Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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George Hahn connects the dots across the week’s biggest stories: how cheaper Chinese models are challenging America’s AI dominance, why Oracle’s growing debt is raising alarms about the AI boom, and what Derek Thompson’s “antisocial century” reveals about risk, isolation, and the declining power of friendship.

01:05 China's AI Dumping Wave, Explained
02:49 The AI Price War Race to the Bottom
05:24 Open Source vs Closed Source: The Real Fight
07:08 Why Europe Is Warming to China
07:54 Why China Loves AI and America Fears It
12:59 Oracle's $43 Billion Debt Bomb
14:20 How the Risk Impulse Moved Indoors
16:05 Socialization as a Vaccine Against Misery