7. Reboot Culture

In this episode, the boys consider some of the implications of how artificial intelligence and 3D printing will affect people's (specifically men) sense of relevance as they lose their jobs to progressive technology; they also consider universal basic income, and how the 1972 Burt Reynolds film Deliverance ties into this sense of ineptitude looming on the horizon. Cancel culture and the false war of humor vs. kindness finds its way into the conversation, and, at long last, Carlos manifests some woo-woo in Skip.

Items Referenced:

Japan prints a train station: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/japan-builds-train-station-overnight-in-six-hours-between-departure-of-night-and-morning-trains-heres-how/articleshow/120154001.cms?from=mdr

AI energy use: https://unric.org/en/artificial-intelligence-how-much-energy-does-ai-use/

Deliverance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kivxc9wZg6Y&t=1s

https://collider.com/deliverance-survival-horror-channeled-vietnam-war/

Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffets’money: https://www.independent.co.ug/bill-gates-plan-to-give-virtually-all-his-money-away/

https://humanitarians.io/how-warren-buffetts-philanthropy-sets-a-gold-standard-for-generations/

Minimum wage USA 2025: https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/

A billion dollars in perspective: https://www.markbrinker.com/how-much-is-a-billion-dollars

The Mongol Rally: https://www.theadventurists.com/guides/mongol-rally/

Sarah Silverman regrets: https://deadline.com/2025/05/sarah-silverman-feels-ignorant-slurs-blackface-comedy-1236403207/

“Cancel Colbert”: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-campaign-to-cancel-colbert

The Mandalorian firing: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy-4131168/