Episode 185 – What the Flock?

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Show Notes

• Ben and Josh mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, argue about unfinished stories, discover the limits of corporate conflict-of-interest rules, and rage against bureaucracy (again). Also the guys finally discuss automated license plate readers (ALPRs), AI-enabled surveillance, and the uncomfortable question of what responsibility comes with the power of knowing too much about people’s movements in public.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-29:02)
  • World Conflict Map (live tracker)
  • “That’s terrorists bro.” (9/11 video)
• Bad at Storytelling (29:02-40:48)
  • Bad Endings vs Good Endings
  • Ain’t Going Down (til the sun comes up) 
  • Finding Forrester (2000)
  • That Thing You Do! (1996)
• Bad at Maps & What I’m Reading (40:48-1:23:13)
  • Josh: Catgirls From Outer Space by Edie Skye & Jacob Holo
    • “This better not awaken anything in me.”
  • Ben: The Time Tax by Annie Lowrey
    • The Ezra Klein Show: The Time Tax
    • Braddock Begs for Money (Cinderella Man, 2005) 
    • …then later returns his benefits to the welfare office
    • “blanket party” for justice when due process fails
• Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) (1:23:13-end)
  • Flock cameras used to investigate a legal abortion
  • AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?
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  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich