Matt and Dave talk about AI, the internet, submission, why life is hard, dieting, alcoholism, Monty Python, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Last of the Mohicans, and other stuff.

Cronyism, ideology problems, asking for more personal responsibility, the key to successful relationships, Lord Hideyoshi, weight gain & weight loss, the Ford assembly line system, the American middle-class, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about slow moving Russian movies, Southpark, listening to stuff on headphones all the time, management speak, hypocrisy, not playing any more, taxes and debt, the push for AI, whether people can truly live cooperatively, being tempted, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about some of the obstacles to solving problems, hypocrisy, rules for thee but not for me, friends listening to the podcast, breaking the rules, dog crap, cheating, the Gen-Z stare, the effects of isolation, differences between people, American sensibilities, things being nuanced, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about simple solutions, good versus evil people, the nature of news, hijacking elections, loyalty at companies, haters of the podcast, America being a great country, being ostracized for your political beliefs, and other stuff.

In this week's episode Dave and Matt talk about sayings we don't like, why everything seems to be about exploiting someone else, cheating, breaking the rules, "making of" specials and documentaries, The Poop Cruise, spending money on a whole lot of stuff, looking for "the answer", Ford's assembly line system, cheap goods, shrimp, revolutions, and other stuff.

Dave and Matt talk about things we're good at, solar power, the death of physical media, subscription services, refusing to see ourselves as we are, incentives to cheat, rice cultivation, being in fear of God versus seeing God as an indulgent parent, getting all the shit, leading a moral life, and other stuff. Happy 4th of July to all of our listeners in the United States!!!

Matt and Dave talk about the conflict in the Middle East, being bribed with cheap stuff and manipulated by bad food, everything revolving around selling stuff, the nature of being a bureaucrat,

and the question - Why's it ok for you to do it, but not for me?

Dave and Matt continue the discussion of the Dunning-Kruger effect and also talk about the problem with trying to make everything "equal", searching for answers, free money, making it easier to do the right thing, family being key when laws are weak, and other stuff.

Matt and Dave talk about how many times you have to fail before you quit, different kinds of co-workers, what being a true leader means, the Dunning-Kruger effect, some study advice, "big picture" people, and other stuff.