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00:00:16more than physical pain i fear humiliation last week hypnosis i was this close to being
00:00:25acquired by cupertino our stock sword on the rumor i i don't understand why not uh well it's not
00:00:36happening i just found out talks with terminators um douggan morning remarks or uh you want to skip
00:00:52it i'm fine and when word gets out and it will my stock is gonna nose dive not to where
00:00:58it was
00:00:59before it took off but sinks with an odor of like what comes out of a frightened dog that smell
00:01:07just just hanging around me
00:01:11i said no sorry okay how we doing hyper gnomes just got some news great news pretty pretty
00:01:27fucking cool news can't tell you what not yet
00:01:33but it's great
00:01:37good
00:01:42why they say no
00:01:45i have a track record
00:01:47i mean fa fa was a juggernaut in its time and i guess everyone assumes since i'm the man who
00:01:54co-created fa fa that i'm the man or the co-man and maybe i'm not
00:02:09when word gets out how will that make you feel and uh when do you expect that to be
00:02:18won't be long you know people talk they tear you down and forget you ever even mattered
00:02:26the doctor patient confidentiality thing just how airtight is that
00:02:30i can't speak with anyone about what you say not unless you're meaning to do harm to yourself or
00:02:35others to find harm physical harm all right uh
00:02:42i should have leaked the acquisition rumor
00:02:46that's on me i wanted an upper valuation before the price was set
00:02:50uh sorry it happens all the time uh yeah we also juiced our price before the
00:03:00ipo i don't know i'm not the money guy i do ideas powered by belief and belief is
00:03:07affirmed by fuckability if i could just sell my shares now
00:03:11mm-hmm but the sec would kill me so i'm just gonna have to
00:03:18sync with him surely you're not going to be poor no obviously but lily can't find out god she
00:03:25would divorce me just to secure half of it be the smart move do you think perhaps you're
00:03:30misjudging lily lily no she'd frame all my success as dumb luck you know i i'd become an object
00:03:37lesson an adjective don't pull a dunk in or is that a noun oh christ what would my dad say
00:03:45if he
00:03:46could hear me now please joanne really this is strictly between us
00:03:54thanks okay see you next week doing the work yeah
00:04:14the stressors that drove some workers at our guanjo factory to choose to exit themselves out
00:04:28window remain unresolved well what about our supplier code of conduct
00:04:37our code their conduct were we to enforce our code anything heavy-handed opens us to charges of
00:04:47cultural elitism text anushka cupertino what would you like to say what happened
00:04:58however our position has always been human life is valuable full stop it's a cornerstone for us
00:05:18what wow thank you you picked up great thank you i cannot talk to you about this i was not
00:05:25read in
00:05:26i'm an executive here and i'm on your board recuser was mandatory okay just the acquisition door how
00:05:33how how fully shut is that or are we like playfully rimming the door frame oh i would say nailed
00:05:39like a coffin from my understanding no you're you're supposed to warn me about this
00:05:45is this your job did you leak the acquisition rumor yes or no no no maybe once it's clear no
00:05:53acquisitions forthcoming your stock is going to take a ding and you'll have no one to blame but
00:05:57yourself okay that is just one of the branches on the tree of outcome and there are many branches
00:06:03a lot of leaves it's really it's really leafy okay so just can we focus maybe not on the dings
00:06:09you want to change the focus stunkin change the story gladly gladly yeah how do i do that
00:06:16no i don't know presumably with another better story yes yes where i'm the hero sure why not
00:06:26good luck with that thank you
00:06:28right
00:06:54almost finished
00:06:57Be done soon.
00:07:02You know what that is?
00:07:03That's tungsten.
00:07:04Aerospace grade.
00:07:05Heaviest element in the universe.
00:07:07This one's four inches cubed, but weighs 43 pounds.
00:07:11The crypto bros are super into them.
00:07:14You know why?
00:07:16It's not...
00:07:17It's not virtual.
00:07:20It's real.
00:07:22It's the realness.
00:07:25Here you go.
00:07:26God damn it!
00:07:31You're done, right?
00:07:33Yeah, you're done.
00:07:54Gary, he landed.
00:07:56Early.
00:07:57Oh, no, damn it, we're late.
00:07:59Hmm?
00:08:00Yeah, have a lunch.
00:08:02Yeah, well, bring it.
00:08:04Orson's just wandering around the airport.
00:08:06Where are my damn keys?
00:08:08You've got Wi-Fi and snacks, right?
00:08:10You get to the airport.
00:08:11I told him we're already on our way.
00:08:14Well, I don't know.
00:08:15Take care of your phone.
00:08:18Gary!
00:08:19You're yelling, Joanne.
00:08:20Being hysterical doesn't make you a better parent.
00:08:23Oh, that's him.
00:08:24Honey?
00:08:25Hi.
00:08:25What lore's investment?
00:08:27Uh, sorry, but I can't, uh, talk.
00:08:30Unwavering confidence.
00:08:31A hat I can wear.
00:08:32I have that hat.
00:08:34Hey, Joanne, I'm looking at a light fixture.
00:08:36Can you...
00:08:37I...
00:08:37Sorry, we talked about this, Duncan.
00:08:40You can't just call me out of the blue.
00:08:42But I have a plan.
00:08:42Listen, I point to the fabulous stock price, which remains fabulous for the moment, and
00:08:46I say I will sell another tranche in private secondary offerings.
00:08:50Who's wet for it?
00:08:51Okay?
00:08:52If I could Viagra the price and keep it up long enough, I could be like, suck it, Cupertino.
00:08:56Suck it and weep.
00:08:57No ding.
00:08:58All dong.
00:08:59Sorry, but if you're leveraging the high stock price when you know the stock's gonna fall,
00:09:02isn't that fraud?
00:09:03Fraud?
00:09:04Or market manipulation.
00:09:05I mean, won't that arouse suspicion with the SEC?
00:09:07First of all, I don't know the stock's gonna fall.
00:09:10I'm not Nosferatu.
00:09:11Fraud?
00:09:12What?
00:09:14You know what?
00:09:15Instead of accusation, a smidgen of validation would be nice.
00:09:18Duncan, I'm gonna have to take this.
