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In this episode of 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Clay Graubard and Robert de Neufville about forecasting the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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They cover:

• Their early predictions for the war
• The performance of the Russian military
• The risk of use of nuclear weapons
• The most interesting remaining topics on Russia and Ukraine
• General lessons we can take from the war
• The evolution of the forecasting space
• What Robert and Clay were reading back in February
• Forecasters vs. subject matter experts
• Ways to get involved with the forecasting community
• Impressive past predictions
• And more

Who this episode is for:

• People interested in forecasting
• People interested in the war in Ukraine
• People who prefer to know how likely they are to die in a nuclear war

Who this episode isn’t for:

• People who’d hate it if a friend said they were 65% likely to come out for drinks
• People who’d prefer if their death from nuclear war was a total surprise

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Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio mastering: Ben Cordell
Transcriptions: Katy Moore