cently but I don't think they were actually—they were either inert or something. So I don't have any recent experience with it. My first experience I thought changed me forever. So I don't know what's going on. I don't know why once it was a profound life-changing experience and the second time it wasn't. But one possibility is that I'd already changed. I worry about that. I mean, I don't worry about it, but I suppose that would be good. Yeah, why would I want to change again exactly?

Google education. What's that? Shellenberger's chances in the election? Strangely good. Yeah, Michael Shellenberger running as an independent. You know, he's written books on everything from homelessness, how to deal with that, drug addiction, energy policy directly related to California. He's researched forest fire stuff, basically the water problem. Every problem specific to California he's actually become an expert on. And he's an insanely good communicator and persuader. So could he? He actually does have a lane.

I think the difference between me saying he has a really high chance and predicting he actually will win is what the media does. Because he is so media friendly. Like he can appear on media left and right because he's an independent. So he's not locked down to either media. Think about that. Just think about that. Who is the last person who is smart enough to figure out how to stake out a position in which CNN and Fox News would both be equally happy to have you as a guest? Name one other person who has accomplished that. Can you?

Now, Andrew Yang. Okay. Well, Trump for a while and then he even gave up. Arnold, actually. Arnold's pretty good. Arnold is good. All right, so I guess there are a few. But Mark Cuban, but you know he's not as political as he could be. Yeah, Elon Musk, right? But they're not political, remember. So I'm talking about somebody actually running for office who would be just as desired on the left and right.

And here's the reason. What makes news is not just doing something well. That's not news because people are doing things at various levels of quality all the time. It can't all be news. What's news is somebody does something a different way. And that's the thing he's got. And the different way is so obviously superior it's a different way that literally nobody can argue with. Like what would be the argument against him having a deep knowledge and best-selling books on exactly the topic that you're trying to solve? Now you could argue you don't like his solution, but you can't argue against that being a better process. Like having somebody who's really shown by his own production, the work he's produced and the activism—I mean he's been directly on the streets working on fentanyl and stuff.

So if you were to design a perfect candidate, that candidat