Peter Zeihan: The end of the old world order, and what happens next

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I'm an appliance repairman. Please PLEASE make household appliances go back to analog. Nothing breaks down faster than a computer controlled appliance. Analog ones last longer and are easier to fix.

I work for an auto manufacturer. And the chip shortage is actually beginning to alleviate. Personal opinion, we shouldn't go back on tech but things such as social media need regulation, those are private companies that need to quit the destructive pressure they are putting on our societies.

It’s hot where I live, this week. I am sitting beside my parent’s (long gone, BTW) 1947 Electohome electric fan, helping me to keep cool. It still works flawlessly. Take that, planned obsolescence !

Good discussion! While I sit here on my computer listening I had a bit of a flash back... 1975, November at -37* in the Yukon, Canada. My husband and I moved out to our new log home (that we built - 25 miles from nearest town) at 10 pm with a 10 day old baby.... the doors had gone on the house that morning and our stove had been lit for the first time (dbl 45 gal drum wood stove) at about 6 am. We were, without a doubt about as smart as a pair of hammers. Today 47 yrs later, four kids long grown, we laugh at 6 yrs without power, no phones no running water and remember how much fun we had within our small community. We had goats, horses, pigs, chickens, turkeys and broiling hens and an acre of garden with a great greenhouse! - and as we were the first to get power - about 8 kids in and out every weekend. We still don't have TV to this day. We still heat by wood and we have a creek that flows the length of our property. We are a bit older and maybe a bit smarter... but we know we will do just fine whatever comes down the line. We are not afraid for us but we are afraid for our family that lives in the US and other parts of Canada. That is when we will miss being able to communicate and know how everyone is. We still have an amazing community!

Abell here conducts the best interview of Peter Zeihan this year. Abell asks the right questions. Peter answers them directly. Quite a show by both parties.

Peter is a great storyteller. His confidence in North America is palpable.

Thanks Times radio for bringing Zeihan to the mainstream audiences!

holy, you actually got Peter Zeihan on the show? That's awesome! You should have him on the show every day tbh.

Thank you for this interview. Important points were made of which I was previously unaware: both questions and answers were en pointe and Peter Zeihan's delivery second to none.

Great to see/hear Peter getting a (relatively) mainstream UK audience.

I am an Economics prof. YOUR insights are REMARKABLE. I LOVE your vids, insights, conclusions. Keep up the great work!

“Try to stay cool over there” said someone to an Englishman. That statement in itself shouldn’t be overlooked as a sign of the times we are now in and where we are headed.

An analog car is perfectly fine. I've been driving one for the past 8 years. It works perfectly.

They should have left phone lines alone. We need them as a secondary back up structure. Redundant systems need to be in play.

I remember watching & listening to Mr. Zeihan years and years ago, it's amazing how spot on this all has been. Very valuable.

Good to see Zeihan on times radio. His channel is worth a look

9:24–“…we’re American and we’re going panic about the bumps in the road, that’s just how we are…” Truer words seldom spoken!

Confucius say: "Never trust man who has to pose in front of books."

Love Peters work, perfect clarity of well researched thought, delivered with riveting charisma. However, he tends to make predictions with too much certainty. Knowing exactly how the graph was and is, can only give you a range of possiblity, and even those expectations can be shattered. No one really knows what can or will happen, but someone's always going to call it, since so many attempt predictions.