The AI Arms Race: China, the U.S., and the Future of Global Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmyNR1NWZ8
SOCIETY
Issue #485
25 Jan 2026
Delighted to appear on my mate Dimitar Stanmiroff’s The Heresy Podcast, for a 1-2-1 on topics which usually don’t make this newsletter. We talk China Civil War, Sino-Soviet Split, the geopolitics of AI, why everyone needs sovereign AI and why in the end zooming out to species level and zooming back in to the level of the individual is my way to stay cheerful in these crazy times. If you want to know what I think about topics outside of recruitment, have a listen here.