00:09:20No, you just accused me of fraud.
00:09:21It's my son, and he is alone at the airport.
00:09:24I don't care if he's in a stranger's van licking lollipops.
00:09:27You do not hang up on me now.
00:09:29No, no goodbye.
00:09:30Nope, nope.
00:09:31Gary.
00:09:32Oh my God, it's a sandwich.
00:09:35Would you hurry up?
00:09:40Fuck!
00:09:59You are gonna love Los Altos.
00:10:01It's very progressive, but they're not fruity about it.
00:10:05Last year, Los Altos was the top feeder for Stanford, including Pali.
00:10:16You're familiar?
00:10:21Did your father send you transcripts from Baltimore?
00:10:24I know he's not feeling well, but your tuition's normally 90 grand, and there's no way your
00:10:28dad would pay for that.
00:10:29But there was a scholarship that no one was using, so you'd be surprised how hard it is
00:10:33to find underprivileged youth around here.
00:10:35And as it turns out, your father's illness qualified as a hardship.
00:10:39So, I guess he is paying for it.
00:10:43Not, well, I didn't mean in a carmic sense.
00:10:48Orson, you know I didn't mean it like that.
00:10:50My gosh, you've gotten tall.
00:10:51Can we go inside?
00:10:53I just need to know if your father sent the transcripts.
00:10:55It was the one thing he was supposed to do.
00:10:58He just got out of the fucking hospital.
00:11:00Whoa, whoa, hey, Orson, we don't talk that way to one another.
00:11:03We just try to use constructive language, please.
00:11:10Okay, so, um, kitchen, living room.
00:11:14You remember where everything is.
00:11:16Well, actually, we have moved things around a little since you were last here, and that's
00:11:20my office now, and, uh, Gary's is over there.
00:11:23Clients come around the back.
00:11:25If you see any of them, just ignore them.
00:11:27Some are professionals.
00:11:28Some are even kids from your school.
00:11:30All normal people.
00:11:31Just, you know, sad.
00:11:32Um, through here.
00:11:35So, uh, the room you stayed in last time, the ceiling has termite damaged, and then the
00:11:41garage apartment flooded don't even get me started.
00:11:44But the, the bedroom down here is all fixed up, so whole bottom floor is yours.
00:11:51Oh, uh, Virginia, did you see that I, I left sheets on the dryer?
00:11:55I already make his bed.
00:11:57Yes, I, I, I know, but I, I got him sheets.
00:11:59Special.
00:12:08Where's the bathroom?
00:12:08It's just around the...
00:12:13It's so nice to have you ho- home.
00:12:16Okay, Xander.
00:12:17Just try mirroring.
00:12:20So if they smile...
00:12:23If they smile...
00:12:26Xander, can you try holding the smile?
00:12:28It's what people do.
00:12:34You can do it.
00:12:35Here, hold and let it fade.
00:12:38Let it fade.
00:12:39Martin!
00:12:41Are we actually drinking tonight?
00:12:44Or just pretending to drink?
00:12:46Oh, shit.
00:12:49Chop, chop.
00:12:50I'm not dressed.
00:12:51Your clothes are out.
00:12:55Hey, Tess.
00:12:59Tess, you all right?
00:13:01I think Jana's made you mac and cheese or something.
00:13:04I have to go.
00:13:06Martin's finally inching towards a funding round
00:13:08for his little friend, Bart.
00:13:10He knows he can't keep spending our money
00:13:11on his digital child.
00:13:13But I have an actual company that needs saving
00:13:16and you're on the board.
00:13:17It's your fiduciary duty to come
00:13:19and tell me everything's gonna be okay.
00:13:22Sorry, can't.
00:13:23But you used to love to do your fiduciary duty with me.
00:13:27You're on your own.
00:13:49Rodrigo, call the ayahuasca guy
00:13:52and tie me.
00:14:04You look splendid.
00:14:06I'm very handsome.
00:14:08I feel like I'm cosplaying a version of me
00:14:10that would never talk to me.
00:14:11Xander said I look French.
00:14:13Take style advice from a widget or me.
00:14:15Your choice.
00:14:17Don't say widget.
00:14:23So, the Guangzhou factory.
00:14:26It's endless.
00:14:27It's 15 hours ahead too,
00:14:29so I might have to pop out midway tonight.
00:14:34Forgive me.
00:14:51Come and be a winner.
00:14:56Come and be a winner.
00:15:26That's it, Duncan.
00:15:28I'm a pilot.
00:15:30Yeah.
00:15:37He's in a very sensitive place right now.
00:15:41I'm a pilot.
00:15:43What the hell?
00:15:45He didn't think you were coming.
00:15:47He begged me to come.
00:15:49Dad.
00:15:50Dad.
00:15:51Dad, you.
00:15:52Don't be mad.
00:15:54Yeah, um, I'll go.
00:15:56No, he wants to leave.
00:15:58Speak to Dad.
00:15:59Dad.
00:15:59Oh, my God.
00:16:01Dad.
00:16:02Dad.
00:16:02What do you wish to say to him?
00:16:09I'm rich.
00:16:11That's great.
00:16:13Dad.
00:16:14Dad.
00:16:16Dad.
00:16:19Help me.
00:16:39I hope no one's looking out the window.
00:16:46All right, go on.
00:16:47Get.
00:16:47In she.
00:16:49Great.
00:16:50We're going into the world's most profitable company,
00:16:53reeking of that dude's cinnamon fucking patchouli.
00:17:09You good?
00:17:10Yeah, yeah.
00:17:11Fine.
00:17:11Fine.
00:17:12Fine.
00:17:13Fine.
00:17:15You must be the gentleman from the VA?
00:17:17Yeah, that's right.
00:17:18Just here.
00:17:21We used to run the world, Jeffrey.
00:17:24Now we rent server space from the bastards who broke it.
00:17:28Good grief.
00:17:30Oh, shit.
00:17:30Ruffage?
00:17:33Generalissimo.
00:17:34General Don Voorhees, Jeffrey Hart.
00:17:37Hi.
00:17:38Nice to meet you.
00:17:39What are you doing here?
