Disrupting the Battlefield: How Venture Capital is Changing Modern Warfare | Josh Wolfe

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 308 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Josh Wolfe, co-founder and managing partner at Lux Capital about the state of venture investing and how venture capital is disrupting the battlefield and changing the nature of warfare.

Josh and Demetri spend the first hour of their conversation discussing the rise of narrative warfare and how social media, synthetic media, and historically high levels of public distrust in government and mainstream media institutions have made the problem worse. They discuss potential solutions to this problem and what individuals can do to become more discerning consumers of information and better at identifying misleading narratives.

In the second hour, Demetri and Josh discuss the state of venture capital investing, the opportunities, challenges, and risks posed by artificial intelligence, and how the venture community and the portfolio companies of firms like Lux Capital are disrupting the defense industry. This includes a detailed discussion about the future of warfare, automation on the battlefield, the role of artificial intelligence in military planning, the geostrategic competition with China, the militarization of space, and much more.

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Episode Recorded on 04/11/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is Demetra Cofinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.0	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens, the challenge consensus narratives,
0:14.0	and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:19.0	My guest in today's episode is Josh Wolf, co-founder and managing partner at Lux Capital,
0:25.0	a venture capital firm that invests at the cutting edge of technology and the hard sciences.
0:31.0	Josh and I spend the first hour of today's conversation discussing the problem of information,
0:36.0	specifically the rise of narrative warfare, facilitated by technology, and enabled by historically high levels
0:43.0	of public distrust and government and the media.
0:46.0	We discussed potential solutions to this problem, what those solutions might look like,
0:51.0	and what we can do on an individual basis to become more discerning consumers of information,
0:56.0	and better able to identify misleading narratives meant to persuade us in one direction or another.
1:02.0	In the second hour, I ask Josh about the state of venture investing,
1:07.0	the opportunities, challenges and risks posed by artificial intelligence,
1:12.0	and how the venture community and the portfolio companies affirms like Lux Capital
1:16.0	are disrupting the defense industry, including a discussion about the future of warfare,
1:21.0	automation on the battlefield, the geostrategic competition with China,
1:25.0	the militarization of space, and much more.
1:28.0	If you want access to that part of the conversation and you're not already subscribed to Hidden Forces,
1:33.0	you can join our premium feed and listen to the second hour of today's episode
1:38.0	by going to hiddenforces.io slash subscribe.
1:42.0	All of our content tiers give you access to our premium feed,
1:46.0	which you can listen to on your mobile device using your favorite podcast app
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