23 April 2024
Why did Putin turn against the West?
Robert Wright and Russian journalist and futurist Anatoly Karlin discuss the issue.
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In this video:
- Anatoly’s strange CV
- How the 20th century set the stage for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
- Why did Putin turn against the West?
- Anatoly: I underestimated Russia’s incompetence
- Has the Ukraine war really shifted in Russia’s favor?
- Russia’s “elite human capital” problem
- Is the “bio-singularity” near?
- Unipolar vs multipolar AI takeover scenarios
- Heading to Overtime
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