Xihan: Russia is really in a bad geographic space. They've never really built that pipeline infrastructure, so they don't have it. It doesn't mean they can't, but it's basically akin to building another Trans-Siberian railroad and an enormous investment of Russia. I mean, they should do it, but, you know, it's just strategically. Traditionally, they've tried to do it more with Iran, which is easier to get to, and probably a little bit easier to manipulate.
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Stagflation. Fuel Prices. Shortages. Political Turmoil. War in Europe. Roe V. Wade. Crypto Collapse. Counter-counter culture. Most years have one or two seminal, defining events that set the societal zeitgeist, but in 2022 so many events vied for attention that most people had to take time not only to revaluate what it means for the future, but also simply how to filter out the signal from the noise. Tonight we dive into the year, starting with the Ukrainian conflict, and ending with what might be emerging as an escalating one in Mexico, but in between cover the economic and cultural shakeups that continue to leave shockwaves into 2023.
