#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History
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OUTLINE:
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(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