My question: I find that when I listen to podcasts, my brain stores where I am when I'm listening to it. That means that when I think about a podcast story, I am returned to the place that I listened to it.
When I think of The Case of the Missing Hit, I'm in Borough Market, London. When I think of the serial killer Dennis Nilsen, I am on Hampstead Heath. When I think of Long Distance, I'm in the lift in my old, old, old work office on the Strand. When I think about the Terra/Luna collapse, I'm in Forest Gate park.
My question is -- why does my brain work this way? And does it happen to everyone? To have synaesthesia with places?
It happens to me! - but also music therapists will use music on dementia patients to “bring them back”. My grandpa (who had dementia and was 96 when this story happened) heard some old Lindy music- and got up, started shuffling around, demanding to dance like he did after the war.
All your answers/reporting are way better than my (conspiracy) theory:
He is self aware enough to know that twitter is a terrible addiction and he needs to overcome this time suck. So he bought it and is ruining it for everyone (if I can’t have it, no one can) so he can go off and be productive again.
As a (relatively) recent migrant to Montreal, are we going to get a Montreal reference in every show? First it was waxing nostalgic about Concordia, now we're talking about the city's beautiful dysfunction. Let's get a whole ep about the best city in North America! I'm sure you can jam it into the format somehow.
As far as explaining Elon's erratic behavior, the most common theory I hear in San Francisco is that he's doing this to destroy a popular tool used for labour organizers and civl rights activists.
Folks here in tech also think this is some sort of master plan that Elon is doing to give tech workers less bargaining power. I was hoping these theories would be presented this episode, but I guess they still could come up in future episodes.
Personally, I think Elon is just incredibly stupid. I don't think he's an evil mastermind, but the people supporting him (ie Peter Thiel and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal) might actually be hoping for Twitter to become a less useful tool for dissenting voices.
I know this may not be common Western wisdom, but colonizing anywhere has outcomes that are mixed at best, wretched and poisonous at worst.
the techjourno hagiography of Musk’s early life should include his actions around regular-degular folks like me. I understand why it never will, so this comment is for the record.
Loving the series so far! I subscribe to the fourth (and probably least likely) explanation of Elon Musk which is that he’s basically saving the world by acting the way he is. He’s shitposting like right wing nut so that Republicans will buy electric cars to own the libs AND he’s almost single-handedly destroying social media, the greatest evaporator of productivity in the history of mankind, so that people will do something better with their time.
Loving the show so far. My question: is Chiropractic bullshit? Is there any benefit to manipulating bones? and what is up with the rise of YouTube chiropractors doing crazy maneuvers like the "Ring Dinger"?
Do elephants (or any other animals) think humans are cute?
Generally humans think baby mammals are cute and most people would also think some adult animals are.
How much does this apply to other species? Or is it more down to the individual animal? There are (unusual) stories of mother animals adopting baby animals of other species. But, of course, there are far more stories of baby animals being targeted by predators (or their own "step parents" even).
Thank for the show, I would love a part 2 that looks at the financials of Twitter in that people say all the time when Elon bought it the value was 44billion now I see numbers under 10billion, where does money go when lost in a valuation?
Hi PJ! I am reading an excerpt from Naomi Klein's new book "Doppleganger" (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/naomi-klein-naomi-wolf-book?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us) and she said something that literally could have been yanked from this episode: "When the self is carved up, the external self can develop its own agenda and overtake the “real” self completely. It’s a lesson highly relevant in the age of human-impersonating chatbots, but it may also help explain why so many formerly trustworthy people seem to turn into unscrupulous attention addicts on platforms designed to partition us from ourselves. It may be that those people—the ones hawking sham cures or making surprising alliances with malevolent figures like Bannon and Carlson—are simply doing what it takes to attend to the brand version of themselves. A self that has its own needs and agendas: to be seen, to stay relevant, to be omnipresent in our cultural hall of mirrors." Just thought you might find it interesting.
Hey PJ! Enjoying the show.
My question: I find that when I listen to podcasts, my brain stores where I am when I'm listening to it. That means that when I think about a podcast story, I am returned to the place that I listened to it.
