Episode 82: Digital Self Sovereignty and Avoiding the Long Night with John Robb

Oct 7, 2021

Our OODAcast with John Robb in June 2020 has proven to be one
our most popular ever, so we were excited to host him for a second
interview.

John is one of the most disruptive thinkers of our time and is
capable of drilling down on critical issues like security, society,
and technology with deep authority and insights.

In this OODAcast, we discuss a wide variety of issues:

• The role that networked tribalism played in the election and
  the events of January 6, 2021, and what comes next.
• The role algorithms, AI, and Machine Learning will play in
  creating and/or disrupting networked tribes.
• The role emerging technologies will play in building a new data
  economy in which individuals establish digital self sovereignty and
  share in the value proposition of their data.
• Bitcoin in El Salvador and new models for economic disruption,
  development, and prosperity.
• How U.S. leaders suffered from OODA Shear in analyzing the
  dynamic situation in Afghanistan and the allure of framing the
  problem as Taliban 2.0 when we couldn’t orient ourselves to ground
  truth.
• The role wargaming and red teaming can play in developing
  leaders that aren’t as susceptible to OODA Shear.
• What is the Long Night? Is it inevitable, or can we work now to
  build resiliency against it?

Related Links:

OODAcast with John Robb in June 2020 where he discusses his
background a variety of subjects.

The Global Guerrillas
Report

John Robb on
Twitter

John’s Book Brave New
War

Anathem (John’s favorite
book from the last year)