I'd Love to Hear Dan Carlin's Thoughts on This Question

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I hold Russians as accountable as they average Japanese citizen, which is to say just like me, they were born in a time and place and have almost no control over their leadership. Now there is a connection between the two, namely they are part of a culture and make decisions about whether to prop up that culture or not. But it's like they didn't have the choice they have. I mean, Dan Carlin in the Supernova and East series pointed out there were a lot of people that were trying to signal like, hey, this is fucked up and those people just got killed. You can suicide or we will torture you. It's important.

Today Josh speaks with Sam McNerney on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Some of the topics we dive into are:

The geopolitical reactions and support of Ukraine.
Putin’s mental health and motivations behind the invasion.
Russia's political and economic future.
The prospects of WW3.
How Russia and Ukraine are both using propaganda as part of information warfare.
The differences between Russian and American oligarchs.
And much more.

Sam McNerney is an applied behavioral scientist, market researcher, and brand strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked with brands such as Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and CitiBank.

As a writer, he has interviewed business and academic leaders including Arianna Huffington, Andrew Yang, Jonathan Haidt, and Charles Murray – and his essays have been featured in publications like The Washington Post, Psychology Today, and Scientific American.

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