Interview · moment 6 of 37
Seals, Balance, and Massachusetts Shark Documentary
from The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356 · #356
2 min
Guest
Tim argues humans should counter shark threats like a geopolitical rival, references the documentary 'After the Bite' about Cape Cod seal and shark populations, and debates whether nature needs to be kept in check.
- Tim argues people should achieve balance with nature, then questions whether that means not using bug spray or preventing rodents from entering homes.
- Seal populations are out of control in Massachusetts, which is the subject of a documentary called "After the Bite" that Tim finds incredibly boring.
- People from Massachusetts have heinous accents, which Tim says is the worst part of the documentary despite growing up with it.
- The tough guy thing online is to tell swimmers they're in the sharks' home and should accept the risk, but Tim rejects that framing.
- Tim believes we need to see sharks as a threat to counter the same way the U.S. counteracts threats from China with military spending and weapons systems.
- The country spends trillions on defense to prepare for China—shouldn't we experiment with fences and other shark countermeasures with the same resources?