Thank you for your explaination of conspiratal thinking. Im baffled by how many intelligent people go down that path, and your idea of it filling a void is a good idea.
Bottom line: We need positive visions for the future and constructive dialogue on how to get there because loss of faith in the future leads to cynicism and nihilism (the state that e.g. Russia is in).
This conversation provides one more heuristic for our covid times. I'm at the midway point and find myself saying, "This is what has been happening with the pandemic." Of course Putin went for the media first, creating his own kind of 'trusted news initiative.'
I am listening to your preamble to this broadcast and I want you to know I have been waiting for this conversation for ten years. I hope you go where you are hinting at Ill catch you again at the end of this and let you know how I feel about interview
Yes It was more disturbingly prescient than I expected with Russia ramping up its military to stop Ukrainian annexation into NATO I am a carpenter and follow current events as good as anyone I do remember the fall of the Soviet state quite well and feel like we were to arrogant at the time even Zebigneiw Brzezinski (I spell checked ) who I really trusted and Henry Kissenger who I didn’t place much trust in said at the time that adding Ukraine and other eastern block countries to NATO is tantamount to missiles in Cuba
I was sanding floor treads on a staircase as I was listening I wished it lasted longer I made it almost to the bottom of the stairs and yes our future has arrived in Russia and I see how Putin is playing chess while we play checkers. Putin was very unhappy and dejected with the fall of and embarrassment of the collapse of the Soviet Union and would love to hurt us in a similar fashion. He has prepared well but will have to weigh if it’s worth it .he will not miss a chance to inflict pain when we are weak
@@nickkacures2304 and now 2 months later, Putin has Russia swirling the sewer drain of history and everything we thought about a "mighty Russian military" has been exposed as a hoax.
heard your pre-amble like the other commenter, and all I could think of was the warning around letting social media and tech companies create echo chambers so they can sell ads. We are literally breaking into our own dystopia just to sell ads. All in the name of "progress". What I always feared was this in turn to be weaponized by politicians, which it has in the west.
Thank you for your explaination of conspiratal thinking. Im baffled by how many intelligent people go down that path, and your idea of it filling a void is a good idea.
Wow... That was deep.
Bottom line: We need positive visions for the future and constructive dialogue on how to get there because loss of faith in the future leads to cynicism and nihilism (the state that e.g. Russia is in).
wow, this was a monster of an episode. favorite guest in a while.
This conversation provides one more heuristic for our covid times. I'm at the midway point and find myself saying, "This is what has been happening with the pandemic." Of course Putin went for the media first, creating his own kind of 'trusted news initiative.'
I am listening to your preamble to this broadcast and I want you to know I have been waiting for this conversation for ten years. I hope you go where you are hinting at Ill catch you again at the end of this and let you know how I feel about interview
Glad to hear it. Did we measure up to your expectations?
Yes It was more disturbingly prescient than I expected with Russia ramping up its military to stop Ukrainian annexation into NATO I am a carpenter and follow current events as good as anyone I do remember the fall of the Soviet state quite well and feel like we were to arrogant at the time even Zebigneiw Brzezinski (I spell checked ) who I really trusted and Henry Kissenger who I didn’t place much trust in said at the time that adding Ukraine and other eastern block countries to NATO is tantamount to missiles in Cuba
I was sanding floor treads on a staircase as I was listening I wished it lasted longer I made it almost to the bottom of the stairs and yes our future has arrived in Russia and I see how Putin is playing chess while we play checkers. Putin was very unhappy and dejected with the fall of and embarrassment of the collapse of the Soviet Union and would love to hurt us in a similar fashion. He has prepared well but will have to weigh if it’s worth it .he will not miss a chance to inflict pain when we are weak
@@nickkacures2304 and now 2 months later, Putin has Russia swirling the sewer drain of history and everything we thought about a "mighty Russian military" has been exposed as a hoax.
@@nickkacures2304 , yes, when we get weak leaders like biden (
heard your pre-amble like the other commenter, and all I could think of was the warning around letting social media and tech companies create echo chambers so they can sell ads. We are literally breaking into our own dystopia just to sell ads. All in the name of "progress". What I always feared was this in turn to be weaponized by politicians, which it has in the west.