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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:14) – University of Austin (UATX)
(42:09) – Sam Harris
(1:00:36) – Elon Musk
(1:08:55) – Money
(1:18:50) – Hyperinflation
(1:24:15) – Bitcoin
(1:40:57) – Ethereum and smart contracts
(1:49:43) – Worst disasters in human history
(2:11:41) – How history will remember the current pandemic
(2:25:16) – Hope for the future
(2:33:46) – Love
(2:40:24) – Meaning of life
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#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
#442 – Donald Trump Interview
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism
#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life
#439 – Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling
#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life
#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships
#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet
#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens
#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life
#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI
#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God
#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens
#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset
#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
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