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Aaron Becker

Aaron Becker

American writer and illustrator

Sep 17, 2026

18:43
And I think from you seeing that and feeling maybe fear or anxiety, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but then hearing him talk about it on podcast, has your perception of him saying, we're all going to die or this is really bad, has that changed or has it made it worse for you?
19:04
I would say that this weekend, it definitely made me think about things in a little bit of a scarier way.
19:12
And I wish that wasn't the case.
19:14
But you're totally correct that the obsession with winning is... complicating the idea of a slowdown, which I think a lot of people in the industry and a lot of people, not a lot of just, you know, citizens around the world, but especially here in the US are kind of wishing that there was a little bit of a slowdown.
19:41
It's not just about the like political data center thing that everyone is mad about, whether those are being built in their small towns and the pollution and other things that come with it.
19:55
But I think there were already economic fears, which is one thing.
20:01
But then when you start talking about actual survival that isn't based on whether or not someone can be employed.

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36:31
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