00:17:40Oh, I just came to solve the backlog at the VA.
00:17:43Well, prepare to die with your boots on, boss.
00:17:46Well, about to meet with Tim.
00:17:48Just met with Tim.
00:17:50DOD arranged a conference in partnership with Cupertino.
00:17:54Technology of defense.
00:17:55Because the millionaire Jagovs love these things.
00:17:58Yeah, nice.
00:18:00Nice.
00:18:00Hey, you know, tell me to get lost,
00:18:02but what if I spoke about our initiative at your conference?
00:18:07You know, make them feel like heroes for helping the actual heroes?
00:18:11Maybe.
00:18:12Major Marsha?
00:18:14Maybe.
00:18:15We'll let you know.
00:18:16Okay.
00:18:22Maybe.
00:18:24You got fired me 10 years ago.
00:18:27Prick.
00:18:33God damn it.
00:18:34Hi.
00:18:36Hi.
00:18:37I'm Anushka Bhattachera, Director of Ethical Innovation.
00:18:40Tim Kwan, Corp Dev.
00:18:41Jeffrey Hart, Assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary.
00:18:44Tom Ruffage, Deputy Undersecretary Veterans Affairs.
00:18:48All right.
00:18:50Oh, just here?
00:18:51Yeah.
00:18:51Oh, yeah, sure.
00:18:53Okay.
00:18:53But, uh, will the other Tim be joining?
00:18:59Big Tim only shows up when the contours are delimited.
00:19:03Uh-huh.
00:19:04So, uh, you guys got a traffic jam needs clearing.
00:19:08Yeah, we do indeed.
00:19:10Tim, Big Tim, he likes things super direct.
00:19:14Mm-hmm.
00:19:15Uncluttered.
00:19:16Right?
00:19:17So, straightforwardly, what's the quant been for us?
00:19:21Ah.
00:19:23Ah.
00:19:23Oh.
00:19:24I'm still pretending to know what delimited contours means.
00:19:28Sorry.
00:19:29Quant been is quantifiable benefits.
00:19:32Got it.
00:19:33Yeah.
00:19:35Well, I mean, uh, I don't know.
00:19:38Uh, you're here.
00:19:41You live here.
00:19:43And you and me and Jeffrey and Anushka and Big Tim, we're all here.
00:19:48There are men and women who fought for us to be here and live like this.
00:19:57You know, free to make a business, to speak our minds, to make ungodly sums of money.
00:20:03But for the men and the women who actually put themselves on the front lines to defend
00:20:12the socioeconomic system in which you and your company thrive, I mean, they're not even
00:20:17asking you for a favor.
00:20:20In fact, they want to pay you a quarter of a billion dollars just for your help.
00:20:30So, us helping you do the work is kind of like, I don't know, um, France helping your
00:20:38mother set up her printer.
00:20:40You know?
00:20:41In France, but with, like, much, much, much more money than France.
00:20:46Uh-huh.
00:20:47Yeah.
00:20:48Oh, you guys get it?
00:20:49Oh, yeah.
00:20:49Okay, yeah.
00:20:50We, we, of course, recognize the sacrifice of your, your people.
00:20:57Uh-huh.
00:20:58They're struggling.
00:20:59And we, we feel that.
00:21:06Oh.
00:21:07You feel it.
00:21:08Uh-huh.
00:21:09We feel it, guys.
00:21:09We feel it.
00:21:11Uh-huh.
00:21:11You must be really feeling it.
00:21:13Yeah.
00:21:14Well, thank you, Anushka.
00:21:16This has been, um, what's the opposite of uplifting?
00:21:21Uh, demoralizing.
00:21:22Yeah, demo.
00:21:24I bet.
00:21:25In these parts.
00:21:26Come on, Jeffrey.
00:21:27We got other meetings.
00:21:36Our 11 o'clock has to postpone until next week.
00:21:41Uh, it's Major Marsha.
00:21:43Boris says you're welcome.
00:21:48You're speaking at the conference.
00:21:50No.
00:21:51DOD will cover a junior suite at the Elysium, if we're all right with sharing.
00:21:55You just need to reserve it on your card, and they will reimburse you.
00:21:59You okay with sharing a suite?
00:22:00I'll take the couch.
00:22:01No.
00:22:02No.
00:22:02I've been a full-time pain in the ass.
00:22:04You deserve it.
00:22:05Damn!
00:22:06The Elysium is the shit!
00:22:09I thought that guy'd never forgive me.
00:22:11Why?
00:22:12What'd you do to get fired?
00:22:14Doesn't matter now.
00:22:15Booyah!
00:22:28Hello?
00:22:29Honey, we can hear you.
00:22:32No bassoon during office hours.
00:22:36Very sorry about that, Carl.
00:22:39It's fine.
00:22:40No, no.
00:22:41No, it's not.
00:22:42This is...
00:22:42This is your time.
00:22:44Well, might as well fill the emptiness with bagpipes or whatever the hell that was.
00:22:50Lord knows I was just gonna complain anyway, and who wants to hear me complain?
00:22:53Boo-hoo, poor old rich fart.
00:22:56We all deserve to complain.
00:22:58Not the Richies.
00:23:01People act like we took something.
00:23:04As if we didn't build everything they touch.
00:23:07Mm-hmm.
00:23:07And we didn't build it to be worshipped.
00:23:09We built it to work, and it does work.
00:23:12But where's our parade?
00:23:15All I see are pitchforks and ingratitude.
00:23:18And I gotta be honest with you, it's starting to make me maybe a little mental.
00:23:23Would you like to starfish, Caro?
00:23:27Okay, yeah.
00:23:34Great.
00:23:36I'm backsliding, Joanne.
00:23:40This shithill came up to me at Milltown, my heart.
00:23:44The one place that I could go to in public when no one bothers me.
00:23:48Mm-hmm.
00:23:49And right before I get ready to bite into my T-bone, this stivilling shitstick sits, sits at my table.
00:24:00And he's like, oh, Mr. Mardoff, you're such an inspiration.
00:24:04And of course he brings up Mardoff's Law.
00:24:06He was admiring you.
00:24:08Doesn't it make you feel even a little bit good to see your legacy in action?
