The Rule of Midwits with Brian Chau

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The Rule of Midwits with Brian Chau

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Aug 31, 2022

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Brian Chau (Cactus Chu on Substack, @psychosort on Twitter) joins me to discuss institutions and why midwits rule them, decentralization, sorting mechanisms, right-wing aesthetics, Curtis Yarvin, William F. Buckley, and more.
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Aug 31, 2022

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