In this episode, we discuss "peopling," the app-ification of the criminal justice system, "cancel culture" as the rebirth of "frivolous lawsuits," and calling people stupid.
Endnotes:
14:02 – As of April 2, 2019, Google shut down their Google+ social network. It launch June 28, 2011.
20:06 - https://www.thecut.com/2021/06/courtney-stodden-chrissy-teigen-told-me-to-kill-myself.html(Note, that this is also what the “I have ADHD” line at the 43:14 mark references)
21:45 – Promise seems to at least still be raising money as of February of 2021, but it is unclear whether it has actually launched and/or been used and very little has been written about it since 2018 https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/promise/investor_financials
27:23 – Many people were upset with Jay-Z for nominally lending support to Kaepernick but also making deals with the NFL and defending his decision to work with the league as a business partner by suggesting that the Kaepernick situation was old news and that he could effectively make change from inside the system without articulating exactly what sort of change he could make by simply having his Roc Nation clients perform at NFL games. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/jay-z-helps-nfl-banish-colin-kaepernick/596146/
28:05 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7lw0Ovzq0
30:19 - https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/
33:40 - https://www.flashforwardpod.com/2021/07/06/could-mind-control-end-crime/
47:18 - http://defamer.gawker.com/remember-when-38-year-old-jerry-seinfeld-dated-a-17-yea-1714153938
49:48 - http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/12563086
Content Warnings: mental health issues, homicide, sexual misconduct.
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Artwork by jasartstudios
Music by Nicholas Pozzuto
Links to the Artifacts:
Armstrong, Andrea. "A Letter to Jay-Z: Don’t Keep This Promise," The Appeal, 10 Apr. 2018, https://theappeal.org/a-letter-to-jay-z-dont-keep-this-promise-93bee11e20bd/
Perry, Sarah. "The Essence of Peopling," Ribbon Farm, 8 Apr. 2015, ribbonfarm.com/2015/04/08/the-essence-of-peopling/
