The Subtext: Flock Cameras, Hank Green, and Revisiting Skinny Culture
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampShow Notes
This week, we look at AI purity tests and mass surveillance, then circle back to an ongoing conversation: should social media commentary on people's bodies be off-limits?
We're digging into the Hank Green AI backlash and how AI use has become a sort of cultural purity test that nobody can actually pass. Then we break down Flock’s license-plate cameras and whether safety and privacy can coexist at scale. Last, we revisit our Ariana Grande body conversation to sit with the pushback we got, and clarify our thoughts from an earlier episode.
Things we mentioned in this episode:
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 on Netflix
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Kim Stanley Robinson on No Small Endeavor
Arrival movie
Scandalous Witness by Lee C. Camp
Who is My Enemy? by Lee C. Camp
Person of Interest tv show
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
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