Connected to the Richard Hanania Substack. David Lynch recently passed away, so Rob and I decided to honor the legendary director by watching two of his movies, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire , and discussing them. We liked the first film, and debated various interpretations of it, including the standard one and other possible theories.
While Mulholland Drive gave us much to work with, we both absolutely hated Inland Empire. You need reality to be bounded in some way if you hope to be entertained by or learn from a work of art. We refer to ChatGPT throughout, which performed quite impressively, generating arguments for novel interpretations for the films and clearing up some of the confusion we had about the plots and sequences of events. By the way, the other day I asked people to subscribe to my new YouTube channel, where I posted the conversation with Brian Chau.
As it turns out though, I already have a YouTube channel with nearly a thousand subscribers. I just forgot it existed.
So ignore the link I posted yesterday and go here if you want to watch my free videos on YouTube. But I prefer you see them here. If people have other interpretations of the films or thoughts on the conversation here, feel free to leave them in the comments. This is a public episode. This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.
See also friend of the Substack Scott Greer, whose article we reference. Rob is amused by the Greerhead Pledge, which you can learn about from my conversation with Scott. We also discuss whether working at Panda Express will actually limit what kind of partner you can hope to attract. I explain why one of the beauties of immigration is that it allows you to go outside of the status hierarchy of your own society when looking for a wife.
