Discussing Zomia from the book "The Art of Not Being Governed" by James C. Scott. We talk about the anarchist history of upland Southeast Asia's hill peoples, who escaped the state for two thousand years. I dive into escape geography, escape crops like potatoes and cassava, swidden agriculture (shifting cultivation or slash-and-burn), leaderless societies, and fluid ethnic identities to explain how Zomians stayed ungovernable. I also discuss order and chaos, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the new Zomia, from digital nomads to tech monopolies, Web3, Bitcoin, and the Network State. Join my community for early, ad-free access to videos: https://substack.com/@thelouiszhao Subscribe to my Email Newsletter to get the scripts to my video essays and other good stuff: https://letter.thelouiszhao.com/subscribe 0:00 Escaping the Matrix 1:07 What Is Zomia 4:41 The Horror of the States 6:20 So You've Decided to Leave 7:05 Escape Geography: Mountains 9:54 Escape Crops: Potatoes and Cassava 15:16 Swiddening vs. the Tax Collector 19:20 Leaderless Societies 21:43 Shape-Shifting Identities 23:12 Walls and Psyops 25:13 Hill-Valley Trade and War 27:56 The Cycle of Order and Chaos 30:53 A Choice Between Order and Chaos 31:48 The End of Zomia 33:01 The Internet as the New Zomia 35:06 The Tech Monopolies 36:11 Web3 and Bitcoin 40:29 What Comes Next Credits: Potato plant: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ Rice paddies: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Rice planting: Jim Holmes/AusAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Ruby: StrangerThanKindness, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Brick tea: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Spices: Herusutimbul, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Burmese blacksmiths: unknown Burmese artist, The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Traditional herbs: Zmu'az4Z, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Salt farmers: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Barley: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Millet: Jschnable, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Buckwheat: STRONGlk7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Taro: Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Yam: Remi Tournebize, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Sago palm: Rik Schuiling / TropCrop-TCS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Cassava harvest: Mhope2010, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Cassava field: EdwinAlden.1995, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Slash and burn, Bolivia: Neil Palmer (CIAT), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Slash-and-burn, Finland: Autom12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Swidden plot, Thailand: mattmangum, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Lisu village, Thailand: Gunther Hagleitner, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Potatoes by the coast, Scotland: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Potato fields, Naltar, Pakistan: Thealimir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Terracotta cavalry figure: Charlie & Melody Wambeke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

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As a doctor, I no longer eat fruits or vegetables — and in this video I explain exactly why. From plant toxins and the flaws in nutritional epidemiology to the industry money that shaped our dietary guidelines, I lay out the biology and the evidence behind why high-fat meat with ZERO plants, is our most species-appropriate food. 📚 Join the waiting for my upcoming book at my website www.DrAnthonyChaffee.com - Your Hub For All Things Health and Nutrition Resources: Sugar industry cover up, JAMA 2016 "Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents" https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255 PMID 27617709 Sugar industry cover up (NPR) https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat UW review of over 800 hundred studies in the literature: weak to no evidence for meat and cancer risk or any other disease, and especially not unprocessed red meat https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01968-z PMID: 36216940 Red meat doesn't increase risk of colon cancer or all cause mortality https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/32 Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021;114(3):1049–1058. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33787869/ PMID 33787869 Natural pesticides and carcinogens in vegetables 99.99% of pesticides are naturally occurring from plants Dr Bruce Ames https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.87.19.7777 WHO Natural Toxins in Plants We Eat https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/natural-toxins-in-food?fbclid=IwAR2j8SyhGBJzPL1lro51J-4BLNRkKVyGaN344Um9ACLAc-Q13jckUYSe7DY Studies of Nutrition: The Physique and Health of Two African Tribes (whole foods plant based vs whole food animal based) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1153267 Natural toxins in vegetables and beans, New Zealand food safety https://www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-home/safe-eat/natural-toxins-in-vegetables-and-beans The International Journal of Poisonous Plant Research (IJPPR) https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/poisonous-plant-research/docs/international-journal-of-poisonous-plant-research/ Professor of Botany and Biology Dr George Diggs, PhD: Plant food toxins https://youtu.be/fnjX3cZ4q84 Professor of Botany at University of Cambridge Dr John Parker, PhD on Plant Defenses and Toxins, 2011 https://youtu.be/EFRCe65NV44 Plants are trying to kill you https://youtu.be/j1cqNDDG4aA ✅ The Carnivore Bar → https://endlss.io/sl/the-carnivore-bar/anthonychaffee 💲 Discount Code: Anthony for 10% off all orders Join my NEW 90 day Carnivore challenge group and online Community! Link below: https://dr-chaffee-s-90-day-carnivore-challenge.mn.co/landing/ 🌐 Discover More Resources, Guides, and Updates at My Website www.DrAnthonyChaffee.com - Your Hub For All Things Health and Nutrition Join My New YT Membership Today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzoRyR_nlesKZuOlEjWRXQQ/join ✅ Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe for more insightful content! ✅ Linktree → https://linktr.ee/DrChaffeeMD Sponsors & Affiliates: ✅ Stone and Spear tallow and soaps → https://www.stoneandspeartallow.com/?ref=gx0gql8b 💲 Discount Code: CHAFFEE for 10% off ✅ Carnivore T-Shirts → https://www.plantfreetees.org ✅ X3 Bar System → https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-100676052-13511487 💲 Discount Code: DRCHAFFEE This podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions. Dietary and lifestyle changes are only part of the complete health picture, the impact of which will depend on each person’s individual circumstances. It is important to stay under the care of appropriate health care professionals, whose advice should be sought before making any substantial dietary or other changes. #carnivore #weightloss #nutrition #diet

