132. The Failed Drug War, Unintended Consequences and Future of Sustainable Agriculture | Richard Brion

Richard Brion (@richardbrion) is the founder of Revolution Agriculture—a patent-pending solution to the food security challenge—and an ex-US Navy officer focused on making farming more adaptable to a climate change-driven world with less resource 60% less water, faster production, and higher yields. He's the winner of the USAID & Humanity United Tech Challenge to Prevent Mass Atrocity, has lived in 66 countries and has a wealth of experience in every corner of the business.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* The future of agriculture: both big and small

* How humanity can solve our food shortage going forward

* Politics and realities of eating organic

* How Richard's deployment in Afghanistan shaped his world outlook

* Why Richard's worried about GMOs and unintended consequences

* The aquaponics and reinventing the future of food

* Why GMOs have faced such harsh criticism

* What Richard likes about the Swiss system of forced military service

* Why political leaders need more military perspective to govern effectively

* What happened with the Drug War and the law of unintended consequences

* The reason isolationism isn't a good policy for the US or anyone

* Why AI is more dangerous than we think

* The scary truth about Trump's rhetoric on Europe and NATO

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