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Welcome to the most uncomfortable boardroom meeting between history and hysteria. What happens when a Kerala-born contrarian investment analyst who spent 30 years inside America's financial Death Star decides to perform satirical surgery on global capitalism? This podcast—where John Oliver's wit meets Fareed Zakaria's brain, where PowerPoint priests bless corporate cannibalism, and where the gods drop increasingly sophisticated Coke bottles on democracy's lawn. 🎭 MEET YOUR ALLEGORICAL TOUR GUIDES: Milton the Trickster Economist - Explaining why eating your future is "maximizing shareholder value" McSlicey the Priest - Sanctifying outsourcing with sacred spreadsheets General Quagmire - Fighting yesterday's war with tomorrow's budget Algorithm Annie - Optimizing society into digital dystopia The Roosevelt Ghosts - Haunting us with competent governance memories 🌏 THE PREMISE: From the author of "The Gods Must Be Crazy II: A Rooseveltian Renaissance for Trump 2.0," this podcast dissects how America became a Hunter civilization—killing tomorrow to feast today—while China plays Farmer, planting hundred-year harvests. Each episode excavates a new layer of strategic stupidity, from the 2008 financial lobotomy to 2025's AI infrastructure bubble. 📊 WHAT WE EXCAVATE: Why Boeing spent $43B on buybacks then needed $62B in bailouts How 247,000 tech layoffs became "efficiency gains" The $1.2 trillion AI debt bubble that makes subprime look prudent China's patient capital vs. America's quarterly cocaine The Memphis Paradox: When prevention costs pennies but treatment costs millions 🎯 EPISODE THEMES: Corporate Autophagy: How companies literally eat themselves for quarterly targets The Rooseveltian Alternative: What competent governance actually looked like Digital Colonialism: The new empire-building through apps and algorithms The Theyyam Connection: Ancient wisdom meets modern madness Strategic Satire: Using laughter as a diagnostic tool for civilizational decline 💡 WHY LISTEN? Because somewhere between your morning stock ticker and evening doomscrolling, you sense something's fundamentally broken. This podcast doesn't just diagnose the disease—it performs the full autopsy while the patient is still technically alive. Part therapeutic comedy, part strategic scholarship, entirely necessary for anyone wondering why the world's most powerful nation is speedrunning its own decline. 🎪 SPECIAL FEATURES: Interviews with sustainability pioneers who've watched 3,000 companies optimize into oblivion "Milton's Moment of Madness" - Weekly debunking of economic mythology "The Farmer's Almanac" - What China's doing while we're tweeting "Roosevelt's Ghost Notes" - Historical parallels that rhyme too perfectly 📚 BASED ON THE BOOK: "The Gods Must Be Crazy II: A Rooseveltian Renaissance for Trump 2.0 American Renewal in the Chinese AI Century" - Available on Amazon for less than your monthly streaming subscriptions to platforms showing you why everything's fin...
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"Homeless & Horny" for the American Dream? | Is the US Losing the AI War to China?
