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pen,” Shane replies. “I think we've got a presi- leaders are now the norm, you know what I ask yourself, ‘Am I doing enough? What would
dent of the United States, who was a TV person- mean? make me happy? What would make my family,
ality and a businessman, who is now president "Everything is unknown. No one knows if my friends, the people I love, happy?’ So, just
of arguably the most powerful nation on the there is a God. That's the truth, because no one ask that one internal thing, man. ‘Am I ok? Am I
planet, you've got all this talk with Russia. You've has gone there and come back and been able happy? What would make me happy?’ And that
all these leaders that are dictating what we to tell us. Aliens, AI, I just feel like, right now, the will lead the way. But, what scares me with this
should and shouldn't do. Politics isn't what it was world is an open book and we will find out more power, technology, is the people in these pow-
before, now they are all cardboard cutouts say- down this path than we probably have in a very erful positions making these huge decisions."
ing the same thing. long time. And I just hope that's good and not Although, not everyone in a powerful posi-
"And then, you have this technology side of bad." tion is damaging. There are some well-known
society, where the leaps we are making could We ask Shane if he thinks the combination personalities that do actually care and come
be incredible, or could be the end of us, you of power and a lack of understanding is danger- from a good place.
know what I mean? It's a seesaw ride at the ous. "Yeah, because again, it's trial and error," "What I find remarkable is that every single
minute, which I have never experienced in my he tells us. "We've always done that, haven't we, person in power has got there a certain way,”
lifetime. There was always the same old when it with the stuff which was really bad, atomic Shane says. “So, now you have Trump in power
came to politics, leaders and technology, to a bombs and stuff? Millions of people have died because of his business, and he always gets
certain degree, it was just the next version of the because of something like that. Look at what what he wants, and he seems to be ruthless in
iPhone! Hitler was trying to do and you can get very that way, but the people who really speak sense,
"But now, you've got AI, which is its own deep here. But, history has shown us that mis- are comedians like Ricky Gervais.
thing, and God knows where that's going in the takes have to happen for us to realise what we "Creative people who love art, who perform
future. So, it's all very unknown, and, like I said, should be doing. on stage, seem to have a more rounded, bal-
it could be amazing. But, nine times out of 10, "And, I feel like technology is at this place anced idea of the world. They are not built in a
when you look back in history, there are mis- where all this is artificial intelligence which will way where, in order to get this, you have to do
takes before things get better. So, it's daunting, show us the way, but, ultimately, it will come this. They don't have the formula of power and
exciting and, who knows, man. I just hope, for back to us. And, it all goes back to the first ques- greed and to be the first. There doesn't seem to
my kids’ sake, it turns out better." tion you asked and that all we can do is, inter- be a general balanced mix of people who are in
We ask if there is something which he thinks nally, be better. And, therefore, that will spread politics. And, I often think that the people who
people need to understand more. positivity to our fellow man. And, I think, if you are in politics, shouldn't be in politics! The peo-
Without hesitation, he tells us, "Yeah, it's all focus on the small stuff, the bigger stuff will fall ple who are thinking about humanity should be
over! The problem is, bud, when you are talking into place. in politics, and I'm not sure that is the case."
about humans, God, AI, it's all unknown, it's all "But, what scares me, is that everyone is "People like Ricky Gervais, Stephen Fry is
trial and error, and it's terrifying, but, at fighting to be the first. Power, the greed, the another, that level of intelligence, where they are
the same time, we have to go technology, and they are doing it in order observing the world and they can see be-
through that. So, we'll know at to become powerful, and not necessar- haviours and patterns, they probably have a bet-
the end of Trump's running as ily thinking about the consequences ter look on how life should be than most
a president if it was good or - and that is what the song is politicians do. People who observe the
bad for us. We could revert about. It's what the album world have a more balanced view
back to how it was, or it is about, so you can of the world."
could be a chain reac- ask these ques-
tion, where these sort of tions, so you can

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