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Minority Report
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It's sort of like Minority Report right it's pre- crime.
Matt Taibbi · The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2023 Listen at 25:03 What they say about it
- Comparing to surveillance tech“Minority Report is real”3
The best things said about it
Minority Report is real. Do you guys remember in Minority Report when he steals the eyeball and then he goes into the mall and it's like hello Mr. Chen and it shows a picture of like an Asian guy that scanned his eye.
The black pill is we all end up in Matrix, Ready Player One, Minority Report, Total Recall.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · May 2023 I can't wait for the augmented reality Minority Report add placements like that when you're just walking through the bus station it's giving you all the stuff.
How about like a was the movie Minority Report where they walk into the subway and they look at the scanner.
Even Minority Report when they're moving stuff around the screen like maybe maybe someday but no one's done anything where you go.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2019 Where and when it comes up
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Minority Report by John D. Griffin and Brian Newman is a science fiction narrative exploring themes of pre-crime, predictive surveillance, and advanced futuristic technology. Tim Pool brought up the work on Timcast IRL to compare cinematic facial scanning and targeted mall advertisements to current shoplifting crackdown trends. Ben Bowlin referenced the story multiple times on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, citing it as a classic cultural touchstone to discuss predictive policing, eye tracking, and intrusive augmented reality advertisements in public transit hubs. Matt Taibbi mentioned the concept on The Joe Rogan Experience while critiquing shifts toward predictive intelligence gathering within government agencies. Dave Rubin similarly invoked the title on The Rubin Report during a conversation regarding dystopian futures, placing it alongside other bleak fictional worlds. Adam also discussed the story on Timcast IRL as an early cinematic depiction of biometric subway scanners while talking about mobile device tracking. Finally, Joe Rogan referenced the movie on The Joe Rogan Experience to contrast futuristic gesture-based computer interfaces with real-world technology. Throughout these various appearances, speakers used the title primarily as a cultural shorthand for the encroachment of futuristic surveillance and predictive security measures into daily life.
Every mention
Ben Bowlin I can't wait for the augmented reality Minority Report add placements like that when you're just walking th… 2
“remember that Minority Report yes yes”
“I can't wait for the augmented reality Minority Report add placements like that when you're just walking through the bus station it's giving you all the stuff”
Dave Rubin The black pill is we all end up in "Matrix," "Ready Player One," "Minority Report, "Total Recall." 1
“The black pill is we all end up in "Matrix," "Ready Player One," "Minority Report, "Total Recall."”
Joe Rogan even minority report when they're moving stuff around the screen like maybe maybe someday but no one's done… 1
“even minority report when they're moving stuff around the screen like maybe maybe someday but no one's done anything where you go”
Matt Taibbi it's sort of like Minority Report right it's pre- crime 1
“it's sort of like Minority Report right it's pre- crime”
Tim Pool Minority Report is real. Do you guys remember in Minority Report when he he steals the eyeball and then he… 1
“Minority Report is real. Do you guys remember in Minority Report when he he steals the eyeball and then he goes into the mall and it's like hello Mr. Chen and it shows a picture of like an Asian guy that scanned his eye.”
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“how about like a was the movie Minority Report where they walk into the subway and they look at the scanner”
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“Hey, yeah, let's get pregs here, precognition from Minority Report to predict a crime.”
“Yeah, he's talking about minority report. Precognition. Yeah, minority report.”
“Simply Safe is different. It can stop crimes before they happen. It's like Minority Report, only in real life.”
“It's um what's that movie we always talk about? Minority Report. That's Minority. Yeah. The pre-rime calculation.”
“- I mean, it's truly, it's an episode of "Black Mirror" with a little bit of "Minority Reports" and "Total Recall", a little bit of "The Matrix". It's all happening right now.”
“but the videos of these things recovering now like you're amazing isn't it's unbelievable people come up to them with like the Minority Report everything's come up to them with sticks and they whack them”