Dec 1900:44:31Tap to summarizeIs the US focusing on "fluffy" AI while China builds the future? On this episode of The Chicken Coupe, we sit down with author Saji Madapat to discuss his journey from "God's Own Country" (Kerala, India) to the US tech sector. We dive deep into the stark differences between American and Chinese approaches to Artificial Intelligence, the crisis of shrinking attention spans in schools, and why he believes the "new world order" is being written while we aren't looking.Timestamps:00:00 - Welcome to the Chicken Coupe 00:29 - Saji’s Journey: From the Cradle of Communism to the Catacombs of Capitalism 04:00 - Y2K, The Dot-Com Bubble, and the Rise of "AI Slop" 07:12 - AI as a Mirror: Amplifying Creativity vs. Generating Fluff 09:55 - When AI Goes Wrong: Taco Bell & Rogue Drones 11:50 - The Death of the Professional Class: Education & Coding in 2030 16:40 - The Elephant in the Room: Is China Mopping the Floor with US AI? 19:25 - The STEM Gap: 200k US Grads vs. 8 Million in China 25:05 - The Attention Span Crisis: Literacy & 24-Second Content 27:04 - Shock Therapy: Comparing the GI Bill to Modern Education 30:50 - The Debate on Banning Cell Phones in Schools 35:52 - Economic Despair: "Homeless & Horny" for the American Dream 40:32 - The Future of Relationships: AI Girlfriends & Household Robots 42:26 - AGI: When AI Becomes Smarter Than PhDs 44:15 - Outro & Final Thoughts🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/
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America's 'ADHD Cycle' vs. China's 100-Year Plan: How America Can Still Win the AI Century
Dec 1801:11:59Tap to summarizeAmerica is sleepwalking into a century of humiliation. Here's the wake-up call we desperately need.In this urgent analysis, I break down the stark reality of US-China competition that mainstream media won't tell you:The Shocking Numbers: 🔴 For every 1 American STEM graduate, China produces 8 🔴 US infrastructure spending: 2% GDP | China: 6.7% GDP 🔴 US dollar down 10% as BRICS nations abandon dollar trade 🔴 China's DeepSeek AI outperforms US models at a fraction of the costWhat You'll Learn: ✅ Why China is teaching AI in elementary schools while we debate basics ✅ How Chinese TikTok feeds education while ours feeds outrage ✅ The "Century of Humiliation" scenario America faces ✅ Roosevelt's blueprint that can save us (if we act NOW)This isn't fear-mongering. It's pattern recognition.We've been here before. In the 1900s, the Roosevelts faced similar challenges and transformed America through bold investments in infrastructure, education, and research and development. We need that same long-term thinking TODAY.TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Intro: Why America is at an AI Disadvantage 00:04:04 Guest Introduction: Saji Madapat 00:04:40 Hunter vs. Farmer: The Short-Term Mindset Problem 00:10:46 The Big Question: Who is Winning, US or China? 00:11:55 De-Dollarization, BRICS, and Economic Warfare 00:20:45 The Decline of American Soft Power & Alliances 00:26:12 Historical Lessons: How Roosevelt Fixed the Gilded Age 00:30:16 Infrastructure Reality Check: High-Speed Rail vs. Potholes 00:37:50 The Tale of Two TikToks: Engineering vs. Algorithms of Rage 00:44:09 The "Magnificent 7" vs. State-Owned Enterprises 00:47:10 Solutions: We Need a Modern "Square Deal" and GI Bill 00:52:47 The STEM Crisis: 4 Million Chinese Graduates vs. US Decline 00:59:42 Avoiding America's "Century of Humiliation" 01:04:10 Book Spotlight: "The Gods Must Be Crazy" 01:08:55 Conclusion: Turning Shame into Fuel🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/ Share this video if you believe America deserves better than ADHD governance.#USChina #AIRace #Infrastructure #Education #Roosevelt #AmericanRenewal #EconomicStrategy #FutureOfAmerica #GeoPolitics #StrategicThinking
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Stop Building Unicorns. Build Camels. | Why Everything You Learned About Startups Is Wrong