00:24:13Mardoff's Law is something I wrote on a napkin on speed when we still have fax machines.
00:24:17Profits will continue to grow forever, right?
00:24:20Infinite growth.
00:24:21Yes.
00:24:22The logic of the cancer cell.
00:24:23If I could have just reached out and throttled and just squeezed and squeezed that little shit-licker's trachea
00:24:32until it buckled and his eyes popped, that would have been a legacy.
00:24:38But I didn't.
00:24:40I didn't.
00:24:42Okay, Zeus.
00:24:45Go get it.
00:24:48Zeus.
00:24:49Come on, buddy.
00:24:51Gotta get it.
00:24:59Sorry.
00:25:01I'm sorry.
00:25:06Hey, boy.
00:25:08Trying to teach you some new tricks, huh?
00:25:11A little late for that, don't you think?
00:25:14Tricks are for kids.
00:25:19One day, you're chasing squirrels, and then the next, you're shitting yourself on the good Persian rug.
00:25:27Ain't right.
00:25:34Sorry.
00:25:39I need to see you.
00:25:41I need to see you.
00:25:42Whatever.
00:25:51Nobody wants to try.idge
00:25:55goes on. Yeah,
00:26:15Oh.
00:26:17Oh.
00:26:21Stop.
00:26:23Stop.
00:26:23Hey.
00:26:30It was this guy.
00:26:31Oh.
00:26:33Oh.
00:26:34Stop.
00:26:35Yeah.
00:26:37Hey.
00:26:38Hey.
00:26:39You had a game.
00:26:40How was the game?
00:26:41Or was it a match?
00:26:42We lost.
00:26:43That's how we learn.
00:26:45Yeah.
00:26:45Okay.
00:26:47Okay, Dad.
00:26:49Love you.
00:26:52Oh, look who's alive.
00:26:54Yes.
00:26:54I am alive.
00:26:56Antoine came over for a session last night.
00:26:59Right.
00:27:00And it was expansive.
00:27:04You really?
00:27:05I really ought to try it.
00:27:05The puke juice?
00:27:07No.
00:27:08I had, um, a snag at work.
00:27:12A little bit more than a snag.
00:27:14But, Lily, my dad came to me in a vision
00:27:17and showed me a path forward.
00:27:20Right.
00:27:22Guests arrive at one, Duncan.
00:27:24Guests?
00:27:24The reception?
00:27:27For Beatrice, the new headmaster at your daughter's school.
00:27:30Nice.
00:27:31I think maybe a shower is in order.
00:27:33Okay.
00:27:34Oh, um, and with regards to our arrangement,
00:27:40and in keeping with what we discussed,
00:27:44I did meet someone in Napa at the Mapass,
00:27:47a Danish CFO.
00:27:50Of course, we use protection.
00:27:53Oh.
00:27:54A fun guy.
00:27:56You'd like him.
00:27:57Oh.
00:27:59Oh.
00:28:00I know Indusko was here last night.
00:28:02So, that's back on.
00:28:05You were supposed to tell me.
00:28:07No, no, no.
00:28:08She...
00:28:10That's all in the past.
00:28:11She was here as a friend.
00:28:13Right.
00:28:14Danish CEO?
00:28:15CFO.
00:28:17Okay.
00:28:18Brush your teeth.
00:28:19Okay.
00:28:19Your breath stinks.
00:28:20Yeah.
00:28:28Oh, Rodrigo.
00:28:29You're fired.
00:28:30Good one.
00:28:31No, you're fired.
00:28:31You told Lily Anushka was here last night.
00:28:33What?
00:28:33No, I didn't.
00:28:34Yes, you did.
00:28:36Lucky?
00:28:36Yeah.
00:28:37So, that dragon tattoo chick.
00:28:39I need that algo she did on that guy that was doing that thing that one time.
00:28:42Is that illegal?
00:28:43No.
00:28:44No.
00:28:45It's not illegal.
00:28:46Just frowned upon.
00:28:47Okay.
00:28:47Hold on.
00:28:48Yep.
00:28:49Lucky, are you still there?
00:28:50Yeah, I'm here.
00:28:51Okay.
00:28:51Listen to me.
00:28:51It was Napa Valley, 29th, and the mud baths.
00:28:55Got it.
00:28:56Danish CFO.
00:28:57Like, you know, 30, 30, 30, 30.
00:28:59Get me that, uh, code monkey with the pink hair.
00:29:02The none of the above with the door knocker in her nose.
00:29:04Sorry, their nose.
00:29:05Just get her.
00:29:06On it, Duncan.
00:29:11Hey, uh, get up.
00:29:13What is this?
00:29:14Get up from behind my desk with him.
00:29:16Did anyone see you sitting there?
00:29:17I don't think so.
00:29:18How's progress?
00:29:19Uh, the, uh, gentleman from the Napa mud baths is now in Copenhagen.
00:29:23Okay.
00:29:24Get him.
00:29:25What's the problem?
00:29:26In Europe, this is against...
00:29:27This is America.
00:29:28We have our own rules here.
00:29:29I mean, we play football with a football.
00:29:32Okay.
00:29:32Um, this algo is an AI-powered threat shield intended to protect people and their privacy.
00:29:37I know.
00:29:38I've seen it.
00:29:38And I find its scope annoyingly narrow.
00:29:41It synthesizes socials, biometrics, financials.
00:29:44Uh, your current algo is just a data aggregator that can account for orphaned info sets.
00:29:49Which is fine for your corporate clients, but not performant under data-rich scenarios.
00:29:55So...
00:29:57This is...
00:29:58I mean, it can capture someone's entire digital footprint in a heartbeat.
00:30:03Now you're making my heartbeat.
00:30:05Its scope is basically God's eye.
00:30:08Good.
00:30:09Super scoping, then.
00:30:10But in the wrong hands, it could...
00:30:12It could...
00:30:12You...
00:30:12Whose hands are you talking about my hands?
00:30:16Hmm?
00:30:17Listen, you make a wrench, right?
00:30:19And I buy that wrench.
00:30:21Right?
00:30:23If I fix a leak or break someone's kneecap with it, it's not up to the wrench, girl.
