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Lex Fridman PodcastDan Carlin: Hardcore History | Lex Fridman Podcast #136
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- Released
- November 3, 2020
- Duration
- 3h 21m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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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/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:36 - Nature of evil 9:33 - Is violence and force fundamental to human civilization? 14:41 - Will we always have war? 24:21 - The Russian front in World War II 32:15 - Ideologies of the US, the Soviet Union, and China 44:58 - Putin 57:33 - Journalism is broken 1:04:58 - Genghis Khan 1:19:19 - Greatest leader in history 1:27:04 - Could Hitler have been stopped? 1:44:03 - Hitler's Antisemitism 1:49:54 - Destructive power of evil 1:59:09 - Will human civilization destroy itself? 2:11:14 - Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX 2:19:36 - Steering around the iceberg - wow do we avoid collapse of society? 2:41:43 - Advice on podcasting 2:44:55 - Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the future of podcasting 3:00:02 - Future episodes of Hardcore History podcast 3:15:04 - Is Ben real? 3:15:48 - Meaning of life CONNECT:
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Dan Carlin, Dan Carlin: Hardcore History | Lex Fridman Podcast #136 explores Dan Carlin and Lex Fridman Confront Evil, War, and Human Destiny Lex Fridman and Dan Carlin explore whether humans are inherently good or evil, using figures like Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan, and Alexander the Great to probe motivation, moral relativism, and the meaning of ‘evil’.
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