• 21:48 - 25:11
Kurt Metzger | Roasting The Critics, Monarch Ritual Trauma, & The Noahide Techno-state
Gamergate, Peter Thiel, and Industry Access
Greg Carlwood recounts a conversation with Professor Zhang about how elites use hospitality and "yacht parties" rather than threats to compromise researchers. Kurt Metzger relates this to "Gamergate," describing it as a vector for social programming where journalists were compromised by their proximity to the industry. They discuss the "horse armor" controversy in The Elder Scrolls as an early example of oligarchical abuse in the gaming industry.