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Thanks to the show, Goldblum himself has now made some viral videos. There’s one where he dances along with Collab Crib, performs a bit of TikTok trompe-l’oeil with illusionist and creator Zach King, unboxes Nike shoes from a garbage can-shaped box with sneakerhead YouTuber Jacques Slade, and has a Korean BBQ mukbang with food YouTuber Stephanie Soo. He’ll probably have another one on his (very big-seeming) hands as they take over the Tiny Kitchen YouTube channel to make spaghetti and meatballs with food stylist and culinary producer Hannah Aufmuth in an upcoming episode on tiny things.
In all of these videos and throughout the show, he’s physically close with people, a point he emphasizes in our interview to expound on our new pandemic world that doesn’t always allow for such things. “I’m now even more in touch like I think a lot of people are, you know, with our appetite and hunger and our need for as much as the air we breathe, our proximity to and connection with each other.” When asked how our newly technologically mediated interactions have affected him, Goldblum said that technology, “if we use it well and wisely, can provide an intimate and close-making experience when we’re scattered.”
Technology can’t replicate so many of our human experiences but sometimes it can expand our idea of what those are. In an episode on fireworks, Goldblum is visibly moved by a display of the real thing and also has an emotional experience when he views a less explosive take on it. He visits Intel for a light show featuring hundreds of synced drones that make jellyfish dance, flowers bloom, and our own planet appear in the night sky.
“It is maybe different, but it’s adjacent to the experience, at least for me of fireworks,” Goldblum said to us. “You know where you smell that flame and you hear the sound and all that. It would seem a colder kind of experience, but they’re amazing and you can believe the same kind of awe and wonder took hold of me at least while I was watching these things.”
Witnessing a potential drone army, however beautiful it may be in the context of a clear California night, and coming to such conclusions errs on the side of a utopian vision of our future. And despite more than once playing someone who suffers through a tragic outcome while pursuing scientific inquiry to its limits, Goldblum is a big believer in and booster of science and technology.
“I think we’re at a place where, you know, we could destroy ourselves, as we all know, at the drop of a hat. But maybe we can use all these things with some wisdom and intelligence and sensitivity and talent. You know, that’s what I hope.”
The first five episodes of season two of The World According to Jeff Goldblum are streaming now on Disney+. Look for upcoming episodes on puzzles, birthdays, backyards, and more on January 19th.
