Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 8037 “ The folks in Silicon Valley don’t realize it, but theirs is argu- ably the most subsi- dized industry in the history of the world. Yet they are produc- ing things that do not increase productivity growth. ” Farrell: One of the key things in any gnostic system is to tinker with language, signal your subservience to the agenda. You signal your raised consciousness by adopting the new, which is always an artificial language, designed, in turn, to break down common discourse, civilization, and culture. We are creating a Tower of Babel, so to speak, to break down culture and break down discourse. Ultimately the result is lost productivity. Fitts: Right. Farrell: If you think it’s trendy to be transgen- der and to use this type of language, I’m more concerned about language than whether people are transgender. I do not care less whether they are one thing or another, but language itself is a different matter. We use it to communicate, to cement our contracts, to negotiate, and to create. When you break down the language, you are interfering at a very, very fundamental level. I wholeheartedly urge people – especially at Van- derbilt – to stand up and say, “No.” I even did a blog on my website, about the fact that when I started my PhD, I was offered a full scholarship at a major American university – the whole thing paid. But in order to do this, I was told that I would have to take a class in the use of gender-inclusive language. I just said, “No.” That is one of the major reasons I went to Ox- ford. I wanted a place where I had the freedom to argue what I wanted in the diction and lan- guage that I chose, which is the standard diction and language of ordinary English. Fitts: Good decision. Farrell: Yes. This is something that people must understand. These changes are not harmless. Bolsheviks did this inside Russia with the Rus- sian language after they took over, and intro- duced a period of cultural shock and change that they were able to manipulate and control. This was part of their revolution. People need to be very, very cautious. Fitts: We just saw the announcement that the U.S. Navy is requiring all personnel to go through transgender training by the end of 2017. Do you know what an enormous investment that is? Farrell: It’s an investment in terms of time as well. Fitts: What the Navy needs to do is make sure that it can outwit the Donald Cook situation. Farrell: Exactly, this is militarily suicidal. You don’t use the military for social engineering. The sad fact is that since before World War II, even before World War I, the US military has been used by progressives in this country as a social engineering test bed. I don’t care if people are transgendered, but the military is not the field for social engineering agendas, especially if you are Mr. Global and planning to confront Russia or perhaps even fight a war with Russia. I can guarantee you that people in the Russian army or navy or air force get no sensitivity training; they get training in tactics, operations, and military things. Fitts: Right. Farrell: We just saw the results of American op- erational training in the US army in Germany. We didn’t even place. We came behind Den- mark and Poland. That’s not good. Fitts: That’s not good. Another place where productivity has come down is technology from the black budget, and black budget money pours into Silicon Valley and lowers the cost of capital. The folks in Silicon Valley don’t realize it, but theirs is arguably the most subsidized industry in the history of the world. Yet they are producing things that do not increase productivity growth. In fact, they harm productivity because they improve surveillance capitalism and centralized control, contributing mightily to shadow work, negative return on investment, and the destruc- tion of privacy. and I could go on and on. I’m beginning to see just a hint and a whiff of people getting frustrated. You saw the one big article from the editor of MIT Technology write, “Dear Silicon Valley, forget flying cars. Give us US economic growth.” People are starting to realize that much really