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Quentin Sellers: You're a playlist guy.
Ben Manalowitz: What does that mean?
Quentin Sellers: When some computer recommends you a bunch of songs based on your favorites and a bunch more--based on your favorites of those. Right. So you're listening to a bunch of music that, I mean, you genuinely like...
Ben Manalowitz: Yeah.
Quentin Sellers: ...but you have no idea who sings it. Now, these playlists? It's like the dating app for music. You're not hearing other people's voices. You're just hearing your voice get played back to you. How are you supposed to fall in love? Art used to be in charge of us. You used to buy a whole album not even knowing what songs would be on it. Now we have everything on demand. At your fingertips. In pieces. You think half the people that are posting quotes from Oscar Wilde have ever actually read one of his plays?
Ben Manalowitz: No.
Quentin Sellers: Or posting photos of Audrey Hepburn have actually seen the film it's from?
Ben Manalowitz: No.
Quentin Sellers: Not a chance, right?
Ben Manalowitz: What is that about, huh?
Quentin Sellers: It's the same in culture as it is in archaeology. When a civilization collapses, only the tiniest fragments remain. But we can built it up again.
Ben Manalowitz: How?
Quentin Sellers: Make recordings. Real people. Not what people think they already know and want to hear. Real people. Not some generic stereotype or generic song. Real people
Ben Manalowitz: What does that mean?
Quentin Sellers: When some computer recommends you a bunch of songs based on your favorites and a bunch more--based on your favorites of those. Right. So you're listening to a bunch of music that, I mean, you genuinely like...
Ben Manalowitz: Yeah.
Quentin Sellers: ...but you have no idea who sings it. Now, these playlists? It's like the dating app for music. You're not hearing other people's voices. You're just hearing your voice get played back to you. How are you supposed to fall in love? Art used to be in charge of us. You used to buy a whole album not even knowing what songs would be on it. Now we have everything on demand. At your fingertips. In pieces. You think half the people that are posting quotes from Oscar Wilde have ever actually read one of his plays?
Ben Manalowitz: No.
Quentin Sellers: Or posting photos of Audrey Hepburn have actually seen the film it's from?
Ben Manalowitz: No.
Quentin Sellers: Not a chance, right?
Ben Manalowitz: What is that about, huh?
Quentin Sellers: It's the same in culture as it is in archaeology. When a civilization collapses, only the tiniest fragments remain. But we can built it up again.
Ben Manalowitz: How?
Quentin Sellers: Make recordings. Real people. Not what people think they already know and want to hear. Real people. Not some generic stereotype or generic song. Real people
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You're a playlist guy
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What does that mean
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When some computer recommends you a bunch of songs
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based on your favorites and a bunch more
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based on your favorites of those Right
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So you're listening to a bunch of music that
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I mean you genuinely like Yeah
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But you have no idea who sings it
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Now these playlists it's like the dating app for music
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You're not hearing other people's voices
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You're just hearing your voice get played back at you
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How are you supposed to fall in love
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Art used to be in charge of us
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You used to buy a whole album
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not even knowing what songs would be on it
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Now we have everything on demand
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At your fingertips
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In pieces
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You think half the people that are posting quotes
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from Oscar Wilde have ever actually read one of his plays
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No
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Or posting photos of Audrey Hepburn
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have actually seen the film that it's from
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No Not a chance right
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What is that about huh
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It's the same in culture as it is in archaeology
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When a civilization collapses
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only the tiniest fragments remain
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But we can build it back again
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How
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Make recordings
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Real people
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Not what people think that they already know
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and want to hear
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Real people
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Not some generic stereotype or generic song
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Real people
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Movie Summary
A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.
