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If I Ruled the World: Tressie McMillan Cottom Throws Down

2025/6/5
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What Now? with Trevor Noah
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Christiana
参与讨论奥泽米克减重药的媒体风波和其社会影响的播客主持人。
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Trevor Noah
以其幽默和智慧主持多个热门节目和播客的喜剧演员和作家。
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Trevor Noah: 我认为人们常常以渐进的方式思考世界，容易受困于他们认为的可能性。因此，我喜欢玩“如果我统治世界”这个游戏，因为它能提醒我们一切皆有可能，只要我们不认为它是不可能的。如果不尝试，一切都不可能。这个游戏很简单，每个人都有机会说出他们如果统治世界会做什么，不要担心官僚主义，不要担心别人追究你，不要担心投票，因为每个人都会失忆，他们会爱你。

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The first rule proposed by Christina is to limit the number of words a person can contribute to public discourse online per month. This aims to reduce the outsized influence of some individuals and address the manipulation of online behavior seen in recent political events. However, concerns arise about the potential for wealthy individuals or entities to circumvent this restriction by paying others to post on their behalf.
  • Restriction on monthly word contribution to online public discourse
  • Aim to curb outsized influence and manipulation of online behavior
  • Concerns about circumvention by wealthy individuals or entities

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For this round of If I Ruled the World, Trevor and Christiana and joined by friend-of-the-show Tressie McMillan Cottom. They’re trying to find ways to connect people and limit societal rot; one quarterly report, character count, and service job at a time.

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