00:30:27But my algo isn't intended-
00:30:28No, my algo.
00:30:29Mine.
00:30:30You work here.
00:30:31You developed it.
00:30:32Here.
00:30:33It is mine.
00:30:34Or do you want me to slap you with the lawsuit?
00:30:37If you did that, I would quit.
00:30:39Obviously.
00:30:39And then one of your other employees would need to be capable of supervising, which they're...
00:30:45not.
00:30:49Lucky, can you give us the room?
00:30:54I told you to fix the door.
00:30:56Sorry.
00:30:57Um...
00:30:59Mr. Park, there are rules.
00:31:00Rules are designed to keep morons in line.
00:31:03Are you a moron?
00:31:03No, you aren't.
00:31:04And think about it, okay?
00:31:06What if this algo ends up protecting evildoers when it should be exposing them?
00:31:12Hmm?
00:31:13Who's gonna...
00:31:14Who's gonna make that call?
00:31:15You?
00:31:15Every time?
00:31:18Yeah.
00:31:19How about we develop this?
00:31:20Hmm?
00:31:20Right?
00:31:21I'll give you the resources you need.
00:31:24Don't you want to see the rocket you built punch a hole in the sky?
00:31:28Isn't that why you came to the valley?
00:31:30Yeah.
00:31:32Okay, so how godlike is this?
00:31:34Omniscience?
00:31:35Semi-deity omniscience?
00:31:37Omniscience.
00:31:38What's that?
00:31:38We're about to find out.
00:31:48Here.
00:31:49Spoof it from this number.
00:31:57Lily?
00:31:58I was just thinking about your young self.
00:32:01Hello?
00:32:02Hi?
00:32:04Say hi there.
00:32:05Hang on.
00:32:08That was...
00:32:09Press releases, personal calendars, text chains, posts, search engine requests...
00:32:14That's a big boat.
00:32:15Oh.
00:32:15It's really...
00:32:16He...
00:32:17He's handsome.
00:32:18Yeah.
00:32:19Nope.
00:32:21How much does he make?
00:32:24Fuck.
00:32:26Okay.
00:32:28He got a tonsillectomy when he was a kid.
00:32:30I did too.
00:32:31He likes sweet beer, herring, anal.
00:32:36Okay.
00:32:37Do you want more of the sex stuff?
00:32:38Cause I can tweak it too.
00:32:39No, no, no.
00:32:41It's...
00:32:43Okay.
00:32:50This is, um...
00:32:54This is a thing.
00:33:01Good work.
00:33:06Hey.
00:33:07I don't know your name.
00:33:08What is it?
00:33:09Harper.
00:33:09Harper.
00:33:10Hi.
00:33:11Um...
00:33:11I can count on your complete discretion with this.
00:33:15Right?
00:33:16What do you want?
00:33:17Um...
00:33:17I want to get you something.
00:33:19I...
00:33:20What do you need?
00:33:21What do you need? Anything.
00:33:21An office of my own.
00:33:37No!
00:33:43Jameson.
00:33:44Hey, kiddo.
00:33:45What are you up to these days?
00:33:48Soccer tournament.
00:33:49Stalker tournament.
00:33:50That sounds...
00:33:51Soccer.
00:33:52Soccer.
00:33:53I prefer skiing and squash, but they have wealth connotations.
00:33:56Uh-huh.
00:33:57Soccer's more relatable.
00:33:58Hey, Tessie's here somewhere.
00:34:00You two should...
00:34:01Get together.
00:34:02When's the last time you guys had a sleepover?
00:34:05Not since, like, seventh grade.
00:34:08Okay, can you just hold...
00:34:11that...
00:34:11face?
00:34:12I'm building an intelligent entity, more of an autonomous companion,
00:34:15for alienated teens based on personal data ecosystems,
00:34:19but it has been...
00:34:20a real slog to replicate a genuine look of bothersomeness.
00:34:24Thanks, Jamie.
00:34:28Okay, just a sec.
00:34:29Sweetie.
00:34:30Sweetie.
00:34:32Next bite of the lemon square tastes exactly like the first.
00:34:36Yeah.
00:34:38I don't know how many of those she's eating.
00:34:40You try.
00:34:42You try.
00:34:42I mean, it's hard being a parent, right?
00:34:44It's really hard being a mom.
00:34:45It's really hard being a mom.
00:34:50Tell me...
00:34:52I love you.
00:34:52I love you.
00:34:59You try.
00:35:03I love you.
00:35:06I love you.
00:35:08I love you.
00:35:09I love you.
00:35:11I love you.
00:35:13Come.
00:35:15Oww.
00:35:16session in the office.
00:35:17But I'd rather do it now.
00:35:20Duncan, circumstances don't always
00:35:23align with our wishes.
00:35:42Your parents gave you a smartphone?
00:35:45Uh, yeah.
00:35:46Yours don't.
00:35:48Smarts are worse than hard drugs.
00:35:49Twice as addictive.
00:35:51Doesn't every parent here, like,
00:35:54work on tech stuff?
00:35:56Arms dealers don't give their kids landmines.
00:35:58And the whole day of things like that.
