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

 

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0:00 Intro

01:00​ 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

15:54 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