Dec 1700:42:27Tap to summarizeThe Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirical-Scholarly Autopsy of American Capitalism's Death Sprint-Dispatches from the Chinese AI Century's Frontlinehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3I need to confess something.I spent 30 years as a Fortune 10 systems architect—designing the very extraction machines hollowing out our economy. Monday morning, I helped a client fire 10,000 people. Friday afternoon, they hired my firm back at triple the cost. The CEO got a $20M bonus. The stock went up.I was building sophisticated lies. So I burned it all down.In this conversation, I reveal:→ My contrarian 5-step formula for building enterprises that survive (2008, COVID, and whatever's next)→ Why "lean startup" is building on quicksand—and what to build instead→ The real reason 90% of startups fail in two years (hint: it's theater, not business)→ Why I hire farmers, not hunters—and why patient capital beats VC money→ The Cambodian proverb that changed everythingDon't build unicorns. Build camels—enterprises that endure deserts and storms.The question isn't whether you'll be successful. It's whether your success will matter in 50 years.CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro: The Truth About "Faking Success" in Business 02:26 Soul Searching: From Corporate Layoffs to the Killing Fields 03:30 The 5 Principles: Why You Should Build a Camel, Not a Unicorn 08:59 The VC Trap: Why You Don't Need Investors to Start 13:13 Silicon Valley’s Bias & The Farmer Mindset 15:33 Book Reveal: "The Gods Must Be Crazy II" 17:31 The Exponential Age: From Y2K to Generative AI 22:22 Adapt or Die: Why You Must Embrace AI Workflows 23:26 The AI Energy Crisis: Data Centers & Power Consumption 28:01 The Manufacturing Shift: How the US Lost IP to China 33:21 Can Manufacturing Return to the US? (The Role of Robotics) 36:13 Financial Health: Solve Real Problems, Forget the Exit Strategy 39:21 Connect with Saji Madapat🔔 Subscribe for more contrarian business wisdom🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/ 💬 Drop a comment: Are you building a unicorn or a camel?#Entrepreneurship #StartupAdvice #BusinessStrategy #SiliconValley #Leadershiphttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3
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Day Farmer Laughed at Hunter: Why Chinas 100-Yr Plan Makes Our Qtrly Reports Look Like Suicide Notes
Dec 1600:36:01Tap to summarizeThe Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirical-Scholarly Autopsy of American Capitalism's Death Sprint-Dispatches from the Chinese AI Century's Frontline https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7398559696569204736/ Welcome to the most uncomfortable boardroom conversation you'll never be invited to attend.🎯 THE SETUP: What happens when a sustainability pioneer (Dr. Enock Ebbah), who's watched 3,000 companies optimize themselves into oblivion, meets a contrarian investment analyst who thinks American capitalism is cosplaying as a successful economy?🔥 THE PUNCHLINE: A 90-minute masterclass in why your company's "strategic planning" is actually strategic suicide.In This Episodic Tragedy, We Dissect:• Why Boeing spent $43B on buybacks then needed $62B in bailouts (spoiler: Milton the Trickster Economist was driving)• How 247,000 tech workers became "efficiency gains" while China quietly hired them all• The Memphis Paradox: When $8K in home fixes saves $48K in healthcare (but nobody can do the math)• Why insurance companies now price climate change better than your sustainability department• The "Farmer's Dashboard" that measures what ACTUALLY matters (hint: it's not this quarter's EBITDA)Meet Our Allegorical Cast: 🎭 Milton the Trickster Economist - Who'll explain why eating your seed corn is "maximizing shareholder value" ⛪ McKinsey the Priest - Blessing your layoffs with PowerPoint sacraments 🌾 The Chinese Farmer - Quietly planting while you're tweeting about disruption 🏹 The American Hunter - Killing tomorrow to feast todayMost Controversial Claims:• "Sustainability isn't about saving polar bears—it's about not becoming one"• "The first metric that moves boards? When insurance premiums spike 300%"• "We're burning furniture for warmth and calling it innovation."WARNING: Contains dangerous levels of truth, potentially fatal doses of irony, and a 90-day transformation blueprint that your CFO will hate but your grandchildren will thank you for.