The Subtext: Flock Cameras, Hank Green, and Revisiting Skinny Culture

This week, we look at AI purity tests and mass surveillance, then circle back to an ongoing conversation: should social media commentary on people's bodies be off-limits?

We're digging into the Hank Green AI backlash and how AI use has become a sort of cultural purity test that nobody can actually pass. Then we break down Flock’s license-plate cameras and whether safety and privacy can coexist at scale. Last, we revisit our Ariana Grande body conversation to sit with the pushback we got, and clarify our thoughts from an earlier episode.

Things we mentioned in this episode:

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 on Netflix

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

Kim Stanley Robinson on No Small Endeavor

Arrival movie

Scandalous Witness by Lee C. Camp

Who is My Enemy? by Lee C. Camp

Person of Interest tv show

Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke