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With a two week ceasefire underway, I’m bringing back War Strategy Expert Robert Pape to help us understand what could happen next…

I had Robert on the show last month, and over 7 million people watched that conversation. But as the situation has evolved, I felt there was more we needed to understand.

For those who don’t know him, Robert is a political scientist who has spent decades studying how wars actually unfold, advising governments and building models to understand what drives escalation and how conflicts evolve over time.

In our last conversation, he explained why bombing campaigns don’t end wars and why they often pull countries deeper into them.

Now, he’s looking at the current situation, and what becomes clear very quickly is this:

What’s being described as a “ceasefire” hasn’t actually resolved anything. The underlying incentives, the power dynamics, and the conditions that led to escalation are all still in place.

We spoke about:

- What does this ceasefire actually change?
- What are the real risks if things get worse?
- Who is actually gaining influence as this plays out?
- What are we not being told or not seeing clearly?

Robert made some predictions in our first conversation and many of them have come true already which makes what he’s saying now much harder to ignore.

What I admire about Robert is that he put a lot of time into explaining the current world situation into layman's terms so people like me can really understand. What he said has really helped turn the lights on for me to see what’s happening right in front of our eyes.

If you want to better understand what’s actually happening right now, and what could come next, this episode is worth your time.

First off, THANK YOU EVERYONE for your concern 🙏

I'm ok, just a bit shaken up, but l'll be ok.

For those of you who don't know what happened, I was robbed yesterday morning at the gas station filling up my motorcycle. I gathered myself together, my hands and legs were shaking, I was dizzy and I just think I was in shock.

My money was gone....I called the police, they were fantastic and called for medical assistance as my blood pressure was through the roof.

The police asked me if by chance I recognized who did it, and I told them “Yes, it was pump number 4 ”

🤯 BREAKING: Researchers just mathematically proved that AI layoffs will collapse the economy: and every CEO already knows it.

The AI Layoff Trap. A game theory paper from UPenn + Boston University is glaringly important!

100K+ tech layoffs in 2025.
80% of US workers exposed.
And no market force can stop it.

→ Every company fires workers to cut costs
→ Every fired worker stops buying products
→ Revenue collapses across every sector
→ The companies that fired everyone go bankrupt

It's a Prisoner's Dilemma with math behind it. Automate and you survive short-term. Don't automate and your competitor kills you. But everyone automating destroys the demand that makes all companies viable.

🙄 UBI (universal basic income) won't fix it.
🙄 Profit taxes won't fix it.
😏 The researchers found only one solution: a Pigouvian automation tax "robot tax"

The AI trap on the economy is here!

#layoffs #ailayoffs

The ideology of business versus the reality of it is the delta that matters; it helps people navigate decisions, and I like helping people do that. So rather than tell, I thought I could “show” a little bit of my day-to-day life. Why I am called an “Adaptable Alien.”

I want people to learn from the truths of my day, which is why I’m sharing a glimpse of a day in my life.

Wild: Kentucky family rejected a $26 million offer from an AI company to turn their farmland into a data center, roughly 10x the area’s going rate 😳

“If it’s my way, I’ll stay and hold and feed a nation. $26M doesn’t mean anything.”

That's the kind of spirit we need more of.

Absolute legends.

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One of the hardest things for people to do is to objectively look down on themselves within their circumstances (i.e., their machine) so that they can act as the machine's designer and manager. Most people remain stuck in the perspective of being a worker within the machine. If you can recognize the differences between those roles and that it is much more important that you are a good designer/manager of your life than a good worker in it, you will be on the right path. #principleoftheday

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There is a quiet authority in prayer.

It steadies the heart, clears the mind, and reminds you what actually matters.