[ep.#73] THE LONG NIGHT with JOHN ROBB

John Robb joins us to discuss tribalism, open-source insurgencies, and, our potential future - what John calls “The Long Night”.

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00:00 Intro
01:11 How John Robb thinks about the world (technology/warfare/politics)
03:20 Selective empathy
03:55 Double Standards
05:45 Social Decision Making Systems
08:06 Psychological difference between rightest and a leftist?
09:41 Pattern of conspiracy/tribalism/hard forks
15:45 A spirit of conflict everywhere - looking for a fight
18:33 Antifa
19:50 Patriot Act 2.0
21:20 Open Source Secret Police
23:13 Purges - Virtual and Real world
28:43 Will this result in a civil war?
31:02 The Long Night is dominance of consensus function
33:50 Solution: Digital Bill Of Rights
39:56 Libertarians are on the wrong side of history? What to do
49:37 DARPA and mRNA
53:29 PsyOps and dis-information
57:13 Solar Winds Hack