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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:36) – Universal human rights
(22:35) – Authoritarianism
(32:46) – AIs impact on civil liberties
(44:09) – Edward Snowden and government surveillance
(47:48) – Money
(52:01) – Bitcoin
(1:07:48) – Government response to Bitcoin
(1:18:19) – The blockchain
(1:23:42) – Can Bitcoin fail?
(1:26:33) – Bitcoin scams
(1:30:17) – Patriotism
(1:32:41) – Human Rights Foundation
(1:37:15) – Conflict with China
(1:40:05) – Corporate accountability
(1:55:27) – Garry Kasparov and the HRF
(2:00:36) – Journalism, conversations, and truth
(2:07:50) – Alex’s book recommendations
(2:15:56) – Attacks on Bitcoin
(2:17:35) – The future of humanity
(2:21:57) – Advice for young people
(2:33:13) – Meaning of life
#445 – Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump, Conservatism, Nationalism, Immigration, and War
#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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