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Jesse Armstrong

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2025-06-05

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1. “Well, that did feel beyond satire, so I didn't put it in. But do you believe in other people? I think is a sort of more direct expression of it. I guess I'd also say it's a little bit of a more sympathetic version because I think it is a problem that all of us face to a certain degree is really believing in the reality of the whole rest of the world. You know, the challenge, I guess, is do I really, really believe that? And if I do, do I act in that way? And I think the tech guys probably don't act in that way. But I'd have to point the finger at myself as well and say, yeah, could I give some more money to charity? Did I need to spend everything I spent on my meal last night on it? So yeah, I have some charitable feelings about these guys, which I'm eager to hear it, whether there's how much of that. Remains in yourself.”

   2025-06-05 · On with Kara Swisher · 'Mountainhead' Writer & Director Jesse Armstrong on Tech Bros, Murdoch and AI · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Yeah, good. Yeah, you packed a lot in there and I'm glad you picked up on that and felt it was real. I mean, the phrase I didn't use, which is very current, right, is NPC, non-playing non-playable characters. It's almost too on the nose to put in to see the world a version of the world where you, whether people who are playing and people who aren't and the people who aren't don't count is”

   2025-06-05 · On with Kara Swisher · 'Mountainhead' Writer & Director Jesse Armstrong on Tech Bros, Murdoch and AI · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT