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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
#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy
#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation
#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
#175 – Yannis Pappas: History and Comedy
#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates
#172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
#171 – Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin
#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
#169 – Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles
#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power
#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media
#165 – Josh Barnett: Philosophy of Violence, Power, and the Martial Arts
#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship
#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
#159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading
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