Should America’s strategy be calculating and Machiavellian in the age of AI? Do the Framers get a vote? Or did they create the matrix with ratification of the Constitution permitting slavery to continue. Today, this system is still open to being abused to support the interests of K Street over Main Street on behalf of special interests and powerful elites. The digital natives seem ready to pioneer a different future. Can we handoff a national strategy that reflects the logic of the Declaration of Independence in a spirit of equality, diversity, and inclusion? Will the new generation of thought leaders take the red pill and learn to orchestrate our systems to tackle the problems facing the country, or will they only look to enjoy the good things the system offers?
Show notes:
💊 “Red pill or blue pill: rabbit holes and fried chicken.” 00:12
🧅 To be in the language Matrix of Washington, D.C.: the tripartite system. 02:02
🆚 Mark’s college days in blue pill world: the “who gets what” system. 06:07
⚠️ Constitution and Declaration of Independence: the calculative vs play concept of the US system. 08:30
🦅 K Street or going down the rabbit hole and learning the system if it was explained simply. 12:40
🎼 Concept of design vs. practice of the design: Beethoven and John Coltrane were two geniuses. 14:24
👦🏽 Two types of cool - existential cool, and superficial cool: black kids were the coolest to grow up with because of how they spoke about the world around them. 17:03
😈 The slave power calculation: the Founding Fathers made a pact with the devil. 22:44
🇺🇸 The American strategy is to strive towards equality and protect it through government design. 26:01
🥅 American strategy in the global world: multi-generational, multi-ethnic decision inclusion. 29:53
🎻 Stradivarius' violins played correctly: the executive branches of government should be played like an orchestra. 33:12
⛹🏽 Be like Mike Jordan: Jordan played in the system that was given to him. 36:28
🌞 American Strategy book: move our thinking from calculative to truly strategic. 40:33
🎯 American Strategy Press is a place to turn your book idea into a book - getting your thoughts out without being blue-pilled. 45:03