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All right, joining us for the first time is Dr. Matthew Mavak, who researches systems, science, global risks, geopolitics, strategic foresight, governance, and artificial intelligence.

He's the author of a brand new book, a novel that he just published, titled The Electric Reckoning.

Welcome, Matthew.

Thank you.

It's a pleasure to be on your film.

Yeah, finally.

Yeah, finally.

So I was going to say, I followed your work for quite a while.

You know, you've also contributed to RT.

And we've been sporadically in touch for a few years now.

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