00:36:28Add mums in the dead 보�es, like,
00:36:34does your mom still take your body mass index every night what was her thing like
00:36:38anything over petite and you're eight percent less likely to get into a top ten
00:36:44amazing here you're klepto now that or pyromania and you have to repeat the 11th grade plus
00:36:54community service and i have to see dr gary court ordered triple crown poor tessie stealing the flag
00:37:04off the flagpole turning the exit signs into no exit signs so deep or just another cry for help
00:37:13you found me out jimmy just remember if it comes down to it it's across the street for attention
00:37:20up the road if you want results
00:37:40hello well you're not ashamed to be seen with me what are you talking about
00:37:47everybody from cupertino tim little tim guy's staring at me like he's trying to castrate me
00:37:54telepathically it's working too he's just gloating what why he convinced big tim to shut down the
00:38:04acquisition talks mind you after you leaked the rumor what did you say it wasn't that
00:38:13but i heard he called you a dumb man's genius at least on someone's genius not everybody's asshole
00:38:20he comes to my house he comes to my house clothing that is
00:38:25how much of my stock do you own huh little tim blabs about the acquisition snafu to any of these
00:38:30people here anyone he won't okay he won't yeah well he better not i'm just saying you stand to lose
00:38:36too i know that's why i had to firewall myself off from all of it oh and yet you still
00:38:40heard him call
00:38:40me a dumbass that just happened to get through your firewall the zinger i mean he's he's cutting me
00:38:47off at the balls here i need you to shut that shit down is it the stock you're worried about
00:38:53or your dick
00:38:54it's one in the same
00:39:19so this whole experience is you know quite out of the box
00:39:23yeah
00:39:27happy to get to work and bring my daughter to give her the best opportunity
00:39:31oh uh by the way lily knows you came to my session last night yeah i know i texted her
00:39:39why would you do that misunderstandings they're unpredictable costly and easily avoidable with a
00:39:44bit of truth i got lost in translation she went and banged a guy in napa
00:39:51oh that is not i'm sorry no i know i know i know i'm sorry i just wanted to give
00:39:56didia not a
00:39:56respect and agency well mission super duper accomplished don't it's no okay no sound like a truffle
00:40:05pick i want to officially introduce the reason we're all here an educator who took a top 50 in
00:40:25pasadena to the top five before that masters from columbia harvard before that and a terrifically
00:40:34underprivileged upbringing in chicago i knew the minute i heard her speak at the aspen education
00:40:40summit that she was the one to lead us into the future raising money off frothy numbers to sugarcoat
00:40:47the rotten apple is what built this town it's not fraud not now if not now i will do harm
00:40:54to myself
00:40:54and or others jesus fun uh goodness i um should have prepared something
00:41:07i know you're all ready for a new chapter at las altas
00:41:15oh orson hey i uh i what hey hey sorry
00:41:25oh that kid laid a thinker
00:41:43hi um this is this is weird but i was in there and i i saw you take that thing
00:41:50i don't know what you're talking about bro oh well that guy in there he just he saw me come
00:41:55out
00:41:55of the library and he might think that i took it like it's so facto or whatever
00:42:01um
00:42:19okay so listen i'm in crisis right now this is you're looking at it and my therapist who's supposed to
00:42:27know me better than anyone thinks i'm a fraud okay Duncan i i i didn't call you a fraud okay
00:42:34i said
00:42:35what i said was that you you might be committing fraud what is the difference you're not a murderer
00:42:40you're just someone who committed murder and here when you use the word fraud in the valley that's
00:42:45kind of like saying good hustle okay i i i spoke to a lawyer friend what what i didn't mention
00:42:55your name or anything why would you why would you talk to a lawyer what oh you haven't done anything
00:43:02about this yet acted on any of it i've done the analytics you know i i i i bag a
00:43:07high profile
00:43:08investor and then everybody forgets about cupertino and we grow we grow i'm sexy again come and get it
00:43:15but you'd have to lie to to do it it's it's it's market manipulation and it is a felony a
00:43:22felony a
00:43:23felony no look okay here you you came here today right and i'm just gonna assume to benefit your
00:43:31business right so you snarf out a bunch of potential hotshot clients and they're
00:43:34fucked up kids and that's no i my child is attending los altos you don't have a child
00:43:45you just met him the pooter okay no i'm sorry i'm sorry i think that we should be getting back
00:43:52to
00:43:53your dad i just had an uh-huh i did it's a really good one okay okay okay out of
00:43:59all your illustrious
00:44:00clients right maybe there is one or two in my arena or adjacent and that maybe their business
00:44:08needs aligned with mine and and maybe their personalities match as well and you could set
00:44:13us up for i don't know a lunch okay i am uh not a dating service for businessmen duncan i
00:44:20am a
00:44:21therapist and you need to respect that okay life coaches do it all the time i am not of i
00:44:27am not a
00:44:27coach no no i listen i want to continue doing the work i do with you with you then i
00:44:34think that
00:44:35you need to face the discomfort of your truths you pumped your stock right yeah and now you want to
00:44:47do more of it i mean if the sec find out you could go to jail jail don't
00:44:54yeah well you wouldn't be the first ceo to end up there you make me feel worse you do and
00:45:00that is
00:45:00not your job i'm pretty sure that is the opposite of your job okay right here this is why we
00:45:07have
00:45:07sessions in an office boundaries okay look i i i i apologize duncan and i am ending this conversation
00:45:16right now no hey wait listen lily's having an affair i'm just a bit agitated more than usual and
00:45:27you keep bringing up the sec and lawyer and well i am i i depend on you and i respect
00:45:34you there is
00:45:39there's no one else
00:45:50oh man that's a good shower yeah
00:45:56finally an ounce of respect for the va huh all right
00:46:01i want some legit above-board decadence yeah i just wish the meetings went better
00:46:08oh no pouting jeffrey come on no feelings in a firefight smell this
00:46:16bergamot smells good yeah earl grey right yeah come on look around we're doing okay
00:46:23i'm gonna do my pitch tonight all the wigs will be there the big ones the little ones
00:46:29hell yeah i will make my case i'll be passionate i'm great when i'm passionate
00:46:38do you want to help me get passionate
00:46:46uh tom yeah what about the behavioral health forum in fairlawn huh backseat of that car
00:46:53yeah yeah i got you drunk cross the line sorry but you know if i'm being honest
00:47:02not sorry i wasn't that drunk
00:47:07oh
00:47:10but uh
00:47:14yeah yeah i was younger once you know you know no handsomer no no no no all the officers wives
00:47:23wanted me yeah you wanted the officers yeah you're still handsome and my boss yeah right yeah
00:47:39you're gonna be great you know you can get some wow yeah
00:47:46y'all didn't invent moving fast and breaking things we did
00:47:51we need to be agile and america is the greatest startup of them all
00:47:56the future is coming we like that startup energy we're going to require our contractors to look
00:48:05over existing genes and let us know what's good about it on the first place let's go to the movies
00:48:18born from carbon woven composite skin wonderful speech general i'm afraid we're gonna have to bump
00:48:24mr roughage we pay overtime if we go even a minute over but wait since he wasn't
00:48:30part of the original program is he gonna have trouble reimbursing his room yeah that's
00:48:36twenty one hundred dollars a night i mean you could lie say you spoke just don't get caught
00:48:42don let me say my piece five minutes that's it it's not about being reimbursed it's for the vets
00:48:48i find it best to leave these decisions to major martian you son of a bitch you set me up
00:48:59to
00:48:59fuck me down how long are you gonna hold a grudge oh you know what to hell with this i'm
00:49:07speaking you can
00:49:08just try and stop me okay
00:49:41hey handsome hey dad how's it going not bad you know for an old gazer how's it going there when
00:49:48uh
00:49:48when does school start day after labor day i think this place just it feels like a weird simaculum of
00:49:57life simulacrum simulacrum uh there's these clients who pay to come see mom and gary on the hour
00:50:05it's so weird and there's one guy who's worth like a bazillion dollars but he's the saddest man
00:50:09you've ever seen the world there is not the world your mother loved it i did not yeah
00:50:20i really want to come home soon december 19th the day this semester ends um and i i checked on
00:50:28the
00:50:2821st bso's playing berlioz symphony fantastique it's berlioz the worst case scenario you do both
00:50:37semesters out there
00:50:41um
00:50:54shit
00:52:09Who need to know what they're doing or else people, real people, will suffer.
