.
WE ARE ALWAYS AT THIS IMPASSE,
THIS WHAT WE COULD DO BUT THEY
DON'T.
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT YOUR BOOK
IS YOU NEVER FORGET THE ANIMALS
COME YOU NEVER FORGET TALKING
ABOUT HOW THIS MARCH OF
CIVILIZATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ON, GGEST VICTIMS HAVE
BEEN THE ANIMALS, EVERYWHERE WE
GO, HUMANS EMMA HOMO SAPIENS ARE
ECOLOGICAL SERIAL KILLERS.
AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING THAT
EITHER.
THE BAD THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
DOING FROM THE BEGINNING DON'T
SEEM TO BE RETREATING.
>> I'M NOT QUITE SO DEPRESSED,
THERE IS A YOUNGER GENERATION
COMING UP THAT CARES A LOT ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND RIGHT NOW IN
AMERICA --
>> THEY BLAME IT ON THIS
GENERATION BUT THEN IT'S LIKE
YOU'RE NOT USING CARS?
YOU'RE ONLY TRAVELING IN GRETA'S
SAILBOATS?
THEY CARE ABOUT OUTF THE
TWEET ABOUT IT, THEY DON'T DO
ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
>> WE DON'T LAY THE
RESPONSIBILITY ON THE YOUNGER
GENERATION, ON THE TEENAGERS,
THIS IS NOT THEIR JOB.
THIS IS OUR JOBS AS ADULTS TO
SOLVE IT WHEN THEY ARE 40, 50,
IF THEY WANT TO INFLUENCE, IF
THEY WANTED TO HELP, BY
MEANS THEY SHOULD BE HEARD, THEY
SHOULD BE GIVEN THE PLATFORM,
BUT IT'S VERY DANGEROUS WHEN
PEOPLE FEEL THAT WE SOLVE
IT, THE KIDS WILL SOLVE IT.
>> Bill: I COULDN'T AGREE MORE
MORE.
>> IT'S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
TO SOLVE IT.
>> Bill: TIME FOR NEW RULES!
[CHEERS AND AP]
NEW RULE: WHEN A BE ATTACKS A
HUMAN DON'T TELL ME AT THE END
OF THE STORY THAT THE COPS ARE
"SEARCHING FOR THE BEAR."
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO, PUT
IT IN LINE-UP?
THE BEAR ATTACKED A HUNTER.
IN THE WOODS.
WHERE THE BEAR LIVES.
IT'S CALLED "STAND YOUR GROUND,"
BITCHES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: ALL LITICAL DEBATES
MUST COME WITH A "SKIP INTRO"
BUTTON.
[CHEERS PLAUSE]
WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
YOU'VE BEEN BOMBARDING EVERY
MEDIA PLATFORM WE HAVE FOR THE
LAST SIX MONTHS.
PLUS, YOUR INTRO IS NEVER ABOUT
IT'S "MY DAD WORKED IN THESE
S."
"MY MOM CLEANED HOUSES."
"MY PARENTS CAME HERE WITH
NOTHING."
GREAT.
THEN LET'S VOTE FOR YOUR FUCKING
PARENTS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: JUST BECAUSE THE
TECHNOLOGY EXISTS TO TAKE THIS
EXTREME CLOSE-UP PHOTO OF AN ANT
-- DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD.
[LAUGHTER]
LOOK AT THIS THING.
IT'S LIKE A MURDER HORNET
CROSSED WITH JAMES CORDEN AFTER
THE EGGS COME OUT WRONG.
[LAUGHTER]
IF THIS IS WHAT'S CRAWLING
[APPLAUSE]
AROUND IN MY YARD, SCREW THE
ORKIN MAN; MY NEW EXTERMINATOR
IS -- - SIGOURNEY WEAVER.
[LAUGHTER]
S AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: SINCE THE PRICE OF
BUTTER HAS GONE UP A DOLLAR A
POUNDS YEAR, LAND O LAKES
HAS TO BRING THE INDIAN BACK.
COME ON, LIBERALS.
SHE'S AN INDIAN.
SHE'S IN A FIELD.
JUST PRETEND SHE WANTS YOUR VOTE
FOR MORE.
NEW RULE: THE PARENTS
WHO ARE ALWAYS TELLING ME THAT I
SHOULD HAVE KIDS HAVE TO EXPLAIN
WHY 80% OF HOOVIES ARE
"CHILDREN ARE THE DEVIL."
[LAUGHTER]
SERIOUSLY, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD
[APPLAUSE]ABOUT MY DECISION.
BECAUSE APPARENTLY FEW STORIES
RESONATE WITH AUDIENCES MORE
THAN "THIS KID'S BEHAV IS SO
FUCKED UP HE MUST BE THE CHILD
OF SATAN AND A DOG."
