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The AI Wave Accelerates

Jan 24, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Robert Wright

Save the date: I’ll be doing a Q&A Zoom call with NonZero members (sometimes crassly referred to as “paid subscribers”) on Thursday February 6 at 8 pm US Eastern Time. The main topic will be the first three weeks of Trump II, but questions on other topics are welcome, too. The Zoom link can be found at the bottom of this newsletter, behind the paywall.
American Problems, Global Solutions | NonZero World Feat. Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Jan 24, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Robert Wright

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -45:37Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 0:00 Intro 1:35 Natasha's new book, Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the GlobeRecorded January 14, 2025. https://twitter.com/NonzeroNewshttps://twitter.com/NonzeroPodsDiscussion about this podcastConversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.
Human Agency vs "Agentic” AI (Robert Wright & Kanjun Qiu)

Jan 23, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Robert Wright

This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers. If you’re not a paid subscriber, we of course encourage you to become one. If you are a paid subscriber, you can access the complete conversation either via the audio and video on this post or by setting up the paid-subscriber podcast feed, which includes all exclusive audio content.
Trump 2.0 and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman)

Jan 21, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Robert Wright

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:04:54Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 0:00 Tom’s Pulitzer-Prize hat trick 1:03 Why Beijing is relatively calm about Trump’s reelection 9:33 China hawkism in the AI community 15:24 What’s Trump’s logic re Greenland and Panama? 22:44 On Israel-Palestine, is a two-state solution still possible?
America Has a ‘Total Security’ Problem

Jan 21, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Connor Echols

When the Assad regime fell in Syria, Israel wasted little time in making a new enemy. Even as a successor government was taking over in Damascus, the Israel Defense Forces marched into Syria, seized a swathe of land inhabited by thousands of civilians, and made clear that they wouldn’t be leaving any time soon. The IDF accompanied this incursion with a campaign of airstrikes on Syrian military sites that has continued well into the new year.
Trump’s Gaza Win, Biden’s Legacy Woes | NonZero World Feat. Robert Wright

Jan 17, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Robert Wright

This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers. If you’re not a paid subscriber, we of course encourage you to become one. If you are a paid subscriber, you can access the complete conversation either via the audio and video on this post or by setting up the paid-subscriber podcast feed, which includes all exclusive audio content.
The Looming Tech Takeover

Jan 17, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Andrew Day

Note: As America approaches a jarring presidential transition, some things remain constant.
Worthwhile Canadian Humiliation (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Jan 16, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Paul Bloom |Robert Wright

This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers. If you’re not a paid subscriber, we of course encourage you to become one. If you are a paid subscriber, you can access the complete conversation either via the audio and video on this post or by setting up the paid-subscriber podcast feed, which includes all exclusive audio content.
Trump’s D.I.Y. Deep State

Jan 14, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Andrew Day

When it comes to foreign policy, Donald Trump is an enigma. During presidential campaigns, he blasts neoconservatives for involving America in Forever Wars. After he’s elected president, he hires neocons and other hardliners to work in the White House. Officials who filled key roles in his first administration, and the new appointees slated to do the same in his second, read like a Who’s Who of ultra-hawkism. Different men, same story.
"Bomb Iran" Goes Bipartisan | NonZero World Feat. Robert Wright

Jan 10, 2025 | nonzero.substack.com | Robert Wright

This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers. If you’re not a paid subscriber, we of course encourage you to become one. If you are a paid subscriber, you can access the complete conversation either via the audio and video on this post or by setting up the paid-subscriber podcast feed, which includes all exclusive audio content.