I’m excited to explore the psychology of second chances, why we’re so skeptical when people change their minds, and if public opinion ever actually reflects personal beliefs. We’ll discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s apparent about-face on censorship, corporate flip-flops on diversity programs and the underlying forces behind those reversals. We’ll also cover the concept of preference falsification and why people often say one thing publicly and believe something entirely different privately. Then we’ll get into meme coins, the risks of hype-driven investing and why some tokens are just digital gambling dressed up as innovation. Finally we’ll talk about risk assessment, and I’ll share a weird tidbit about how martial arts training may have influenced some of the biggest business leaders today.

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Today's episode:

• [00:57] Today I'm going to talk about second chances and why I'm very skeptical about giving people chances.
• [01:24] Recently, a lot of people have been changing their minds. Mark Zuckerberg has changed his mind on censorship.
• [02:50] For many people, public opinion and private opinion are not the same.
• [04:14] Social change happens when other people see people saying their private opinion out loud. Preference falsification is where people might falsify their public opinion for the sake of being accepted.
• [06:01] Dana White was having a conversation with Tucker Carlson about how he was invited to be a board member for Facebook.
• [07:31] He was invited to be a countering voice and will share his opinion if he feels the compass is off.
• [10:00] People rarely change and usually go back to their true self.
• [11:08] A meme coin launched by an African country to collect funds to support their government initiatives. After people bought it the price dropped close to 100x.
• [12:48] A meme coin is like a token that represents an initiative that clearly states what they're going to do with the funds. A classic example of this is Dogecoin.
• [14:27] They may not necessarily be illegal, but there's a lot of incentive to manipulate it.
• [15:42] Risk and what it means to be skeptical or risk averse. Less is more when it comes to risk assessment. Identify the risk and how you're going to address them.
• [18:51] Seeing risk everywhere and trying to disclose everything that could go wrong is not necessarily being responsible.

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I’m excited to dive into the Deepseek hype, the Chinese AI startup that claims to have a model as good as ChatGPT for a fraction of the cost. We’ll talk about what that means for the future of AI, national AI models and censorship, and why every country will soon have its own “filtered” version. Then we’ll switch gears to Piers Morgan and Tucker Carlson’s fascinating exchange, unpacking the art of debate and intellectual sparring. We’ll also look at Saudi Arabia’s plan to reshape sports by buying up global superstars and creating role models for future generations. And for those who love power and influence, I have a must-listen for you: Candace Owens’ latest series on Emmanuel Macron.

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Today's episode:

[00:41] Let's talk about the most important conversations that happened over the last 7 days.

[01:02] Deepseek is a Chinese startup that developed an AI model.

[02:07] The stock market goes up and down. Is deepseek a big deal?

[03:03] If something is prohibited, greedy players always find a way to make a profit out of it.

[04:02] New models being introduced is expected. The deepseek model also has censorship.

[05:05] It might end up where every country or region will have their own AI model with biased suggestions based on their priorities.

[06:02] I talk about the main reason why aliens should exist. Naive humans can't be it.

[07:02] Tucker Carlson's and Piers Morgan's conversation in Riyadh. They pressed each other using sophisticated challenges. It was an amazing language battle.

[08:01] People should approach disagreements in this way.

[09:11] Another great conversation that Piers Morgan had was with a Saudi Prince. It was about how sports events shouldn't have anything to do with politics.

[10:56] The Saudis are trying to attract athletic role models for the future of their children.

[12:54] Back to conspiracy corners. I love Candice Owens. She can be controversial with some of her deep dives.

[13:48] Her next series about the history of Emmanuel Macron and his wife is super fascinating.

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• Tucker & Piers Morgan Debate Foreign Aid, Hate Speech, NATO, Gun Control, & Is Zelensky a Dictator?

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I’m excited to share news about a new series from Darryl Cooper, host of the Martyr Made Podcast. His latest series is all about World War II, told from the perspective of ordinary Germans. It’s a fascinating look at how ideologies take hold and change societies. We’ll use that as a springboard to talk about how we receive and accept compliments, then dive into the software industrial complex and how it creates unnecessary dependencies. Finally we’ll look at how AI is going to simplify those systems and change industries. It’s a wild ride through history, human behavior and innovation.

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Today's episode:

[00:40] Podcaster Darryl Cooper is back with a new series on World War II from the perspective of ordinary Germans.

[01:30] Darryl makes very well researched long-form podcasts on historical topics.

[02:50] It's important to understand the nuance and what happens when ideology and narrative can dominate a nation and drive certain behaviors.

[03:36] He never takes sides and does extensive research with thousands of sources.

[04:40] I like the idea of why this conversation is important.

[06:28] I share a new perspective on receiving compliments.

[08:20] How women sometimes try to minimize their compliments.

[09:01] How the software industrial complex has been creating unnecessary jobs within many industries and how AI is going to put these software specific rules out of business. This was a recent topic on the All-In Podcast.

[09:37] These big companies have created software that is very complex to operate and requires a specialist.

[10:57] The main users of these tools and software were people who graduated from MBA schools. People who could analyze and collate data were necessary.

[13:13] If something can be done with AI, we won't need these people with MBAs to compile all of the data.

[14:40] Tool providers have been trying to make their tools stickier and harder to replace.

[15:19] People with training and certifications in these complex tools would almost become like a free sales force for the product.

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