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Hello, it's Saturday. It's the Saturday show. Maybe I should start these shows with a little...

What? Oh! Hello there! It's you!

You know that conceit sometimes. Maybe it's a masterpiece theater type set. Someone is reading a book in a winged chair.

Smoking a pipe wearing tweed. He looks up, surprised to see the camera. Oh! I didn't know it would be you.

Anyway, it's Saturday. It's the Saturday show. We play one of the best from the week and one of the best from the vaults.

From the vaults, we go back to 2019, a book called The Intelligence Trap.

Why smart people make dumb mistakes by David Robson. I can't identify.

But you know, I'll bring it to you guys in case you find something there that you can relate to.

This is just a public service that I perform.

Am I one from the week? It's usually a spiel, but this was actually a segment at the top of the show.

It was about the Taliban. They do have a strong brand, as I note, in the show topper.

You know you've done something. I'm going to say wrong. If the Westboro Baptist Church looks at your religious organization and says,

Whoa, those guys are freaking hardcore. Is the Taliban?

So my thoughts on the latest Taliban initiative and why smart people make dumb mistakes, which probably does not apply to you, maybe me or the Taliban.

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