📚 Based on insights from "The Gods Must Be Crazy II: A Rooseveltian Renaissance for Trump 2.0" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3 🎙️ Part of the Sustainability Transformations podcast series • The Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirica... Timestamps: 00:00 Quarterly Capitalism vs. The Centennial View 00:48 Introduction: Beyond Extraction Culture 02:01 Hunter Economy vs. Regenerative Farmer 05:51 The Intrusion of Short-Termism: From Roosevelts to Cowboy Culture 09:24 Why Companies Cling to Short-Term Profits Despite Climate Risks 14:07 Defining Regenerative Systems: Toyota & Patagonia Case Studies 18:10 Natural Capital & The Hidden Cost of AI: Why Musk Chose Memphis 23:56 Three Actionable Steps: The Second Ledger & Pilot Programs 29:39 Parting Wisdom: Don't Be Roadkill, Be a Farmer 31:51 "The Gods Must Be Crazy II": From Kerala to Trump 2.0🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/ For the Doomed: Keep doing what you're doingRemember: In the end, the ultimate metric isn't quarterly earnings. It's quarters remaining.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/23U6... Sustainability Transformations podcast: sustainabilitytransformations.com/podcast#CorporateStrategy #Sustainability #ChineseStrategy #QuarterlyEarnings #LongTermThinking #BusinessTransformation #ESG #CorporateSuicide #Innovation #Leadership
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Monkey Trapped Prodigal Sons Return: Rebellious Tiger Ride From Wall Street to Sacred Theyyam Groves
Dec 1200:23:52Tap to summarizeThe Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirical-Scholarly Autopsy of American Capitalism's Death Sprint-Dispatches from the Chinese AI Century's Frontline00:00 Introduction: Saji Madapat on The Brand Called You 00:58 Roots of Rebellion: Growing Up in "God's Own Country" 02:24 The Tiger Ride Begins: From Mumbai to Y2K "Cyber Coolie" 04:11 The 2008 Turning Point: Victim of Financial Engineering 06:08 Hunter vs. Farmer: A Contrarian Worldview 08:08 Giving Back: Bridging Ancient Gods & Business Strategy 10:06 The Role of Humor in Geopolitics 11:42 Cyclical History: What Roosevelts & Theyyam Gods Teach Us 13:38 From the Cradle of Communism to the Catacombs of Capitalism 16:10 The Chinese AI Century & The 2049 Vision 18:27 Myth as History: The Ultimate Management Case Studies 20:07 Surviving the AI Era: Unlearn, Create, & Tell StoriesConfession of a “Monkey-Trapped” Prodigal Son: Why I Left Wall Street for a 5,000-Year-Old Startup🐒 The monkey won’t release the banana.The corporate slave won’t release the salary.They called me crazy for leaving the Big 4.Crazier for choosing Theyyam over Tesla.Now watch who’s laughing.The Confession That Changes EverythingI spent 30 years as a “financial termite” inside global capitalism—earning seven figures and advising Fortune-10 leaders.Then I came home.Not with more wealth,But with a question that refused to leave me:If corporations die in 18 years, but Theyyam has survived 5,000… who failed—me, or the system that trained me?The Journey of a Prodigal SonI was born in Marxist Kerala, where capitalism was a sin and money was considered filthy.Then liberalisation hit.99% literacy in “God’s Own Country” quietly created an army of “cyber coolies” for Silicon Valley.I became one of them.And nobody told me it was a trap.Wall Street taught me to multiply money.Theyyam taught me to multiply meaning.When a Kerala son walks out of the golden cage of global capitalism and into Theyyam’s sacred flames, the world doesn’t need to listen because he “succeeded”.It needs to listen because, for the first time, he failed in the right way.Act I: From Marxist Classrooms to Fortune-10 BoardroomsMy “ordinary world” was a paradox: democratically elected communists, 99% literacy, and almost no industry.From there, I rode the early waves of liberalisation:Y2K turned Indian engineers into cyber-coolies for Western systems.I moved from Kerala to Mumbai, then to the U.S., advising leaders across 40+ countries.I learned how incentives, not intelligence, truly run the world.On paper, it was a textbook success story.Inside, something was rotting.Act II: The Monkey Trap (At 18:20 in the interview)A monkey grips a banana through a small hole in a coconut.The only way out is to release the banana.But the monkey won’t. Trapped by its own attachment.For 30 years, I was that monkey.The Fortune-10 salary was my banana.The title, the status, the airline miles—they became my prison bars.Then reality intruded:Cambodia’s killing fields.The 2008 financial collapse.The “bottom of the pyramid”: billions living on