Nov. 3, 2020
Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get free vitamin D - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free security camera - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get free shipping - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Dan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/hardcorehistory Dan's Website: https://www.dancarlin.com/ Hardcore History podcast: https://apple.co/2HX7hAA Common Sense podcast: https://apple.co/3mM6WPZ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:53) - Nature of evil (14:50) - Is violence and force fundamental to human civilization? (19:58) - Will we always have war? (29:38) - The Russian front in World War II (37:32) - Ideologies of the US, the Soviet Union, and China (50:15) - Putin (1:02:50) - Journalism is broken (1:10:16) - Genghis Khan (1:24:36) - Greatest leader in history (1:32:21) - Could Hitler have been stopped? (1:49:21) - Hitler's Antisemitism (1:55:12) - Destructive power of evil (2:04:26) - Will human civilization destroy itself? (2:16:31) - Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX (2:24:53) - Steering around the iceberg - wow do we avoid collapse of society? (2:47:00) - Advice on podcasting (2:50:12) - Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the future of podcasting (3:05:19) - Future episodes of Hardcore History podcast (3:20:21) - Is Ben real? (3:21:05) - Meaning of life
