PERSON DIRECTORY
Dwarkesh Patel
Host of Dwarkesh Podcast. Dwarkesh Patel appears in 66 indexed conversations across Dwarkesh Podcast, Hard Fork, The a16z Show. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
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Sarah Paine – Why Russia Lost the Cold War
The Soviet collapse emerged from converging pressures: defense spending reached 40–50% of GNP, oil revenues masked economic rot, and central planning produced unusable information.Paine’s warning is that the West barely won; alliance strength, institutions, and Marshall Plan-style win-wins remain the variables to monitor in Cold War II.