199. Are Nation-States Becoming Irrelevant? Parag Khanna on “Connectorgraphy”

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🗓️ 6 April 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in globetrotter, CNN analyst and author Parag Khanna to discuss his book “Connectography”, which attempts to re-envision our world’s maps based on a rapidly changing, increasingly connected society. Parag starts off discussing his travels from a very young age, and how it shaped his view of the world. He then delves into just how the world has rapidly become a “supply chain society” in the last 50+ years, leading to a world where traditional maps reflecting the borders of nation-states don’t quite realities of the world today. Marc and Parag to go on to discuss who the winners and losers are in [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	Donald Trump could just as much be railing against robots as he is against foreign workers,
0:33.6	because labour automation also takes away jobs. I don't see him rallying and
0:37.9	campaigning against robots. Welcome to the Lions of Liberty podcast. Here's your host, your guy,
0:48.2	your shining beacon of liberty, Mark Clare. Welcome back, you little Liberty rat Scalions, you. We are here. Mark Claire.
0:57.4	Welcome back, you little Liberty Rat Scalions, you.
1:03.4	We are here once again at the Lions of Liberty podcast where I strive to advance the ideas of Liberty through a series of great conversations.
1:05.9	This is episode number 199 of this program.
1:10.1	We are so close to 200, and it's going to be a special one.
1:12.7	I'll tell you about that more later. Until then, you can find today's show notes at
1:16.3	Lyonsofliberty.com slash 199. Today's show is sponsored by Health, Excellence, Select,
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1:36.0	My guest today is a leading global strategist, a world traveler, a global contributor for CNN,
1:41.5	and a best-selling author. His latest book is Connectography, mapping the
1:46.2	future of global civilization. And he is here to discuss that with me today. He is Mr. Parag Khanna.
1:52.1	Parag, before we get going, I've got one question to ask you, and that's if you're ready to
1:55.9	roar with me. Hell yeah. All right. I've never heard a lion actually say hell yeah, but I like it.
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