Chris Merrill Sits in Hour 2 03-03-24

4 mar 2024 · 37 min. 7 sec.

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Three years ago, when Oregon voters approved a pioneering plan to decriminalize hard drugs, advocates looking to halt the jailing of drug users believed they were on the edge of...

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Three years ago, when Oregon voters approved a pioneering plan to decriminalize hard drugs, advocates looking to halt the jailing of drug users believed they were on the edge of a revolution that would soon sweep across the country. Now, legislators are reversing course amidst a surge of overdoses and patchouli. California regulators on Friday granted Alphabet’s self-driving car division Waymo permission to expand its robotaxi service to include highways in several Bay Area cities and large swaths of Los Angeles. Tech is making us dumber. Whether it’s social media, phone addictions or Texas Tech, the evidence is all around that our brains are turning to mush. The New York Times published one of their quirky weekend articles about something universal but not urgent. A nice Sunday read type story.

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