The Non-Obvious Show · Episode 38
The Disturbing Truth About Fate Vs Flukes
with Brian Klaas
The Non-Obvious Show · Episode 38
with Brian Klaas
Does everything happen for a reason or is it all just flukes? Brian Klaas, a professor of Global Politics at University College London, writer, podcaster, and researcher explores this question and why things happen in his book Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters. In this episode, Rohit Bhargava and Brian Klaas discuss topics inspired by the book, including Kokura's Luck, Chaos Theory, the paradox of 21st century life, and the non-obvious stuff that often sways history.
Brian Klaas is professor of global politics at University College London and the author of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters and Corruptible. He writes the newsletter The Garden of Forking Paths and studies power, chance, and authoritarianism.
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