Q After Hours Ep. 40: Dark Matter, Russia’s Diesel Deal & the Turbulence of Transition
Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid open with a start-time glitch Alpha blames on Dark Matter, then get into the shows Josh keeps assigning him: The OA's lost season 3, The Truman Show and simulation theory. Josh walks through Yarvin, Nick Land and Dark Enlightenment theory, public-private partnerships, and why he sees this moment as the turbulence of transition. From there it's geopolitics: the AI race with China, Trump waiving the Graham sanctions bill, the Russian diesel deal, Ratcliffe's trip to Russia, the yen carry trade and Europe's migrant unrest. Alpha asks what the end state of Q looks…
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