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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
#256 – Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony
#255 – Mark Normand: Comedy!
#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns
#253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special
#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI
#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires
#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality
#249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO
#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling
#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA
#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity
#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
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