“Once you get into this great stream of history, you can’t get out.“
-Richard M. Nixon
Sam Harris & Jordan Peterson: A great debate between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson
The Prisoner – ‘A Change Of Mind’: This 1967 episode of The Prisoner coined the word ‘unmutual‘. The word is often incorrectly attributed to Orwell’s Newspeak. The episode itself is a testament to groupthink and the persecution of individuality.
Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address – January 17, 1961. Directing Americans to be cautious in the future regarding the Military Industrial Complex. Forgive the wacky background Music.
Relativity and the Twin Paradox
This is a clip from the film Doctor Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick. In it, Dr. Stranglelove talks about the Doomsday Machine. The clip is a good visual representation of the game chicken in game theory. The Doomsday Machine is an interesting concept as it prevents a player from reneging. In the context of nuclear war, this inevitably leads to mutually assured destruction (MAD).
Here are associated readings to grasp game theory in International Relations
The Drawbacks of a High Minimum Wage
Dangling Woo Li Master 