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on HBO |
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Reality Show |
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Directed by |
Soderburg |
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Clooney |
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about |
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the Washington DC World |
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of political Consultants |
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Filmed with handhelds |
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features half real-life people |
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James Carville |
x Campaign Consultant Superstar |
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Mary Matalin |
x Hosted crossfire, political
socilite |
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Like |
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Wag the Dog |
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Why I like it? |
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Innovative |
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Dramatic |
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Relevant |
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I'm sitting here and its like |
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Soderbergh, Clooney |
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Shows are filmed the week before |
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it makes noise and stress |
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they are masters |
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they are shown. |
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interesting |
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this is basic "drama"
schtick |
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And they all revolve around current
events |
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most of the conversation |
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is minutae that I can't follow |
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I just like it, what can I say |
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The first episode was the best |
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Howard Dean |
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and trying to follow these
interactions |
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asked for a debate preparation |
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is taxing, but engrossing at the
same time |
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and we got to see from the inside |
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it's more like real life |
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how some strategy and consulting |
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where 80% of what's said is junk |
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but it's the feeling, the rhythm |
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made its way into a debate |
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the people's faces |
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and translated into political
capital |
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the settings that matter |
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not the actual dialog, but the |
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emotion, the power differentials |
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Translation from some pow-wows |
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to political capital |
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What is politics |
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in |
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abstract terms |
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the allocation of scarce resources |
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DC |
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Where all the Supernodes hang out |
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and what are human social skills
based on |
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the negotiation of scare resources. |
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The book linked |
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you got |
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is all about |
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moochers |
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people to whom we are separated by |
networks |
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hunters |
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only a few degrees of separation |
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gatherers |
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how we are connected |
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horders |
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(Kevin Bacon) |
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feeders |
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and these are all taken care of. |
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for example |
on average, if we all have |
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victims |
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200 connections |
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then the world is separated |
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human evolutionary psychologists |
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by 6 degrees |
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would claim |
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that our advanced thinking skills |
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Supernodes |
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come from our ability to mediate |
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the distribution of resources among
ourselves. |
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These DC politicos |
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are the supersocial |
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supernodes |
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they are the ultimate at mediate
negotiation and compromise among resources |
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after the hunter brought back the
food at the tribe |
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they would be the one, the most
popular ones, the ones who wolud |
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integrate everybody together to
distribute resources |
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Now, they don't necessarily
distribute fairly |
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And this is why women (and men) look
for "charm" in the opposite sex |
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You are watching this program, and
thinking |
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man, these people are wheeling |
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and dealing each other |
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jugglin |
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everyday |
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Social skills |
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Charm is a keyword for |
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In my mind I'm thinking, shit, I'd
be so |
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stressed out by that activity |
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They are wired in such a way, so as
to master this |
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complex exchange |
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they are also tall, handsomish, have |
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class |
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They put Howard dean on there, and
he was |
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chatting it up, you know, like Mr.
Popular |
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Making them laugh |
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Everybody could be the life of the
crowd |
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they knew how to smooth the nodes
out |
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get the most flow around, they are
the ultra-connected |
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everybody knows somebody who knows
somebody |
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Their whole business model is in
being a rolodex soldier |
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A lot of the show is on the phone. |
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