I do agree that it seems very hard to trust any particular institution or authority right now in the world, but I'm also mindful that it may be an illusion that there ever was one to trust. And therefore, we can see the way in which any individual perspective is less trustworthy than when there were three cable television channels and a tribal chieftain. With the president of the United States, I have the sense that there was a time in history where people were like, oh, the president said the thing, it's probably true. And now I feel like 40% of the country is like, bullshit. You know, I don't trust the president, you know? Yeah.

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