On this episode of Haman Nature, libertarian poker pro Adam Haman interviews scientist, philosopher, and all-around smart person about his book, The Hype Cycle: Uppers and Downers in Our Bipolar Culture. Our hopes and fears are being manipulated by nefarious actors in government and media along a wide spectrum of “hypes”. Good news: We don’t have to suffer. All we need to do is open our eyes.

00:00 — Intro. Welcoming Jobst Landgrebe, slayer of vicious hypes! Who is this guy and how did he become so learned?

07:40 — Why write The Hype Cycle? What’s gone wrong in our world? 10:35 -- What is Fear Hype? What is Hope Hype? What are Hype Cycles and who creates them and for what purpose? Is Covid a “hype”? What about Putin?

17:10 — Why do democracies (and republics) tend to fall into tyranny? Stupidity, foolishness, or both?

32:53 — Can’t one-world government and mass globalization solve all our problems?

38:01 — Join as a paid subscriber at HamanNature.com for PART TWO! 38:47 -- What are the perils of “scientism”?

48:31 — What is anti-democratic neo-feudalism? Is that where we are at right now in the West? How do our modern “oligarchs” differ from those of the past? Is it worse now? How do we “wake up”?

56:53 — Outro. Thanks for watching Haman Nature!

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