Why Western governments are so dangerously broken, and how to fix them before an even more catastrophic crisis. Dominic was Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister during COVID, and before that, director of Vote Leave (which masterminded the 2016 Brexit referendum).

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* Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/dominic-cummings
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00:00:00 - One day in COVID…
00:08:26 - Why is government broken?
00:29:10 - Civil service
00:38:27 - Opportunity wasted?
00:49:35 - Rishi Sunak and Number 10 vs 11
00:55:13 - Cyber, nuclear, bio risks
01:02:04 - Intelligence & defense agencies
01:23:32 - Bismarck & Lee Kuan Yew
01:37:46 - How to fix the government?
01:56:43 - Taiwan
02:00:10 - Russia
02:07:12 - Bismarck’s career as an example of AI (mis)alignment
02:17:37 - Odyssean education