May 19, 2011
Dr. Dave and Evil Steve explicitly place this unusual Thursday-night recording on May 19, 2011, and their new soundboard helps reveal what the bunker felt like from the inside: they were yelling, laughing and having so much fun that people outside sometimes thought they were fighting. Beneath the humor is a consistent defense of human judgment. Dr. Dave wants search tools to return useful information rather than make choices for adults, and he refuses to adopt cloud services or fashionable devices unless they solve a real problem for the person using them. He also reflects that experience cannot be obtained without time and attention, and his habit of carrying two laptops because he “had to know” what he was talking about captures the personal rigor behind the show. The rise of Kindle books, LinkedIn’s IPO and the first wave of MacDefender preserve a revealing snapshot of technology in May 2011.
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Regular show: segments
8 recordings · 95:09 total within this version.
Numbered positions are present in sequence. This alone does not prove the show is complete.