Nov 10, 2023 All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg talk about the history of the middle and how to fix the middle east.
A view of the middle east is that there has been a conflict between bad leadership who want to use conflicts as an excuse for their bad leadership and those who now want to have middle east that works together for a better future.
(0:00) Bestie Intros: Sacks keeps receipts!
(1:14) Jared Kushner joins the show: background, Trump’s campaign validation
(13:12) State of Israel vs Hamas, escalation risks
(23:04) Historical context around Israel’s relationship with the Arab world, understanding the modern Middle East
(38:55) Failed solutions, Israel’s response, paths to stability
(1:04:54) GOP debate, establishment blind spots, pragmatic politics, tribal infighting
(1:15:36) Improving macro picture, potential impact on 2024 election cycle
(1:28:03) Russia-Ukraine
(1:32:53) Big week in AI: OpenAI DevDay, xAI launches Grok, Kai-Fu Lee’s announcement
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100% isolation is not safe with nuclear weapons proliferation.
There is no better Middle East. This is Islamic culture and has been for untold centuries. Agitators from within want to transform to modern western and/or capitalist systems – this is inconsistent with islamic values. Also, islamic agitators on the international borders disrupt and antagonize their neighbours -and- their neighbours provoke and antagonize Islamic inhabitants – who wrongly, fight back. ‘Other’ International systems need to accept this and let islamic countries alone – reduce trade, commerce, travel, and communication between the systems. Hard borders and isolation both ways. With reduced need for fossil fuels worldwide, let these systems find their own social and economic path. Perhaps, as an option, allow some non-adherents to leave the Midle East rather than be imprisoned at the behest of the islamic governance – though, I am not typically pro-immigration. We have to accept that world cultures are diverging and imposing western values and distractions are only undermining their chosen coexistence – whether it be peaceful, anti-technological, anti-capitalist, a theocracy, etc., etc. Sell them technology, food, fuel, expertise, whatever within security protocols – but just stop trying to remake, remodel, improve or fix them.
Jihad vs McWorld
Excellent advice. We’ve tried just about everything else. Assimilate or remigrate.