Tom Bilyeu | How Nuclear War Starts: WW3, Russia, China, Area 51, Aliens, Nazi's & CIA Secrets | Annie Jacobsen @TomBilyeu | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
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Get ready for a compelling conversation that challenges your understanding of the forces that govern world peace and security and explores the thin line between national security and global peril!
In today’s episode of Impact Theory, I’m joined by investigative journalist and NYT best-selling author Annie Jacobsen to dive deep into the complex and chilling world of nuclear weapons and global politics.
Annie has done extensive investigative research into the military and intelligence community, and she is shedding light on the hidden truths behind nuclear arsenals and the influential figures who've shaped our modern world; the pivotal changes needed to steer away from this fate; and the intersections of military history, government secrecy, and the strategies that have shaped global policy.
We touch on:
- The importance of nuclear disarmament
- The motives behind nuclear arsenal upgrades
- Contemporary nuclear rhetoric from global leaders
- Nuclear weapon policies and historical shifts
- Investigative journalism and source validation
- Understanding nuclear weapons and alien theories
- Strategic deception within the UFO community
- Implications of revealing alien activity
- Conspiracy theories and government secrecy
- The complexity and potential catastrophic outcomes of nuclear conflicts
- The feasibility and desirability of nuclear zero
- Strategic manipulation by governments and corporations
- The potential for media to educate and influence public opinion effectively
Tune in to expand your worldview and grasp the complex dynamics that threaten yet also maintain global peace.
Chapter Markers:
[0:00] Cavalier attitudes towards nuclear war
[23:55] Distractions from disarmament
[45:17] Diverse perspectives in a polarized society
[1:09:44] Biometric technology in warfare
[1:24:42] The driving ethos of innovation
[1:40:07] Truth and perception in journalism
[1:52:29] Trust, nuclear war and aliens
[2:37:49] Politics, data, and ownership in current affairs
Powerful Insights From Annie Jacobsen:
"During the previous administration, when former President Trump was threatening nuclear war, in essence, with the leader of North Korea, I was shocked because that was so unpresidential, meaning every president, you know, before him was like, there was a tacit understanding."
"I am now at the conclusion that we are at risk, because I am echoing the concerns of people like President Biden, like UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, like the Nobel laureates I just met in Brussels two weeks ago at a nuclear, at the nuke Expo."
"Maybe some group of people prefers this idea, which is on the table right now in 2024, we need to upgrade our nuclear arsenal, which is what's happening right now, to the tune of a trillion dollars."
"Now, to my eye, that would be an argument for why it's really important to be able to have friends on both sides of the aisle, to be able to have, you know, people with fundamentally opposing ideas, hashing out what the future of nuclear command and control could or should look like."
"And once you have to be unified about something, ideally, you would be unified about other things because that's how progress happens."
"Warfighters will carry technology kits to be able to do all kinds of things from identify their enemies instantly through iris scans. I mean, all of this works together with biometric databases."
"We are one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear Armageddon, nuclear annihilation"
"And this directly links to nuclear war, this crazy idea that you have to be on one side or the other and that the other side isn't just your adversary or your opponent, kind of, I see opponent as a sportsman, but rather that the other side is the enemy. And then if you are talking about an enemy, then you get into some really, you know, what I find to be odious language about destroying people."
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Themes: Mindset, Finance, World Affairs, Health & Productivity, Future & Tech, Simulation Theory & Physics, Dating & Relationships
Thank you to today’s sponsors:
Hartford Gold: Get $15K in FREE silver: bit.ly/ITGold
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Get ready for a compelling conversation that challenges your understanding of the forces that govern world peace and security and explores the thin line between national security and global peril!
In today’s episode of Impact Theory, I’m joined by investigative journalist and NYT best-selling author Annie Jacobsen to dive deep into the complex and chilling world of nuclear weapons and global politics.
Annie has done extensive investigative research into the military and intelligence community, and she is shedding light on the hidden truths behind nuclear arsenals and the influential figures who've shaped our modern world; the pivotal changes needed to steer away from this fate; and the intersections of military history, government secrecy, and the strategies that have shaped global policy.
We touch on:
- The importance of nuclear disarmament
- The motives behind nuclear arsenal upgrades
- Contemporary nuclear rhetoric from global leaders
- Nuclear weapon policies and historical shifts
- Investigative journalism and source validation
- Understanding nuclear weapons and alien theories
- Strategic deception within the UFO community
- Implications of revealing alien activity
- Conspiracy theories and government secrecy
- The complexity and potential catastrophic outcomes of nuclear conflicts
- The feasibility and desirability of nuclear zero
- Strategic manipulation by governments and corporations
- The potential for media to educate and influence public opinion effectively
Tune in to expand your worldview and grasp the complex dynamics that threaten yet also maintain global peace.
Chapter Markers:
[0:00] Cavalier attitudes towards nuclear war
[23:55] Distractions from disarmament
[45:17] Diverse perspectives in a polarized society
[1:09:44] Biometric technology in warfare
[1:24:42] The driving ethos of innovation
[1:40:07] Truth and perception in journalism
[1:52:29] Trust, nuclear war and aliens
[2:37:49] Politics, data, and ownership in current affairs
Powerful Insights From Annie Jacobsen:
"During the previous administration, when former President Trump was threatening nuclear war, in essence, with the leader of North Korea, I was shocked because that was so unpresidential, meaning every president, you know, before him was like, there was a tacit understanding."
"I am now at the conclusion that we are at risk, because I am echoing the concerns of people like President Biden, like UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, like the Nobel laureates I just met in Brussels two weeks ago at a nuclear, at the nuke Expo."
"Maybe some group of people prefers this idea, which is on the table right now in 2024, we need to upgrade our nuclear arsenal, which is what's happening right now, to the tune of a trillion dollars."
"Now, to my eye, that would be an argument for why it's really important to be able to have friends on both sides of the aisle, to be able to have, you know, people with fundamentally opposing ideas, hashing out what the future of nuclear command and control could or should look like."
"And once you have to be unified about something, ideally, you would be unified about other things because that's how progress happens."
"Warfighters will carry technology kits to be able to do all kinds of things from identify their enemies instantly through iris scans. I mean, all of this works together with biometric databases."
"We are one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear Armageddon, nuclear annihilation"
"And this directly links to nuclear war, this crazy idea that you have to be on one side or the other and that the other side isn't just your adversary or your opponent, kind of, I see opponent as a sportsman, but rather that the other side is the enemy. And then if you are talking about an enemy, then you get into some really, you know, what I find to be odious language about destroying people."
Follow Annie Jacobsen:
Website: anniejacobsen.com
X: twitter.com/AnnieJacobsen
Order “Nuclear War”: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748264/nuclear-war-by-annie-jacobsen
Follow Me, Tom Bilyeu:
Website: impacttheoryuniversity.com
X: twitter.com/TomBilyeu
Instagram: instagram.com/tombilyeu
If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions. Go to my Dexa page: dexa.ai/tombilyeu
Themes: Mindset, Finance, World Affairs, Health & Productivity, Future & Tech, Simulation Theory & Physics, Dating & Relationships
