Personal Connections and Controversies

Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez and Erik Torenberg discuss the US reaction to the Israel-Hamas War. If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta for $1000 off: https://www.vanta.com/zen

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TIMESTAMPS :

(00:00) Episode Preview

(00:05) What would be different if Trump were in office?

(09:10) Information and misinformation sources from the war

(12:36) Sponsor: Shopify | Vanta

(17:30) Apple’s Slack rebellion

(19:26) Paul Graham

(20:56) Trusting reported deaths

(24:22) Does Israel even care about the West?

(32:57) Sponsor: Masterclass | NetSuite

(37:15) Living in the society of spectacle

(39:15) Showy narcissism

(38:50) The psychoanalysis of narcissism

(42:00) The irredentist philosophy

(43:39) The underlying sentiment that Israel shouldn't exist

(45:40) There is no international community

(49:40) Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity

(52:20) US support for Israel 15 years from now

(55:00) Will Hamas be eliminated?

(58:00) It seems like Israel's got it all worked out

(01:01:00) Just ban TikTok