[LAUGHTER]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
IF HALLOWEEN IS TOO MUCH FOR
YOUR FRAGILE SENSIBILITIES, AND
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT SEEING
SOMEONE WEARING SOMETHING THAT'S
ON THE FORBIDDEN COSTUME LIST
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
JUST STAY THE FUCK HOME.
EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THIS
BULLSHIT -- LISTS OF COSTUMES
YOU BETTER NOT WEAR LEST A NIGHT
OF IRREVERENT DRESS-UP SPIRAL
INTOHING THAT RESEMBLES
FUN.
[LAU
HERE'S AN IDEA, CLICKBAIT
WEBSITES: I WON'T TELL YOU HOW
TO HARVEST AND SELL MY PERSONAL
DATA, AND YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT
I CAN WEAR ON HALLOWEEN.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BECAUSE HALLOWEEN IS SUPPOSED TO
BE OUTRAGEOUS!
IT'S A FESTIVAL OF THE
SACRILEGIOUS AND A CELEBRATION
OF THE GROTESQUE, FROM ZOMBIES
TO GHOULS TO BOBBING FOR APPLES
IN OTHER PEOPLE'S SALIVA.
YET EVERY YEAR THERE'S A NEW
LIST OF OFFENSIVE THINGS WE
SHOULDN'T DO ON THE DAY THAT'S
ALL ABOUT BEING OFFENSIVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT DAY TO
CANCEL?
NOVEMBER 1ST, ALL SCOLDS' DAY,
WHEN THE GOOD PEOPLE ANNOUNCE
WHICH COSTUMES THE BAD PEOPLE
WORE.
BUZZFEED -- I MEAN BUZZ KILL --
HAS A LIST OF 23 COSTUMESTHEY'R.
BEGGING YOU" NOT TO WEAR.
OF COURSE, THIS YEAR THE NUMBER
ONE NO NO IS SERIAL KILLER,
CANNIBAL AND NETFLIX SENSATION
JEFFERY DAHM
[LAUGHTER]
EBAY HAS ALREADY BANNED SELLING
IT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A BLONDE
WIG AND AVIATOR GLASSES.
SIMONE BILES TWEETED "PUT THE
JEFFREY DAHMER COSTUMES BACK IN
THE CLOSET.
WE AIN'T HAVING IT!!!!!!"
WHO'S WE?
WHAT'S WITH THE WE?
[LAUGHTER]
WHO DIED AND MADE YOU THE GREAT
PUMPKIN?
I'M SO TIRED OF A HANDFUL OF
EMOTIONAL HEMOPHILIACS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA TELLING US WHAT WE CAN'T
DO ON HALLOWEEN.
AND BY THE WAY, PLEASE PUT DRUGS
IN MY CANDY.
[LAUGHTER]
THE OTHER VERBOTEN COSTUMES ON
STUPID LISTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE.
QUEEN ELIZABETH, BECAUSE "IT'S
TOO SOON."
[LAUGHTER]
YES, 96.
PRACTICALLY AN INGENUE.
[LAUGHTER]
OF COURSE, DON'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT "CHARACTERS OUTSIDE OF
YOUR RACE," AND NO GENIES,
BECAUSE GENIES WERE SLAVES.
NO SEXY SCHOOLGIRLS, NO PLAYBOY
BUNNIES, NO CELEBRITIES ACCUSED
OF PEDOPHILIA, INCLUDING ELVIS!
YOU CAN'T DRESS UP AS ELVIS?
THAT'S AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NO ZOMBIE VERSIONS OF DECEASED
CELEBRITIES -- THERE GOES MY
"ZOMBIE ANGELA LANSBURY" IDEA.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NO "UNHOUSED PERSON," WHAT WE
USED TO CALL "A HOBO" -- THE
DEFAULT COSTUME OF EVERY KID IN
HISTORY.
NO ONE WITH AN "EATING
DISORDER," SO GOODBYE SKELETONS,
AND NO "TRANSPHOBIC" COSTUMES,
BECAUSE IF KIDS WANT TO SEE DRAG
QUEENS THEY CAN GO TO STORYUR.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NO PUTIN, NO TRUMP, NO "ANYTHING
RELATED TO THE WILL SMITH OSCARS
SLAP," NO JOHNNY DEPP, AND OF
COURSE AMBER HEARD IS OUT -- NO
SHIT.
[LAUGHTER]
AND NOTHING RELATED TO VACCINES
[APPLAUSE]
OR COVID OR MONKEYPOX.
SO HAVE FUN KIDS, AND LET YOUR
ATION SOAR!
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING KIDS?
THESE ARE ALL GREAT COSTUMES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LISTEN TO ME -- I'M YOUR LAST
CONNECTION TO FUN.
YOU SHOULD WEAR ALL OF THEM.
IN FACT, COMBINE THEM IF YOU
WANT: HAVE THE QUEEN SHIT IN
JOHNNY'S BED.
[LAUGHTER]
HAVE WILL SMITH SMACKING A HOBO.
