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Who Benefits From Me Believing This? | Andrew Caulk #79

  1. Who Benefits From Me Believing This? | Andrew Caulk #79 1:56:35

“It is easier simply to tell the truth, even if you’ve made a mistake, because what it does is build credibility over time.” – Andrew Caulk

What happens when the questions leaders most need to ask are the ones they’re most afraid to voice? Andrew Caulk spent two decades in the Air Force as an information strategist, and he’s seen how institutions, military, political, and personal, manage their narratives by avoiding the hardest inquiries.

In this conversation, Andrew and Ken explore how misinformation and disinformation actually work, why truth is more strategically sustainable than deception, and how the attention Economy is quietly rewiring our ability to think slowly.

Andrew shares what senior leaders refused to ask aloud in military war games, what the casualty projections for a Taiwan conflict actually look like, and why American will to fight may be the most underexamined variable in geopolitical strategy.

The conversation also turns to children, curiosity, and how the questions we allow, or suppress, in our homes shape the next generation’s capacity to navigate a noisy world.

This Curated Questions episode can be found on all major platforms and at CuratedQuestions.com.

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Resources Mentioned

 Cognitive Strategy Group

Right to Forget Law

Helio Fred Garcia

Inside The  Manosphere documentary

 Battlefield Three

 Ad Fontis Media Bias Chart

 Trust Me, I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday

Anchorman 2

 Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal

Associated Press (AP)

Reuters

The Economist

 SCOTUSblog

 Freakonomics

Ground News

 Planet Word Museum

 cognitive strategy group.com

 Being Human Church

 Dr. Kori Schake

Jim Mattis

Andrew Caulk on LinkedIn

Producer Ben Ford

Beauty Pill

In March 2025, I wrapped up 32+ years working for the US Navy (Active Duty, Contractor, Civil Servant) and am now developing three elements (podcast, coaching, and speaking) of the Curated Questions project. Keep up with all the action at www.curatedquestions.com and come along for the ride!