Good-day, humans. Welcome to the safe space for dangerous ideas. And this is an interesting

occasion to turn the tables a little bit on old Zeps and perhaps turn upside down the normal

dynamic of my conversations on this show. But first, before we get to today's guest,

great news, great news. If you signed up for the top tier of my substack patrons, if you're part of the elite community,

a hero of sanity, we called you, then your first video webcam cocktail chatter with me is now on the schedule.

The weekend after next, assuming you'll hear this, hearing this roughly when it drops,

which will be the 26th of March, Sydney time, 25th of March in the US and UK.

We're going to gather together for a little, it'll be a Sunday morning coffee if you're in Australia, 9 a.m.

Eastern. Sorry if you're on the West Coast, and that's six in the morning. If you're in the

United States, that means 3pm Pacific and 6pm Eastern on Saturday the 25th. If you're

in Europe, that's 10pm in the UK and 11pm in Western Europe on Saturday the 25th. You will get a,

you'll be emailed a Zoom link in advance, RISVP, confirm your attendance. It's reasonably small

and intimate. We're talking about fewer than 20 people. So you'll get to know me and we'll get

to know each other. It'll be fabulous. And if you're jealous and you want to

participate, you want to come along armed with some stuff that you want to talk about, questions,

thoughts, talking points, suggestions, you can bring it, baby, if you are subscribed as a hero

of sanity. You can upgrade your subscription before then, and you will be welcomed into the fold.

If you are a pre-subscriber to the

substack, if you got in early and therefore we've assured you that you also have a benefit,

which will be a kind of a video-y type thing, this is not for you. There will be a separate

thing for that. There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of you,

so that will be more of a kind of a town hall thing where I do an actual live

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