roughly $2 a day.Those experiences taught me more economics than any Ivy League syllabus and forced new questions:Why do Indian women holding 25,000 tons of gold understand value better than central banks?Why do farmers (East) outperform hunters (West) over 5,000-year timelines?Why do camels (quiet, resilient businesses) outlive unicorns (over-funded fantasies)?Act III: Returning to Kerala & Theyyam (At 22:40 in the interview)I didn’t come back to Kerala defeated.I came back awake.Theyyam isn’t a dance. It’s a 5,000-year-old startup.It has survived empires, religious shifts, colonialism, globalisation, even Silicon Valley’s arrival—because Theyyam multiplies meaning, not money.Now I’m trying to reverse-engineer this resilience (At 18:20 in the interview):Documenting 200+ unique Theyyams, building 8K visual archives, VR temples, and digital experiences.We keep asking how AI will “save” us.But it may be ancient wisdom that saves AI ethics, not the other way around.Key Revelations• How Y2K quietly created a new global worker class• Why 25,000 tons of gold in Indian homes is a decentralised monetary policy• Why corporate lifespan ≈ 18 years vs. Theyyam ≈ 5,000 years matters• East vs West as farmer vs hunter mindset—and how that shapes geopolitics• Why building camels beats chasing unicornsWho Is This Tiger Rider?I’m a former Fortune 10 advisor with experience across 40+ countries.I’ve documented 200+ Theyyam performances with a personal investment of $500K+.I’ve been honoured with cultural awards, written 12 books in 18 languages, and published dozens of papers on economics, geopolitics, strategy, and cultural resilience.My mission now is simple:To use AI, VR, and storytelling to reverse-engineer 5,000 years of cultural resilience and show that ancient systems routinely outlast modern ones.If You Want to Go Deeper🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/ Sometimes, the most radical strategy isn’t to ride the tiger harder.It’s to climb off, walk back into the forest, and listen to the drums that never stopped calling your name.#TigerRider #AshutoshGarg #TheBrandCalledYou #TheyyamKerala #IndianDiaspora #CapitalismCritique #Geopolitics #CulturalPreservation #SacredWarrior #ProdigalSon
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Jazz for Peace 9/11 Special: Saji Madapat with Obama-Endorsed Humanitarian Rick DellaRatta
Dec 1201:11:28Tap to summarizeThe Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirical-Scholarly Autopsy of American Capitalism's Death Sprint-Dispatches from the Chinese AI Century's FrontlineCorrections: The communist government came into power in Kerala in 1957, not 1954.I made a mistake with the number of gods (Muppathimukkodi (33 Crore) daivangal is a common phrase in Malayalam; “the Vedas, the term “33 koti devata.”)Origin of the “33 Crore Gods” Idea:• The common belief that there are “33 crore” (330 million) gods in India stems from an ancient Hindu text; the original Vedic tradition refers to 33 ‘koti’.• The Sanskrit word ‘koti,’ which can mean both ‘type’ and ‘crore’ (ten million).On this poignant 9/11 anniversary, I had the profound honor of joining Rick DellaRatta on The Jazz for Peace Podcast—a humanitarian artist whose peace-building mission earned personal endorsement from President Barack Obama.00:00 Introduction: Jazz for Peace Meets Geopolitics 01:18 The Underrated Power of Music Diplomacy 03:13 God's Own Country: Kerala, Literacy, and Communism 06:40 Rick’s Nepal Story: Art, Cubism, and Connection 12:35 The "Cyber Coolie" and the Y2K Armageddon Code 14:28 The Sickening Reality of Financial Engineering & 2008 16:31 Bottom of the Pyramid: The Mystery of Capital 19:57 Writing "The Gods Must Be Crazy" & Surviving Cancel Culture 24:26 Big Tech Censorship & The Arbitration Trap 28:18 Shadowbanning and the 96% Peace Proposal Vote 34:36 The Cost of War vs. Education & Debt Relief 40:50 Musical Performance: "In the Ghetto" (Elvis Tribute) 48:02 AI, Job Loss, and a "Trickle-Up" Economic Solution 58:02 The Knowledge Economy: GI Bill vs. Modern Cuts 01:00:46 The Capitalistic Fractal: Profiting from Problems 01:03:00 Roosevelt's Legacy & The Hunter vs. Farmer Mindset 01:06:51 "The Gods Must Be Crazy II": Where to Buy the Book📚 Amazon Best Seller: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3"By bringing Israeli, Palestinian and American