Compact Podcast Drive-By Tweeting
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Sep 4, 2025 A comedian's arrest ignites a fiery debate on free speech, revealing the cultural tensions surrounding expression. The conversation shifts to Google's antitrust ruling, examining corporate power and internet freedom's decline. Experts discuss the paradox of online ideals vs. corporate control. As optimism about AI rises, concerns about a potential bubble emerge, with critiques directed at the myth of AI’s value. Finally, technology is explored as a potential tool for understanding human experience, rather than mere alienation.
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Prevention Mindset Transforms Speech Policing
- Institutions now treat prevention like public health, making speech a target for early intervention.
- That logic reframes ordinary speech as a risk to be regulated rather than a liberty to protect.
Comedian Arrested Over Tweets As A Preventive Act
- Graham Linehan was met by five police officers on arrival and treated like a serious criminal for tweets.
- The police justified the arrest by framing his words as early symptoms of violence to be prevented.
Institutional Alignment Determines Enforcement
- Institutional alignment matters: activists embedded in institutions get leeway to call for violence while others are punished.
- State-sanctioned ideological language becomes the metric of acceptable speech.
