7. Reboot Culture

<p>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 <em>Deliverance </em>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Items Referenced:</p><p>Japan prints a train station: <a href="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" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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</a></p><p>AI energy use: <a href="https://unric.org/en/artificial-intelligence-how-much-energy-does-ai-use/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unric.org/en/artificial-intelligence-how-much-energy-does-ai-use/</a></p><p>Deliverance: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kivxc9wZg6Y&amp;t=1s" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kivxc9wZg6Y&amp;t=1s</a></p><p><a href="https://collider.com/deliverance-survival-horror-channeled-vietnam-war/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://collider.com/deliverance-survival-horror-channeled-vietnam-war/</a></p><p>Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffets’money: <a href="https://www.independent.co.ug/bill-gates-plan-to-give-virtually-all-his-money-away/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.ug/bill-gates-plan-to-give-virtually-all-his-money-away/</a></p><p><a href="https://humanitarians.io/how-warren-buffetts-philanthropy-sets-a-gold-standard-for-generations/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://humanitarians.io/how-warren-buffetts-philanthropy-sets-a-gold-standard-for-generations/</a></p><p>Minimum wage USA 2025: <a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/</a></p><p>A billion dollars in perspective: <a href="https://www.markbrinker.com/how-much-is-a-billion-dollars" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.markbrinker.com/how-much-is-a-billion-dollars</a></p><p>The Mongol Rally: <a href="https://www.theadventurists.com/guides/mongol-rally/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theadventurists.com/guides/mongol-rally/</a></p><p>Sarah Silverman regrets: <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/05/sarah-silverman-feels-ignorant-slurs-blackface-comedy-1236403207/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2025/05/sarah-silverman-feels-ignorant-slurs-blackface-comedy-1236403207/</a></p><p>“Cancel Colbert”: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-campaign-to-cancel-colbert" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-campaign-to-cancel-colbert</a></p><p>The Mandalorian firing: <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy-4131168/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy-4131168/</a></p>