Jazz musicians together, Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace have used the transcendent quality of music to promote peace and unity... the forces that unite us are far stronger than the forces that divide us." - President Barack ObamaEpisode 46 weaves an extraordinary tapestry of East meets West. From Marx in Kerala's communist classrooms to the C-suites of Fortune 10 giants. From ancient Theyyam rituals to cutting-edge AI architectures. Across 40+ countries and three decades, my journey reveals the hidden patterns behind the rise and fall of empires—delivered with humor that makes geopolitics surprisingly entertaining.This conversation sparked something magical: Rick's soul-stirring rendition of Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto," connecting Memphis blues to global social justice through the universal language of music.As a Clinton Global GIFT Fellow, Big Four transformation architect, and Kala Sreshta laureate, I offer a unique lens—part mystic, part management consultant—to decode our beautifully complex world.🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/
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We Gift-Wrapped Uncle SAM and FedEx'd It to Uncle Xi | The $63Trillion Heist Nobody Talks About
Dec 1200:29:59Tap to summarizeThe Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirical-Scholarly Autopsy of American Capitalism's Death Sprint-Dispatches from the Chinese AI Century's Frontlinehttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-gift-wrapped-our-uncle-sam-fedexd-xi-saji-haiqe/?trackingId=9AovdQ1rTFuKY4yLNLxD3g%3D%3D Wall Street's priests told us offshoring was "win-win." Now McKinsey is laying off 10% of its workforce and China controls 90% of our rare earths, 80% of our solar panels, and the magnets in our F-35 fighter jets.Whoops.In this conversation with SBA lending expert Ray Drew, author Saji Madapat (The Gods Must Be Crazy II: A Rooseveltian Renaissance for Trump 2.0) unpacks the civilizational comedy of errors that turned American capitalism into a quarterly strip-mining operation—while China farmed for 2049.We discuss:00:00 Introduction: The $63 Trillion Heist 01:08 From "Cyber Coolie" to Boardroom Strategist 02:49 The "Hunter" Mindset: Why CEOs Strip-Mine Companies 06:24 The Quarterly Trap: Why Going Public Hollows Out Innovation 07:50 90 Days vs. 90 Years: China's "Farmer" Strategy 10:01 Root Causes: Milton Friedman, Ivy League Schools, and Short-Termism 12:39 Competing Against the State: The $63 Trillion Disadvantage 15:36 The Roosevelt Solution: A New Square Deal for SMEs 18:14 Lawyers vs. Engineers: Why Washington Misses the Point 21:14 The Fall of GE: Swimming Naked When the Tide Goes Out 23:20 Outsourcing National Strategy to TikTok Algorithms 25:05 America's Halftime: How We Engineer a ComebackThis isn't left or right. It's just forward.🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/ #ChinaStrategy #SmallBusiness #Geopolitics #EconomicPolicy #RooseveltRenaissance
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China vs USA AI(Nvidia’s CEO’s Revelation): ‘Century of Humiliation’ to ‘Dopamine Dealers’
Dec 1200:31:27Tap to summarizeThe Gods Must Be Crazy Podcast: A Satirical-Scholarly Autopsy of American Capitalism's Death Sprint-Dispatches from the Chinese AI Century's FrontlineLinkedIn Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-mirror-messiah-when-nvidias-ceo-accidentally-truth-saji-epboe/ China is winning the AI race—not through better models, but superior infrastructure and long-term strategy. BIG4 Global Strategist Saji Madapat reveals why America's short-term thinking could cost us everything in the US-China AI competition, and what we must change now.In this deep-dive episode of The Chris Hood Show, Saji Madapat—a technology strategist with 30+ years including at BIG4 firms and Clinton Global Initiative graduate—delivers a contrarian reality check on the US vs China AI race that challenges conventional Silicon Valley wisdom.🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Why China's AI strategy focuses on infrastructure while America chases "dopamine-dealing" applications—and why that difference determines who wins the AI race long-termHow China's energy infrastructure (80-100% electricity reserves vs US 15%) creates an insurmountable advantage for AI data center buildoutThe critical role of standardization in AI development that Western media ignoresWhy cutting education budgets today means losing the China-US technology competition tomorrowHow cultural differences between Eastern long-term thinking and Western quarterly-results mentality shape the AI geopolitics landscapeWhat kind of leadership America needs to compete in the AI race (and why current approaches fail)The "camel mentality" for sustainable strategy vs Silicon Valley's boom-bust cycle⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 – Introduction: The Global AI RaceChris Hood introduces the geopolitical stakes of AI and guest Saji Madapat.01:05 – Guest Background: From "God's Own Country" to Y2KSaji discusses his origins in Kerala, the "business blunder" of Y2K, and his career evolution from ERP to AI strategy.03:50 – Hunter vs. Farmer: The Strategic Mindset ShiftComparing the US "quarterly report" short-termism against China’s 100-year "Century of Rejuvenation" strategy.06:30 – China’s "AI Plus" & The Digital Silk RoadA breakdown of China’s 2027-2035 roadmap, partnering with the UN, and assembling a global coalition (BRI) while the US lacks a unified strategy.10:55 – Infrastructure vs. StandardizationChris argues the US focuses on infrastructure (hardware/energy), while Saji argues China is winning the critical battle for setting global AI standards.15:30 – "Dopamine Dealers" vs. Applied AISaji critiques US Tech Giants for building "addiction/rage-based" algorithms while China restricts social media to focus on robotics and industrial sciences.18:15 – The Illusion of "Can't" in EnterpriseDiscussing corporate inertia and how the "Free Market" excuse often hinders necessary innovation and regulation.20:30 – The Talent Crisis: Who is Building the AI?Saji highlights the disparity in STEM graduates (1:8 ratio) and notes that a significant portion of the world's AI developers are of Chinese origin.23:00 – Conclusion: The Need for "Shock Therapy"Final thoughts on the need for a new "Square Deal" or "Rooseveltian" leadership to wake the US up from its "Gilded Age" slumber.💡 KEY INSIGHT: The United States has the talent, resources, and innovation capacity to lead in AI—but we're operating with a short-term mindset in a long-term game. China's focus on AI infrastructure, standardization, and patient capital is the tortoise strategy that beats the hare.This isn't about which country has ChatGPT or DeepSeek. It's about who's building the foundation for the next 20 years of artificial intelligence development—and right now, China is laying more groundwork.🔗 RELATED CONTENT:Read the book Wall Street's lawyers are definitely not concerned about: ► 📚 The Gods Must Be Crazy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFX51PL3📺 The Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcA7B8zy3sQbgU81qw2UNsR7ztFgbp-zT&si=q_YBwegceW8LSFwB 📢 Join the conversation: https://www.theyyam.us/podcast 🌐 Strategic consulting: https://www.theyyam.us/about LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodtogreat/ ---ABOUT SAJI MADAPAT:Kala Sreshta (Most Accomplished Artist) award winner. Author of a dozen best sellers, “The Gods of The Gods’ Own Country” and " The Gods Must Be Crazy! in ~20 Languages. Graduate of Clinton Global Initiative GIFT (Global Institute for Tomorrow) Young Leadership program in China (Hong Kong & Cambodia) and the Masters in Leadership from PMI's CCL patterned executive leadership programs. TOGAF9 certified EPM & ERP Architect of Enterprise Performance with over two-decade-long experience in numerous industries through Ernst & Young global clients and beyond. Published and presented ~50 papers globally, including Architecting the future state strategic ERP & EPM business system road map to Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), BOT's, etc. Contributed to all five major PMI Books/standards (PMBOK, OPM3, P&PM, and PMCD) based on experience with the ERP & EPM global implementations. Architect of Team India Movement, which transformed ASIA-PAC as the PMI's most strategic region forever.ABOUT THE CHRIS HOOD SHOW: https://chrishood.com/podcast/the-ai-... #AIRace #ChinaAI #USChinaCompetition #AIStrategy #Geopolitics #TechnologyLeadership #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepSeek
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