God Mode: The Technological Battle for Global Domination | Bruno Maçães

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 434 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bruno Maçães, a geopolitical strategist and the former Minister of European Affairs for Portugal, whose latest book titled "World Builders" explores the intersection of technology and geopolitics.

In the first hour, Bruno puts forward a radical new theory of geopolitics and technology that no longer views the world as a neutral battlefield between great powers to control territory and resources, but rather as a contest in world building that will afford the most powerful states back-doors into all aspects of our lives that they can use to alter the state of the world at any time or place of their choosing.

In the second hour, Kofinas and Maçães explore why the United States has ceased building the global order it once championed, paving the way for China to construct a new world according to its own technological standards and ideological blueprints. We discuss what this means for the nature of the international order, individual freedom, the form that governance is likely to take in an increasingly virtualized world, and what is in store for all of us if things remain on their current trajectory and the United States recedes from its world building project, or perhaps, even worse, decides to destroy it entirely.

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Episode Recorded on 08/04/2025

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? My name is Demetri Kaffinus, and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.0	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens, to challenge consensus
0:12.6	narratives and learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.6	My guest in this episode of Hidden Forces is Bruno Masayish, a geopolitical
0:23.0	strategist and the former minister of European affairs for Portugal, whose latest book titled
0:28.4	World Builders explores the intersection of technology and geopolitics. In the first hour,
0:34.7	Bruno puts forward a radical new theory of geopolitics and technology
0:38.9	that no longer views the world as a neutral battlefield between great powers to control
0:43.6	territory and resources, but rather as a contest in world building that will afford the
0:48.9	most powerful states' backdoors into all aspects of our lives that they can use to alter the state of the world
0:55.2	at any time or place of their choosing. In the second hour, we explore why the United States
1:01.3	has ceased building the global order it once championed, paving the way for China to construct
1:06.6	a new world order, according to its own technological standards and ideological blueprints.
1:12.5	We discuss what this means for the nature of the international order, individual freedom,
1:16.9	the form that governance is likely to take in an increasingly virtualized world, and what's
1:21.1	in store for all of us if things remain on their current trajectory and the United States
1:25.5	recedes from its world building project, or perhaps
1:27.9	even worse, decides to destroy it entirely. If you want access to all of this conversation,
1:34.7	go to hiddenforces.io slash subscribe and join our premium feed, which you can listen to on your
1:41.0	mobile device using your favorite podcast app just like you're listening
1:44.9	to this episode right now. If you want to join in on the conversation, I've become a member
1:50.9	of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, discounted access
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