#487 Tony Thomas on Defense, Technology, and Leadership

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Tony Thomas is a retired 4-star General and was the 11th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). General Thomas is one of our nation's greatest warfighters and he also happens to be an even better human being. In this conversation, we discuss the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the modern battlefield, the greatest threats to the United States, Tony’s leadership lessons, and the intersection of defense and technology, including drones, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and the newly formed Space Force. ======================= Choice is a new self-directed IRA product that I'm really excited about. If you are listening to this, you are likely part of the 7.1 million bitcoin owners who have retirement accounts with dollars in them, but not bitcoin. I was in that situation too. Now you can actually buy real Bitcoin in your retirement account. I'm talking about owning your private keys and using tax-advantaged dollars to do it too. Absolute game changer. https://www.retirewithchoice.com/pomp ======================= The Rodman Law Group is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs realize their vision by helping them operate defensibly in sectors where laws and regulations haven’t caught up to the realities of the industry. The Rodman Law Group’s legal expertise combined with its understanding of blockchain technology makes it the ideal legal service provider for the industry. http://www.therodmanlawgroup.com/pomp

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off.
0:12.0	Tony Thomas is a retired four-star general and was the 11th commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. General Thomas is one of our nation's greatest warfighters, and he also
0:21.9	happens to be an even better human being. In this conversation, we discussed the wars in Afghanistan and
0:27.5	Iraq, the modern battlefield, the greatest threats to the United States, Tony's leadership lessons,
0:33.1	and the intersection of defense and technology, including drones, machine learning, artificial intelligence,
0:39.1	computer vision, and the newly formed Space Force. I really enjoyed this conversation with General
0:44.3	Thomas, and I hope you do as well. Before we get into this episode, though, I want to quickly
0:49.1	talk about our sponsors. First up is BlockFi. They provide financial products for crypto investors. Their products include a high-yield
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1:34.5	BlockFi.com slash pomp. Next up is Choice, a new self-directed IRA product that I'm really excited about.
1:40.8	If you're listening to this, you're likely part of the 7.1 million Bitcoin owners who have retirement accounts with dollars in them, but not Bitcoin. I used to be in that
1:47.8	situation too, but Choice helped me out. Now you can actually buy real Bitcoin in your retirement
1:52.5	account. I'm talking about owning your private keys and using tax advantage dollars to do it, too.
1:57.3	It's an absolute game changer. So if you use Choice, you can have a self-directed
2:01.2	IRA product where you can buy Bitcoin, you can hold the private keys, and you can use tax
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