Trend Following With Michael Covel

My guest today is Brian Klaas, an expert on democracy, authoritarianism, US foreign policy, American politics more generally, political violence, and elections. He is a political scientist, contributing writer for The Atlantic, and an associate professor in Global Politics at University College London. Klaas has advised governments, US political campaigns, NATO, the European Union, multi-billion dollar investors, international NGOs, and international politicians. The topic is his book Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Chaos and order in shaping life outcomes Deterministic models in economics and forecasting Decision-making Acknowledging radical uncertainty Influence of humor in political decisions Unpredictable nature of political outcomes Evolutionary theory's relevance to human choices Long-term trends vs random events in shaping politics Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have deliv