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My guest today is Brian Klaas, an expert on democracy, authoritarianism, US foreign policy, American politics more generally, political violence, and elections. He is a political scientist, contributing writer for The Atlantic, and an associate professor in Global Politics at University College London. Klaas has advised governments, US political campaigns, NATO, the European Union, multi-billion dollar investors, international NGOs, and international politicians.
The topic is his book Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- Chaos and order in shaping life outcomes
- Deterministic models in economics and forecasting
- Decision-making
- Acknowledging radical uncertainty
- Influence of humor in political decisions
- Unpredictable nature of political outcomes
- Evolutionary theory’s relevance to human choices
- Long-term trends vs random events in shaping politics
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