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On 8/20/2025 at 10:45 AM, Hank Kingsley said:

Elephant Graveyard dropped another masterpiece. Glad he goes after Hinchcliffe as well. 

 

That really was like a well put together documentary. Wouldn't be surprised if "Elephant Graveyard" is a collection of people who work in the film industry at some level and really take issue with Rogan becoming a fascist. 

I used to catch some of his episodes back in the 2015 to 2017 or so time when I had to do long drives for work. It was just dumb guys doing silly talk mostly with occasional legit scientists like Roger Penrose or Sean Carroll promoting new books. I remember listening to that, I believe Halloween, episode where his friend Duncan warned him about becoming a pawn for dangerous rhetoric promoted by rich assholes who would appeal to his ego and greed. 

I hadn't paid any attention to anything Rogan in years and was surprised to hear it went that direction and that guy who predicted it was right. But that guy also gave in to the greed and turned fascist himself just to stay in the Rogan loop. 

All of this jumbled crap over the last decade has me really wondering if freedom of speech is mostly untenable in the 21st century technologically changed world. It's too dangerous when combined with the powerful communication tools found in social media, and it's why controlled narrative countries like China will have a big advantage going forward. 

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44 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

That really was like a well put together documentary. Wouldn't be surprised if "Elephant Graveyard" is a collection of people who work in the film industry at some level and really take issue with Rogan becoming a fascist. 

I used to catch some of his episodes back in the 2015 to 2017 or so time when I had to do long drives for work. It was just dumb guys doing silly talk mostly with occasional legit scientists like Roger Penrose or Sean Carroll promoting new books. I remember listening to that, I believe Halloween, episode where his friend Duncan warned him about becoming a pawn for dangerous rhetoric promoted by rich assholes who would appeal to his ego and greed. 

I hadn't paid any attention to anything Rogan in years and was surprised to hear it went that direction and that guy who predicted it was right. But that guy also gave in to the greed and turned fascist himself just to stay in the Rogan loop. 

All of this jumbled crap over the last decade has me really wondering if freedom of speech is mostly untenable in the 21st century technologically changed world. It's too dangerous when combined with the powerful communication tools found in social media, and it's why controlled narrative countries like China will have a big advantage going forward. 

Open-mindedness and platforming for kooky shit was never a virtue. Irrational and conspiratorial thinking does not stay in a box and that’s why shit like UFO, ancient aliens, fake history, and fringe wellness stuff is not harmless. There’s a direct line from that to acceptance and then action on weaponized disinformation. 
 

People need to ruthlessly maintain cognitive discipline and allow no quarter to pseudoscience, pseudohistory, and shit like that. People need to tell their dumbass uncles and cousins to STFU and stop spouting nonsense. 

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On 8/20/2025 at 10:45 AM, Hank Kingsley said:

Elephant Graveyard dropped another masterpiece. Glad he goes after Hinchcliffe as well. 

 

Thanks for the rec. Just watched this and will now dive into their back catalog.

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On 9/7/2025 at 4:59 AM, Hermanator said:

 All of this jumbled crap over the last decade has me really wondering if freedom of speech is mostly untenable in the 21st century technologically changed world. 

I’m with you. Feels like freedom of speech created American exceptionalism but in the end will destroy it as well. 

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On 9/7/2025 at 7:44 AM, 956 Worldwide said:

People need to ruthlessly maintain cognitive discipline and allow no quarter to pseudoscience, pseudohistory, and shit like that. People need to tell their dumbass uncles and cousins to STFU and stop spouting nonsense. 

When it comes from official government sources it's even harder to maintain that cognitive discipline.

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1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

I’m with you. Feels like freedom of speech created American exceptionalism but in the end will destroy it as well. 

Not to get too far off track, but you could argue there’s at least a dotted line between individualism and freedom of speech. Egocentric Americans who can’t grasp the greater good are poison for our country. The awful part is, their worst impulses are fomented and validated daily, by the highest elected officials and trusted news sources, no less.

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