Bill Thompson
Retired U.S. Army chief warrant officer; founder and CEO of hunting-technology company Spartan Forge
Bill Thompson (Retired U.S. Army chief warrant officer; founder and CEO of hunting-technology company Spartan Forge) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Artificial intelligence, Social bots and online propaganda, Ibogaine.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Artificial intelligence
Thompson says he sees no path to sentience for AI in its current form.
“I don't see a path to sentience with AI in its current form today”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:44:24
Thompson predicts AI will cause large deflation, making products cheaper and raising quality of life.
“I think there will be a large deflationary effect where products are going to get cheaper and the quality of life will go up”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:40:22
Other remarks
Thompson says he supported Trump at first but grew critical when events became unpredictable.
“because i was for him in the beginning and then when everything started going tipsy topsy turvy”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:28:42
Thompson credits the serenity prayer, heard at his mother's AA meetings, for his habit of not worrying about what he cannot affect.
“that's one of my super powers is if I can't affect something I don't worry about it”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 30:16
Social bots and online propaganda
Thompson says from his own research that bot networks are a huge, well-funded market that manipulates the public.
“people just don't understand how they're being manipulated by these things. It's enormous. It's an enormous market, billions”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:32:12
Ibogaine
Thompson recounts a veteran who quit his antidepressants and improved after ibogaine treatment in South America.
“he went down there and did that. And when he got back, he threw it all away. And he was better afterwards”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:34
Dream analysis in Jungian psychology
Thompson says documenting his dreams convinced him they convey meaningful messages with an evolutionary function.
“it just became astonishing to me that my dreams were trying to tell me things”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:42
Rites of passage
Thompson argues society has lost coming-of-age rites for young men and that hunting could serve that role.
“we've kind of lost coming of age rights or we've got like you know in native american tribes”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 46:46
Spartan Forge
Thompson says Spartan Forge is designed to minimize phone interaction so hunters focus on the woods.
“if I had my way about it, they wouldn't pick the phone up once they're in the woods”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 41:13
Bow hunting
Thompson says he kills a few does each season before pursuing bucks to avoid buck fever.
“I always make sure I try to kill two or three doe before I really start zeroing in on going for a buck”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 20:48
Appearances
#2569 - Bill ThompsonThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 21, 2026 · 2 h 53 min
Joe Rogan and Spartan Forge founder Bill Thompson discuss bow hunting, performing under pressure, military survival training, Jungian dreams, mastery, online bots and AI's future.
Often appears with
- Joe Rogan · 1 shared episode