Ep. 1264: Brian Klaas Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Brian Klaas, an expert on democracy, authoritarianism, US foreign policy, American politics more generally, political violence, and elections. He is a political scientist, contributing writer for The Atlantic, and an associate professor in Global Politics at University College London. Klaas has advised governments, US political campaigns, NATO, the European Union, multi-billion dollar investors, international NGOs, and international politicians.

The topic is his book Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Chaos and order in shaping life outcomes
• Deterministic models in economics and forecasting
• Decision-making
• Acknowledging radical uncertainty
• Influence of humor in political decisions
• Unpredictable nature of political outcomes
• Evolutionary theory's relevance to human choices
• Long-term trends vs random events in shaping politics

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