Episode 45 – Minority Report’s 20th Anniversary

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Show Notes 

• Ben summarizes his time on the US Central Command (CENTCOM) staff, Josh rants about why we don’t own anything we buy anymore, and they give the full Bad at Magic™ treatment to the excellent sci-fi film noir, Minority Report (2002). 
• Intro (0:00-20:51) 
  • Biden’s speech declaring withdraw of troops from Afghanistan 
  • US Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun 
  • Visit Tampa Bay 
  • **Josh’s Computer Setup Article on badatmagic.live** 
• Bad at parenting (20:51-37:04) 
  • Why kids lie and what to do about it 
• We don’t own anything that we buy anymore (37:04-58:34) 
  • Tesla wants you to pay $100 a month for its self-driving features 
  • Pepsi Ad: I Fought the Law 
  • Visualizing the Length of the Fine Print (EULAs) 
• Minority Report (2002) (58:34-end) 
  • Minority Report original short story by Philip K. Dick (1956) 
  • 18 minutes, 50 seconds of Tom Cruise running 
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