00:52:16I mean, what do we get for keeping the wheels on the bus from falling off?
00:52:20Why did, uh, Voorhees fire you?
00:52:24I don't know. Who remembers?
00:52:28I might have bought him for his son.
00:52:32Don Jr.
00:52:34Oof.
00:52:35That's what he wanted to be called.
00:52:38Yeah.
00:52:38Wow.
00:52:39I know.
00:52:40They're military.
00:52:41Like, and should I be all gung-ho like war's my jam?
00:52:44Or is it like, oh, we don't talk about blood and guts and stuff like that?
00:52:49Just be yourself.
00:52:51Who else would I be, huh?
00:52:53Duncan, this is the story you need.
00:52:55Yes.
00:52:55Right, right-o.
00:52:56Once more on to the beach.
00:52:58Bye.
00:53:00Hey, go back to D.C.
00:53:02I need you there.
00:53:04Keep an eye on the jackals.
00:53:06They see safety net and all they think is, where'd I put my scissors?
00:53:09You're staying.
00:53:10Yeah.
00:53:11You hate it here.
00:53:13I hate it everywhere.
00:53:14I complain so much, I've lost track of where things fall on my color wheel of shit.
00:53:20It's all one big brown smear.
00:53:23You'll be pointing D.C., okay?
00:53:26We'll talk every day.
00:53:28Mr. Ruvage.
00:53:30Duncan Park, CEO, Hypernosis.
00:53:32Data analytics.
00:53:33I hear you need a data man to help our fighting men in uniform.
00:53:38And women.
00:53:39Can I get you a round of drinks?
00:53:41Uh, yeah.
00:53:43Yeah, two of those.
00:53:44Uh, gentlemen, what can I, what can I do for, I am sorry, I don't, is it the army?
00:53:51Is it the navy, marines?
00:53:54Uh, air force and coast guard, too.
00:53:57Cowabunga.
00:53:58Right?
00:53:58I mean, what, what can Hypernosis do to help us win our next war?
00:54:03Uh, well, it's really the last war we're still fighting.
00:54:08Okay.
00:54:09Of course.
00:54:10Of course.
00:54:11Tracking down the terrorists.
00:54:13So you give us your satellite feed, your secret files, and we, we meld that with our data.
00:54:19We cross it.
00:54:19We blend it.
00:54:20We dig into it.
00:54:21We find the patterns.
00:54:23We find your bad guys.
00:54:24And you just, you just pull the trigger.
00:54:26Done.
00:54:26Win-win.
00:54:27I mean, I mean, not for the guys that you're blowing up, but that, no, they're kind of into
00:54:31it, too.
00:54:31It's their martyrdom.
00:54:32So that's, it's actually a win, win, win.
00:54:36That's sort of the slogan for Hypernosis.
00:54:41It's just, what, we represent America's veterans.
00:54:46We're the VA.
00:54:58How'd it go?
00:55:00What's the matter?
00:55:03Duncan, slow down.
00:55:06I told you they were from the VA.
00:55:08You, you said military, okay?
00:55:10I need a sexy new client, not old urine-soaked vets with their weird hats and broken brains.
00:55:17I thought you got that.
00:55:18Sorry I hooked you up with a bloody government contract.
00:55:20There are more than one kind, okay?
00:55:22More than one kind.
00:55:23There are self-bombers and secret agents, and then there's distributing colostomy bags
00:55:27in tent cities.
00:55:28These men and women, they fought so that, so that we, we here could be free here.
00:55:37I admire them, and I, I've seen the alternatives.
00:55:41But I chose to make a life here, and in spite of its flaws, I'm grateful.
00:55:44Well, then you should have had Cupertino be their hero, okay?
00:55:47My company is not your ethical laundromat, okay?
00:55:51I have a reputation, okay?
00:55:58I know it's not great what people say about me, but, but this is not, this is not the story
00:56:04I need it, okay?
00:56:06This is just, this is goodwill fuckery.
00:56:09And your buddy, Little Tim, Little Tim, that's exactly what he's going to say when he leaks
00:56:15the acquisition fail.
00:56:16No.
00:56:16Yes, yes it is.
00:56:18I, I, I see how that guy looks at me.
00:56:21Like I'm lying in a ditch with my asshole sticking up inside out, so he can drive up with his
00:56:28bodies and go like, hey guys, isn't that Duncan Park in that ditch with his asshole sticking
00:56:33up inside out?
00:56:34Yeah, I know how people are.
00:56:37Because I'm one of them.
00:56:39I'm a person and I'm like that.
00:56:41So you're walking away?
00:56:43You're goddamn right and you're going to tell the VA guys.
00:56:45That is your punishment, okay?
00:56:47Just put them out of their misery.
00:56:49They've probably been to more funerals than birthdays anyway.
00:56:52They can take it.
00:56:53Thanks.
00:56:55Thanks.
00:57:03Message from Harper.