[APPLAUSE]
KEVIN SPACEY HITTING ON A
MARIACHI BAND.
JEFFREY DAHMER IS THE PERFECT
HALLOWEEN COSTUME.
WHAT'S SCARIER THAN A GUY WHO
FUCKS YOU, KILLS YOU AND EATS
YOU, NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT
ORDER?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
FOR FUCK'S SAKE, IT'S HALLOWEEN,
WHICH IS NOT JUST A FUN HOLIDAY,
IT'S A NECESSARY PSYCHIC
RELEASE.
SOCIETIES GOING BACK THOUSANDS
OF YEARS KNEW YOU HADHAVE
SOME RELEASE VALVE ON THE
CALENDAR TO FLIRT WITH THE
MACABRE AND LET THE DEMONS OUT
TO ROLE PLAY SO THEY WOULDN'T
COME OUT LATER FOR REAL.
MEXICO HAS "DAY OF THE DEAD,"
JAPAN HAS "OBON," HAITIANS HAVE
"FET GEDE" -- IT'S NOT A
COINCIDENCE THAT CARNIVAL COMES
RIGHT BEFORE LENT AND HALLOWEEN
BEFORE ALL SAINTS DAY, MUCH THE
WAY GETTING BLOWN AT A BACHELOR
PARTY COMES BEFORE THE WEDDING
DAY.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S SO INTERESTINGD THINK
THAT A HANDMAID'S TALE COSTUME
WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE SINCE IT
DERIVES FROM A COMPLETELY
WOKE-APPROVED SHOW THAT CONDEMNS
THE PATRIARCHY -- BUT BUZZKILL
SAYS NO HANDMAID'S TALE EITHER
BECAUSE, "IT HITS A LITTLE TOO
CLOSE TO HOME RIGHT NOW."
THIS IS THE LIFE PHILOSOPHY OF
ZILLENIALS: THINGS THAT ARE
INTERESTING MIGHT ALSO CONTAIN
SOMETHING WHICH COULD CAUSE A
MOMENT OF DISCOMFORT, SO BAN ALL
OF IT.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, KIDS --
YOUR PARENTS RUINED YOU BY
OVERPROTECTING YOU, AND NOW
YOU'RE THESE ASSHOLES.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT'S THE CRAZIEST PART OF ALL
OF THIS: BEING IRREVERENT,
UNCLENCHED AND PLAYFUL SHOULD BE
THE PROVINCE OF THE YOUNG -- BUT
IT'S NOT.
BOOMERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
"GET OFF-MY-LAWN" CROWD, BUT
WHEN SOMEONE IN A "PROBLEMATIC"
COSTUME SHOWS UP AT YOUR DOOR,
IT'S LITERALLY GEN Z TELLING
THEM TO "GET OFF MY LAWN."
EXCEPT, IT'S NOT EVEN YOUR LAWN.
BECAUSE YOU LIVE AT YOUR
PARENTS' HOUSE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
SO I THOUGHT WHAT BETTER COSTUME
TO WEAR THIS YEAR THAN THE MOST
RIDICULOUS ONE I COULD THINK OF:
YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT, THIS YEAR I'M
GOING AS AN UBER WOKE,
OVERLY-ANXIOUS PERPETUALLY
OFFENDED 20-SOMETHING.WOULD YOUI
HAVE FOR THIS COSTUME?
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY
IT.
I'VE GOT MY "FUCK THE
PATRIARCHY" T-SHIRT, AND A CHECK
FROM THE PATRIARCHY TO PAY MY
CAR INSURANCE,
[LR]
MY NOSE RING, MY
VAPE PEN.
A CLOTH MASK, A
[LAUGHTER]
SURGICAL MASK, AN N9 MASK AND A
FACE SHIELD.
[LAUGH
THEN, FOR WHEN I LEAVE THE
HOUSE. I HAVE MY KLONOPIN TO
TAKE THE EDGE ND MY
ADDERAL TO PUT IT BACK ON.
I HAVE MY PARTICIPATION TROPHY,
MY EAR PODS TO LISTEN TO SAD
MUSIC, THE THAT GOES UP MY
ASS AND THE LEASH FOR MY SUPPORT
ANIMAL.
JUST IN CASE ANYONE STILL
DOESN'T GET WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT,
I HAVE A WET BLANKET.
OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE HULU THEATRE IN
NEW YORK CITY, NOVEMBER 12TH, AT
THE MIRAGE IN VEGAS NOVEMBER
25TH AND 26TH, AT THE MAUI ARTS
& CULTURAL CENTER, DECEMBER
30TH, AND AT THE WAIKIKI SHELL
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS YUVAL
NOAH HARARI, JILLIAN TETT AND
QUENTIN TARANTINO.
JOIN US NOW FOR OVERTIME ON
YOUTUBE, THANK YOU, FOLKS.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