George Hahn Humorist, urbanist, satirist, sartorialist, minimalist, soloist, bicyclist, mid-century modernist on no one’s to-do list.

“Valuing life is a hallmark of a great society. But because we've combined that with regulatory capture by defense firms, the U.S. has built the most expensive glass jaw in history.”

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Tech Strategy & Big Tech · October 2026

George Hahn reading Scott Galloway's essay "Asymmetry". The essay sets America's low tolerance for casualties against adversaries willing to lose soldiers, and argues the drone wars in Ukraine and Iran are a chance to cut defense spending while building a more lethal force.

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I'm Scott Galloway, and this is No Malice:, No Malice:. The silver lining of the wars in Ukraine and Iran. The opportunity to reduce America's defense budget by 50%. Asymmetry, as read by George Hahn.

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…of shareholder value. But sending a B-2 bomber and its two-person crew on a mission likely to result in their deaths is akin to playing baseball with a Fabergé egg. Put another way, every president is capable of greenlighting a trillion-dollar weapon system, but no president wants to be LBJ, who presided over casualty counts exceeding 500 killed per week during the height of the Vietnam War. Valuing life is a hallmark of a great society. But because we've combined that with regulatory capture by defense firms, the U.S. has built the most expensive glass jaw in history. The silver lining of these current conflicts? They present America with a historic opportunity to build a more lethal fighting force while cutting defense spending by a trillion dollars. Embracing asymmetrical warfare with political will should result in a super weapon: a robust balance sheet.

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Life is so rich.

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