#414 Kaizen Asiedu - Thinking Clearly in a World Gone Crazy
Real Talk with Zuby
Zuby
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Kaizen Asiedu is a writer, political commentator, and independent thinker. Kaizen shares how a trip to Egypt the week of the October 7th attacks in Israel pulled him out of political apathy, and how watching Trump get shot on live television galvanised him into public action. The conversation covers the poly-crisis facing humanity, tribalism, and political polarisation in the USA. Zuby and Kaizen also discuss the declining IQ of Gen Z, the role of technology in stunting emotional maturity, and moral relativism vs. universal truth.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:24) We're at an inflection point
(03:04) The poly-crisis explained
(06:14) What made Kaizen go public?
(06:48) Egypt, October 7th & a political awakening
(09:16) Biden's debate
(10:57) Trump getting shot
(13:01) Tribalism & the breakdown of communication
(21:00) Manufactured division vs. organic polarisation
(28:35) Strawmen & echo chambers
(35:04) Gen Z IQ decline & the tech problem
(38:34) The pressure to perform certainty online
(41:18) Changing your mind
(44:59) The moral case for force
(55:15) Is the West morally superior?
(57:46) Morality as civilisational software
(01:00:12) Abortion, slavery & evil
(01:04:45) Universal moral truth vs. cultural relativism
(01:07:07) Feminism & freedom
(01:27:08) Monopoly on morality
(01:35:07) Outro
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