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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:50) – World War II
(18:54) – Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health
(33:10) – Kelsi’s 9/11 experience
(36:39) – Becoming a soldier
(43:07) – Artillery: The Hand of God
(52:49) – Weapons training
(1:10:35) – Pre-Deployment
(1:26:42) – Arrival to Afghanistan
(1:48:55) – Tragic war story
(2:13:59) – Feelings after tragedy
(2:17:41) – The Taliban
(2:23:17) – Retrospective: 20 years in Afghanistan
(2:39:57) – How war changes people
(2:45:18) – PTSD
(3:14:13) – Ayahuasca and mental recovery
(3:46:09) – Love
(4:04:12) – Advice for young people
(4:07:33) – Death
(4:13:22) – World War II
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#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics
#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
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