makes everybody far more corrupt and worse off. So there's a great quotation which has been floating around the internet for a very long time now from the earlier days of the internet. And it says that um debating an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. You can play as well as you want but the pigeon will jump on the board. It'll crap on the pieces and it'll go back to its flock declaring victory. And it's a brilliant quotation and it's a brilliant visual because it is so true as to what it feels like when you are debating somebody who is stupid in the sense of Bonhoeffer.
And I got to spend a lot of time with him and his family. are debating if you disagree, or people who are quite similar to-- So either way, I don't think I have the answer to that.
And yet, I still was overcome. I-- debating is something I hold right here.
And yet, I still was overcome. So debating these young women is-- because, like, I'm just fighting as hard as I can to actually win.
And it's one that I'm pretty confident that all of you have thought about at least once, probably in those classic dorm room debating sessions. And the question is simply this-- do individuals make a difference? Is it possible for a single individual, a leader, to be in the right place at the right time, where the fact that that
declaring victory. And it's a brilliant quotation and it's a brilliant visual because it is so true as to what it feels like when you are debating somebody who is stupid in the sense of Bonhoeffer. When you're debating somebody who is stupid in the sense of Bonhoeffer, they don't question their own beliefs and they are unwilling to accept any contrary position to what they actually believe. They're playing by different rules. You might approach them with facts and the most logical arguments you can possibly devise, but they will see you as an enemy. They will see you
are very uncomfortable asking about. They much more comfortable debating questions of tech sovereignty and employment from defense industries, rightly. Um, I was in a setting recently with a a number of different defense executives asking exactly this question.
But they’re working on the unsettled details within the broader scientific consensus. Scientists aren’t debating if climate change will bring serious warming to the planet, they’re debating things like the importance of peat bogs for carbon storage or how fast methane breaks down in the atmosphere.
And then also Helen Park, who was a separate songwriter. And we were debating the merits of each and tried to make a decision. And Glen said, well, can't we just hire them both and write songs together?
Jeremy has just found out that there's this thing called a squip. He's debating whether or not he wants to get it, and Michael is essentially saying, why do you want to change who you are? Just be cool with who you are.
Oh, that's interesting, because I think this documentary complements "Brother Outsider" a great deal, because in "Brother Outsider," you see Bayard debating Malcolm X. You see Bayard at podiums talking and pointing his finger and very militant. And I think this one shows a softer side of him.
So I always kind of think is I want to create, where all the people that use the League, it feels like a bunch of Googlers. And they're all debating around how we should kind of dictate the community or what rules we should put in place, what governance. And I want the community to be involved in those decisions.
They didn't know that. And I was really debating even back then.
And for those of you who might not know what that is, it's that you can't access abortion services in any circumstances, not even to preserve your own life. The Congress is still debating a bill to open some legal exceptions, but there is much work
Yes, instead of privately elected people, as in private capitalism, they had state officials. We're still debating it.
ahead of themselves and times where they don't put others ahead of themselves. I was once debating with a college student in Florida a few years ago, and we were debating on the topic of abortion. And in our conversation, I'll admit, I was thinking to myself, he sounds selfish.
Find the problem and build the solution for it. They were debating the morality of war.
But we are still debating , actually,
They were the debating society.
that they're debating that day in the hall.
They might be debating where to go for dinner.
And they were debating on a number of companies.
people are debating this.
But while we're debating and dithering of whether we can do this, the planets are just, they're going to keep piling up.
with each other in debating with each other.
a long thread debating the Hai nam Chicken Rice.
question were debating is at what point is that compulsion a cost your life you know are you born with it or if you
And it's about debating . It's about being transparent in what you're doing. And it's about making sure that you can justify what you're doing as actually benefitting people, cause if you
After many many decades of people debating this, you might have figured out the reason why we dream.
It's supposed to be all about debating issues.
And I remember when I was debating with him, I had one great argument as my retort.
you know we would be discussing and debating all the decisions that we faced
I think they may actually still be debating in Congress.
There were 7-year-olds debating 15-year-olds and adults debating each other.
I've got to get better at debating , I guess, or performing.
And I think while we were debating it in the office about how we might go by trying to get the rights,
Now is the time to start debating whether or not we think it's appropriate that these tasks, or some of these tasks, are taken on by machines.
This is a question that we are debating at the moment.
So then as she was debating whether to go or not, finally she conceded and she went to his car and sat there.
Because we've all been arguing and debating .
And this is a dumb way of debating chemicals.
And when 250 million card files are debating each other, or printouts, or whatever you call them-- In our case, it's called big data.
So I was used to debating all the time.
in the colloquial sense that we're debating .
unconditional cessation of hostilities on a YouTube show debating with an
And the big question that people have been debating for decades is what happens if we discover that microbial life.
And I don't think QTIPOC people should have to endure debating their identity.
And yet, I still was overcome. I would say that sometimes it's fun debating Heidi because sometimes I try
obviously was the topic of some thinking and debating from all of us.
What were we looking for when we were debating whether or not to invest in Plunify?