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Annie Jacobsen says a former Deputy Commander of Cyber Command told her exactly how — and how easily — a US president could shut down the internet during a biological attack.
Annie Jacobsen is the Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author whose scenario planning draws on former Pentagon and Cyber Command officials.
We cover:
- How Lieutenant General Charlie Moore explained what would remain functioning if the internet went dark,
- Why outbreak can collapse into full anarchy in just 6 days
- How former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
- Who survived a real anthrax attack
- Warns people will do inhuman things to survive,
- Why the first 12-24 hours after a lab leak determine whether it can be contained at all.
The internet can be a savior too — real-time reporting is what stops a lab leak before it's too late.
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Annie Jacobsen says a former Deputy Commander of Cyber Command told her exactly how — and how easily — a US president could shut down the internet during a biological attack.
Annie Jacobsen is the Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author whose scenario planning draws on former Pentagon and Cyber Command officials.
We cover:
- How Lieutenant General Charlie Moore explained what would remain functioning if the internet went dark,
- Why outbreak can collapse into full anarchy in just 6 days
- How former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
- Who survived a real anthrax attack
- Warns people will do inhuman things to survive,
- Why the first 12-24 hours after a lab leak determine whether it can be contained at all.
The internet can be a savior too — real-time reporting is what stops a lab leak before it's too late.
———
📬 Get the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: briankeating.com/yt
🌠 Have a .edu email and live in the USA 🇺🇸? You automatically win a meteorite: BrianKeating.com/edu
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🎯 Support Into the Impossible on Patreon — get my weekly M.A.G.I.C. Message, unfiltered bonus content, and live monthly Office Hours with me: patreon.com/drbriankeating
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📚 My books:
Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): amzn.to/2sa5UpA
Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu
Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U
Galileo's Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un
🌐 More:
🏄♂️ Twitter: twitter.com/BrianKeating
📚 Substack briankeating.substack.com/ss
✍️ Blog: briankeating.com/blog
🎙️ Audio-only: briankeating.com/podcast
#intotheimpossible #briankeating #science #physics #astronomy #cosmology #podcast #universe
