136 - WWIII vs the Machines | Demetri Kofinas

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Unpacking the Episode:
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-demetri

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Demetri Kofinas is a digital entrepreneur and host of the Hidden Forces Podcast, one of our favorites.

Demetri has a broad perspective on geopolitics, which we explore as we discuss the probability of a World War 3, diplomacy among superpowers, and surviving the rise of the machines.

Have we lost the ability to solve hard problems as a species?

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro - Demetri Kofinas
6:30 Hidden Forces
10:26 Towards Chaos
18:00 Cyclical Powers
23:15 Taiwan Case Study
28:30 Trusting Institutions
31:23 State Sovereignty
37:50 Military Power & US Politics
45:00 Liminal Warfare
51:00 Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us
1:00:35 Chinese Algorithms
1:06:15 Unity, Diversity, Identity
1:12:05 Layer Zero Social Values
1:20:05 Losing Our Humanity
1:25:00 Cycling through Chaos
1:28:40 Improving Systems
1:37:30 Closing

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Resources:

Demetri on Twitter
https://twitter.com/kofinas?s=20&t=cNy4k855qT6O3xHtEC6xZw

Hidden Forces
https://hiddenforces.io/

Theories of War with David Kilcullen
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/david-kilcullen-national-emergency/

Episode 28 - Industrial Society and its Future
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/demetri-kofinas-industrial-society-and-its-future/

Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us
https://www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2/

Brave New World
https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523

The Fourth Turning
https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464

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Hidden Forces Episodes:

Industrial Society and its Future
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/demetri-kofinas-industrial-society-and-its-future/
Encryption and the Will to Power
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/demetri-kofinas-industrial-society-and-its-future/
Surveillance Capitalism with Sohshana Zuboff
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/surveillance-capitalism-shoshana-zuboff/
Complex Systems with David Weinberger
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/david-weinberger-ai-prediction/
The Age of AI with Eric Schmidt & Dan Huttenlocher
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/eric-schmidt-ai-human-future-national-security/
Predicting the Future with Tim O'Reilly
https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/tim-oreilly-predict-the-future/
Kill Chain with Chris Brose