Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Henry Farrell on Weaponized Interdependence, Big Tech, and Playing with Ideas

Henry Farrell on Weaponized Interdependence, Big Tech, and Playing with Ideas

Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 12:15 p.m.

The one concept most valuable for understanding the news today might be Henry Farrell\u2019s theory of weaponized interdependence. Whether it\u2019s China\u2019s influence over the NBA, the US ban of Huawei, or whether social media should be regulated on a global scale, Henry Farrell has played a key role articulating how global economic networks can enable state coercion.

Tyler and Henry discuss these issues and more, including what a big tech breakup would mean for security and privacy, why political economics suggests Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board won\u2019t work, what Italy might reveal about China\u2019s future, his family connection to Joyce, his undying affection for My Bloody Valentine, why Philip K. Dick would have reveled in QAnon, why Twitter seems left-wing, and being a first generation academic blogger.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded October 7th, 2019

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