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1. US Economic Strategy for Geopolitical Competitionyoutube · 2026-04-10
2. LLMs as Senior-Layer Substitutes: Why AI Threatens Management More Than Entry-Level Workyoutube · 2026-04-10
3. The Post-Atheist Moment: Why Materialism Is Losing the Intellectual Argument for Godyoutube · 2026-04-10
4. Lynn Alden's Monetary Thesis: Technology Disrupts Currency Monopolies, Debt Makes Rate Hikes Inflationaryyoutube · 2026-04-10
5. Tariffs as Constitutional Stress Test: How Trade Policy, AI Displacement, and Reserve Currency Dynamics Are Convergingyoutube · 2026-04-10
6. AI Governance Requires Adaptation Buffers, Not Nonproliferation: Helen Toner on Policy Realismyoutube · 2026-04-10
7. Alex Karp's Case for Cultural Clarity as Competitive Moat: Why Palantir's Contrarianism Is a Talent and Product Strategyyoutube · 2026-04-10
8. Applied Intuition's CEO on Winning the AI-Autonomy Race: Talent, Surveillance, and the Dual-Use Dilemmayoutube · 2026-04-10
9. Rome and Song China Had Proto-Industrial Revolutions — They Just Ran Out of Runwayyoutube · 2026-04-10
10. Bronze Age Collapse as a Warning: Decentralization, Historical Amnesia, and the Fragility of Complex Systemsyoutube · 2026-04-10
11. Accountability and Innovation to Solve Societal Problemsyoutube · 2026-04-10
12. Orchid Health: Expanding Reproductive Autonomy Through Whole-Genome Embryo Screeningyoutube · 2026-04-10
13. Navigating the AI Era: Scaling, Moats, and Societal Impactyoutube · 2026-04-10
14. Elite Human Capital Dominates Advanced Societies, Navigates Ideological Shifts, and Influences Policyyoutube · 2026-04-10
15. Geopolitical and Cultural Implications of Multiplanetary Human Expansionyoutube · 2026-04-10
16. Desalination: A Solved Problem for Global Water Scarcityyoutube · 2026-04-10
17. The Populist Paradox: Electoral Success vs. Administrative Inertiayoutube · 2026-04-10
18. The New Right Coalition: Tech, Maga, and Mahayoutube · 2026-04-10
19. China's Energy and Geopolitical Strategy: Economic Growth Over Energy Independenceyoutube · 2026-04-10