- public shaming vs being ostracised
- being cast out of the community is the worst thing that can happen
- zombie scrollers / Jericho green is untouchable
- why can't we separate the person from the work?
- special people vs special work
- the caste system is still in play / can you actually leave your caste?
- class system / how to surpass your class
- once you become an elite you can close the door behind you
- new to shift focus on outsiders / learn to code
- revenge of the outsider
- living in other places opens your mind, but no deep friends
- The loss of the Alexandria library was actually a good thing
- creative destruction / we forget the multiverse / younger dryads
- 12,000 years ago / a flood wiped out existing civs
- amazing ancient stonecraft / sonic tech would make blocks weightless / anti-gravity
- chemtrails and fluoride/let's fiddle with the dials of reality
- video games teach problem-solving skills
- are no-win situations real?
- you need to define the criterion for the win / Kobayashi Maru
- what is the win - moving the goalposts - data integrity
- historical data is worthless - are things cyclical
- is the world cyclical - it's not right but it's all we have
- synchronicity - behavioral
- history doesn't repeat, it rhymes
- organizational cartoonist
- social mobility and an American caste system