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10 abilities the Book of Enoch says humans had before the Watchers rewrote what we were. All of them described in the text. None of them explained by the version of history we were taught. The pattern across all ten is the same. The ability is named. The text moves on without elaborating. Later traditions strip it out entirely or reframe it as myth. The knowledge doesn't survive the retelling. Ten abilities. Ten forgotten thresholds. The same erasure, every time. Subscribe for more of what got left out of the story. #Enoch #BookOfEnoch #AncientHistory #Watchers #Mystery

Is this the end archaeology? In this episode, we explore the growing concerns surrounding Göbekli Tepe, highlighted by YouTuber "Bright Insight." He points out the puzzling decision to halt excavations at this ancient site to focus on tourism, allegedly saving it for future generations-a move that raises more questions than answers. We delve into the deeper conspiracies, including the questionable connection between Göbekli Tepe and the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the recent threats to ban "Bright Insight" from Turkey entirely. Featuring insights from Joe Rogan, Graham Hancock, and Billy Carson, we piece together the facts and theories behind one of the world's most mysterious archaeological sites. Terror Teds Tales - Creepy videos from the dark side of the web.Hosted by Sackhead and Terror Ted. Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only.. not to be taken too seriously! @Terrortedstales on all platforms Join our discord - https://discord.gg/q3sVdR2r #creepytiktok #gobeklitepe #ancientcivilizations

Explore the Dark Side of TikTok: The Most Disturbing Videos on the Internet This is a compilation of the best of our members only content from this month. Become a member for extra episodes and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0zBeV90nTR0ZZq03iT1kw/join MERCH: https://www.terrortedstales.com In this episode, we dive into a collection of some of the most intriguing, eerie, and mind-bending conspiracy theories circulating on TikTok. From unexplained phenomena and hidden agendas to bizarre theories you won't believe, we explore what's lurking in the corners of the internet. Are these just wild stories, or could there be some truth to them? Tune in and decide for yourself! Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/JF72wWqmth Hosted by : Sackhead & Terror Ted. @terrortedstales on all platforms. Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only. Not to be taken too seriously. #tiktokconspiracies #creepy #conspiracy

Project Blue Beam Was About Faking the Sky — What If AI Is the New Psyop? Become a member for early access and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0zBeV90nTR0ZZq03iT1kw/join MERCH: https://www.terrortedstales.com In this episode, we take a closer look at the growing warnings surrounding artificial intelligence after a former Anthropic worker walked away from the company and claimed AI could become an existential threat capable of wiping out humanity. But with the story quickly spreading across interviews, headlines and social media, was this simply a genuine warning — or was the response a little too coordinated? From AI doomsday predictions and fear-driven media coverage to the possibility of a carefully manufactured narrative, we explore whether the real psyop might already be here. Tune in and decide for yourself! Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/JF72wWqmth Hosted by : Sackhead & Terror Ted. @terrortedstales on all platforms. Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only. Not to be taken too seriously. #aipsyop #projectbluebeam #artificialintelligence