When I think of The Case of the Missing Hit, I'm in Borough Market, London. When I think of the serial killer Dennis Nilsen, I am on Hampstead Heath. When I think of Long Distance, I'm in the lift in my old, old, old work office on the Strand. When I think about the Terra/Luna collapse, I'm in Forest Gate park.
My question is -- why does my brain work this way? And does it happen to everyone? To have synaesthesia with places?
Thanks!
It happens to me! - but also music therapists will use music on dementia patients to “bring them back”. My grandpa (who had dementia and was 96 when this story happened) heard some old Lindy music- and got up, started shuffling around, demanding to dance like he did after the war.
Thank you so much for this episode!!!
All your answers/reporting are way better than my (conspiracy) theory:
He is self aware enough to know that twitter is a terrible addiction and he needs to overcome this time suck. So he bought it and is ruining it for everyone (if I can’t have it, no one can) so he can go off and be productive again.
It's so nice to have you back in my ears on a regular basis. You're crushing it with the new show. Great job and thank you :)
As a (relatively) recent migrant to Montreal, are we going to get a Montreal reference in every show? First it was waxing nostalgic about Concordia, now we're talking about the city's beautiful dysfunction. Let's get a whole ep about the best city in North America! I'm sure you can jam it into the format somehow.
Maybe a farine five roses investigation..
Intrigued to learn more about Mr Musk. Thanks again for this episode!
Love it!
nicely done, PJ 🙏🏼
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As far as explaining Elon's erratic behavior, the most common theory I hear in San Francisco is that he's doing this to destroy a popular tool used for labour organizers and civl rights activists.
Folks here in tech also think this is some sort of master plan that Elon is doing to give tech workers less bargaining power. I was hoping these theories would be presented this episode, but I guess they still could come up in future episodes.
Personally, I think Elon is just incredibly stupid. I don't think he's an evil mastermind, but the people supporting him (ie Peter Thiel and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal) might actually be hoping for Twitter to become a less useful tool for dissenting voices.
I know this may not be common Western wisdom, but colonizing anywhere has outcomes that are mixed at best, wretched and poisonous at worst.
the techjourno hagiography of Musk’s early life should include his actions around regular-degular folks like me. I understand why it never will, so this comment is for the record.
Loving the series so far! I subscribe to the fourth (and probably least likely) explanation of Elon Musk which is that he’s basically saving the world by acting the way he is. He’s shitposting like right wing nut so that Republicans will buy electric cars to own the libs AND he’s almost single-handedly destroying social media, the greatest evaporator of productivity in the history of mankind, so that people will do something better with their time.
If only you'd waited another week, you could've covered X!
Loving the show so far. My question: is Chiropractic bullshit? Is there any benefit to manipulating bones? and what is up with the rise of YouTube chiropractors doing crazy maneuvers like the "Ring Dinger"?
Is there a way to see what music is used in each episode?
Do elephants (or any other animals) think humans are cute?
Generally humans think baby mammals are cute and most people would also think some adult animals are.
How much does this apply to other species? Or is it more down to the individual animal? There are (unusual) stories of mother animals adopting baby animals of other species. But, of course, there are far more stories of baby animals being targeted by predators (or their own "step parents" even).
Thank for the show, I would love a part 2 that looks at the financials of Twitter in that people say all the time when Elon bought it the value was 44billion now I see numbers under 10billion, where does money go when lost in a valuation?
Hi PJ! I am reading an excerpt from Naomi Klein's new book "Doppleganger" (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/naomi-klein-naomi-wolf-book?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us) and she said something that literally could have been yanked from this episode: "When the self is carved up, the external self can develop its own agenda and overtake the “real” self completely. It’s a lesson highly relevant in the age of human-impersonating chatbots, but it may also help explain why so many formerly trustworthy people seem to turn into unscrupulous attention addicts on platforms designed to partition us from ourselves. It may be that those people—the ones hawking sham cures or making surprising alliances with malevolent figures like Bannon and Carlson—are simply doing what it takes to attend to the brand version of themselves. A self that has its own needs and agendas: to be seen, to stay relevant, to be omnipresent in our cultural hall of mirrors." Just thought you might find it interesting.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing, Amanda.