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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
#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy
#352 – Omar Suleiman: Islam
#351 – MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
#350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens
#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
#348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life
#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels
#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power
#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation
#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time
#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield
#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin
#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness
#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships
#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War
#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
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