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0:00 Sneak peek: Danny finds flaw in Bob’s AI book
1:18 Is the Iran war fully back on?
5:59 What the war means for the future of US power
18:52 The problem with blaming Bibi
23:09 The push to intertwine the US and Israeli militaries
35:09 What’s Israel’s endgame for the Palestinians?
39:27 The Gulf States’ new reality
45:20 Iran’s plans for the Strait of Hormuz
51:54 Bob’s pitch to Derek—and his other pitch to listeners
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True), Derek Davison (Foreign Exchanges, American Prestige, Discontents), and Daniel Bessner (American Prestige, University of Washington). Recorded July 09, 2026.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods
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