166 - Stephan Schwartz (Trend Spotter)
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan
Chris Ryan
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2016
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Stephan Schwartz has been involved in trying to make the world a better place for a long time. He's worked in the upper reaches of the defense department, helping transform the military from the draft-era to the professional, volunteer force of today. He's also worked in grass-roots social change organizations fighting for social justice. His insights into the trajectory of history are informed by decades of paying very close attention from multiple perspectives.
The Schwartz Report. Amazon link to Stephan's book.
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| 0:00.0 | Radio mano, papà c'ango |
| 0:02.8 | Folto |
| 0:05.3 | Mario andando in lif ... |
| 0:31.5 | Come in a you from Changmai Thailand |
| 0:34.5 | and I'm told that means something like welcome in Thai language |
| 0:39.5 | that's about all I can say welcome and thank you |
| 0:44.5 | I'm recording this sitting in the sort of a lobby cafe restaurant area of the buddy guest house |
| 0:53.5 | where we're staying tonight |
| 0:55.5 | it's my birthday I've had a couple of beers already |
| 0:58.5 | and I'm going out to have a few more in the night market in a few minutes |
| 1:02.5 | so I'll keep this intro kind of brief |
| 1:05.5 | which is good because this week's guest is Steven Schwartz |
| 1:09.5 | who is so freaking interesting that you really don't need to hear a bunch from me |
| 1:14.5 | we can move right into the conversation with him as you'll hear |
| 1:17.5 | he's had an incredible background that ranges from working for the |
| 1:23.5 | upper echelons of the defense department to doing research into consciousness |
| 1:30.5 | and remote viewing and all sorts of really interesting funky stuff |
| 1:35.5 | he's a very straight thinker in the sense that he is open-minded and not dismissive of the unknown |
| 1:47.5 | but he adheres to some pretty stringent intellectual guidelines |
| 1:53.5 | that keeps him from getting to woo woo |
| 1:56.5 | he's a lot like Stanley Kripner and they've been friends for a long time for several decades at least |
| 2:02.5 | I apologize for the motorcycles and the glass in the background |
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