2026-07-04
40 分钟The Economist.
Improbably perhaps, today I'd like to start with a clip from Joe Rogan's
unfeasibly popular podcast, when he was joined by Aaron De Souza and Christian Angermayer,
co-founders of The Enhanced Games.
The Olympics are going to be the natural sports competition
where we're going to see what the best of a human 1.0 can do.
And at the enhanced games, there will be what the best unleashed human,
superhuman can do.
For those of you who haven't heard of it, it's a competition
where athletes are positively encouraged to use performance-enhancing drugs.
Unleashed, indeed.
The first ever edition happened back in May.
From the outside, it might seem like an isolated event,
a fringe Olympics for disgraced dopers or drugged-up hopefuls, maybe.
But let me tell you, there's way more going on here
than just the weightlifting and the swimming and the sprinting.
And I think hopefully in five years, we're going to say,
yes, enhanced games were a defining both moment and then movement.
Mr. Angermayer's movement is really what this is all about.
I'm Jason Palmer, and this is The Weekend Intelligence.