00:57:09Message, message from Harper, message from Harper, message, message, message from Harper.
00:57:20You gotta be kidding me.
00:57:29Um, before we start, I think it's important to ensure your commitment to the doctor-patient
00:57:37confidentiality thing.
00:57:38You know everything about me, as it should be.
00:57:42And as you know, I have trust issues.
00:57:46Duncan, where are we going with this?
00:57:50Easier to hear me out.
00:57:53Um, on May 7th, you missed a session due to the flu, but you were actually getting varicose
00:57:59veins removed.
00:58:01Hypernosis, my company.
00:58:02We harvest your data every time you click Agree, and then we put that all into an algorithm
00:58:08that would make the Patriot Act blush.
00:58:10Anything, everywhere, anybody.
00:58:14I know.
00:58:15All that godlike knowledge.
00:58:17And still, Cupertino didn't want us.
00:58:19The thing is, we're not all that unique.
00:58:24The amount of companies with as much or more capability than the NSA would give you nightmares.
00:58:29Here, Russia, China, India, they all have what I have on you.
00:58:34If they only cared to look.
00:58:36Duncan, um, I fear that you, you may be having a psychotic episode.
00:58:43Half of it's public filings and court cases, like how you and your ex-husband both try to
00:58:47dodge custody of the kid.
00:58:49Pretty sure little Orwell would love to hear that.
00:58:55Okay.
00:58:57Okay.
00:58:58You need to leave.
00:59:01Right now.
00:59:02You need to face the discomforts of your truths, Jojo.
00:59:09When I told you my company was in trouble, within 53 seconds of me leaving this office,
00:59:14you sold your shares.
00:59:15And I was like, what?
00:59:17That hurt.
00:59:18No faith in Dunkey?
00:59:20And then I asked myself, I was like, why did she have shares in my company?
00:59:25Sounds like a conflict of interest.
00:59:27No?
00:59:28Oh my goodness, could it be?
00:59:29Yes.
00:59:30Yes, it is.
00:59:32You've been running a magnificent scam on all your high-end, blubbering billionaire
00:59:37clients.
00:59:37You, the trusted repository of the Valley's ultimate insider information.
00:59:43VC agonizing about an upcoming earnings call sell.
00:59:47CEO hopes his wife finally respects him after an upcoming secret merger.
00:59:51Bye.
00:59:53What's the harm?
00:59:54Except it's a felony and you can go to jail for it.
00:59:57Duncan, this is madness.
00:59:58You are confabulating and it's a, a, a concern.
01:00:03That superior tone is something I really would like you to work on.
01:00:07Sit.
01:00:09Sit, please.
01:00:12We're both flawed human beings, you and I.
01:00:16With your degree, you could have chosen to help filthy city urchins with their nasty demons,
01:00:21but no, no, no, you planted yourself in the single richest enclave in America to help cure the
01:00:27scourge for performance anxiety.
01:00:30Sudden wealth syndrome?
01:00:31No.
01:00:33You profited.
01:00:35It really is okay and you'll still profit.
01:00:38Me too.
01:00:41Because you're going to dish all that life-giving dirt to me.
01:00:46Not today, though.
01:00:47No.
01:00:48Today, I feel comfortable.
01:00:51Earthed.
01:00:52There's level ground between us.
01:00:56Feels better, right?
01:00:59So can we please just, please, talk about my dad?
01:01:20Hello?
01:01:23Hello?
01:01:25Hello?
01:01:39you are inviting a pushback that is going to feel like the wrath of god
01:01:43dad you're like having a breakdown
01:01:51we're gonna make money 10 million data points on every person from birth you're not predicting
01:01:57behavior you're steering it your algorithm says all that yes that's the kind of tech
01:02:05that could help people my patients have dangerous violent tendencies
01:02:11i just want to crush them what is your deal bro i know tech changed the world but so did
01:02:20the bubonic plague i don't get it you're bot is it a moron i mean is it based on a
01:02:25moron
01:02:28you do not want this guy renting your company hey
01:02:33prepare to have your mind blown
01:02:40welcome to the table read of the audacity first block
01:02:46it's about to get real
01:02:49the audacity episode 101 we follow up a silicon valley ceo duncan park 40s biohacked and bespectacled
01:02:58in episode one the first thing that i wrote down was duncan's opening line more than physical pain
01:03:04uh i fear humiliation and it felt like it was being said to somebody in confidence angle on dr joanne
01:03:12felder psychologist 40s she kind of runs the valley's mindset or the psychology lost man children
01:03:20it became a question of how can we make this relationship more than just therapist patient
01:03:25they started the season a little bit in performance of themselves especially joanne
01:03:29she's like playing the good therapist when word gets out how will that make you feel and uh when
01:03:37do you expect that to be let's see what happens when you are a powerful person discussing corporate
01:03:44secrets successes and failures in a therapeutic setting and what does the therapist do with the
01:03:50information which is essentially insider information really this is strictly between us
01:03:58schmuck it was fun also doing some therapy scenes with zach would you like to starfish no
01:04:03okay yeah thank you bardolph is he's an angry man and very resentful and feels like he's never
01:04:12gotten his flowers that he deserves as being one of the pioneers of silicon valley his main problem
01:04:19is greed like most of the characters doesn't it make you feel good to see your legacy in action
01:04:26legacy jeez bardolph's law is something i wrote on in afghan on speed when we still have fast machines
01:04:33the doctor patient confidentiality thing just how airtight is that i can't speak with anyone about
01:04:39what you say not unless you're meaning to do harm to yourself or others i grew up in a house
01:04:45with a
01:04:45psychiatrist and a therapist with their offices in the house and i could hear the patients i was a
01:04:52teenager and i chose not to listen to them because they were mostly really boring but i could listen
01:04:58to them it's that sort of funny faith that this room's a safe space why what's so safe about it
01:05:05when i
01:05:05told you my company was in trouble within 53 seconds of me leaving this office you soldier shares these
01:05:12two seemingly are so different but then they actually have a lot in common she is shown to be
01:05:19somebody with ethical lapses who cuts corners herself it really is okay and you'll still profit
01:05:25me too because you're going to dish all that life giving dirt to me end of episode
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