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All-In Summit: In conversation with Graham Allison
The All-In PodcastWith
Graham AllisonVoiceRank: UnratedHosted by
Chamath Palihapitiya+3Transcript·6,486 words
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3y ago
Sep 20, 2023
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39m
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This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles. Follow Graham: https://twitter.com/GrahamTAllison Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Relevant links: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/graham-allison https://foreignpolicy.com/author/graham-allison/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/graham-allison https://www.amazon.com/Destined-War-America-Escape-Thucydidess-ebook/dp/B01IAS9FZY
- 0:00Besties welcome national security expert Graham Allison to AIS!
- 1:32“Thucydides trap” defined
- 4:00China v. USA: “The fiercest rivalry the world has ever seen”
- 6:09Strategic imagination
- 7:40The rise of China
- 12:16America’s “period of great hubris”
- 15:08A history quiz for citizens of the “United States of Amnesia”
- 17:10India
- 22:53The weaknesses of autocracies
- 28:00Monroe Doctrine, American exceptionalism, and unnecessary wars
- 33:44“We live in an extremely dangerous world”
- 35:50America’s lack of preparedness for a “hot war” with China
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Names dropped
EM
Elon Musk
a couple of weeks ago Elon Musk tweeted out several times and everyone should read this book
BC
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton awarded him the Department of Defense medal for distinguished public service
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Ronald Reagan
he's the only person to receive the department of defense's highest civilian award from both Reagan and Clinton administrations
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