Don't Encourage Us
The One Where They Don't Get to the Oscars: Neuralink, Streaming & Cancel Culture
Episode Summary
This was supposed to be the Oscars episode. We didn't get there. Instead: why a private company tweeting about human brain implants should concern everyone, whether streaming is just recreating cable with extra steps, and the Jonathan Majors question — should personal behavior unrelated to professional ability cost someone their career? With guest Matt Baughman, who's currently getting bruised nightly in The Play That Goes Wrong. Also: a restaurant staffing business concept pitched by an Uber driver that's actually viable, Apple Vision Pro as the next Google Glass or the next iPhone, and why whoever controls the NFL contract wins streaming. Part 2 covers the Oscar nominees.
Episode Notes
Guest: Actor Matt Baughman
Part 1 of 2 — Part 2 covers the Oscar Best Picture nominees.
Topics discussed:
- Neuralink's first human implant: why tweeting about secret human trials is a slippery slope
- The value of human life vs. corporate technology development
- Jonathan Majors, Disney, and cancel culture: should personal problems cost you your career?
- Celebrity worship, media literacy, and judging people we don't know
- Streaming consolidation: reverse baby bells and the recreation of cable
- Who wins streaming: the NFL contract, home screen real estate, and niche positioning
- Apple Vision Pro: the next iPhone or the next Google Glass?
- Restaurant staffing as a service: an Uber driver's business concept and why it could work
- Beef (Netflix) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith: brief reviews
- Matt Baughman in The Play That Goes Wrong: meta-theater and getting bruised for comedy
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