Dan Carlin: Hardcore History | Lex Fridman Podcast #136

Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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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

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