#33 – Johan Norberg: Capitalism, Degrowth, and Elon Musk
Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a writer who focuses on globalization, human progress and intellectual history. He is the author of In Defense of Global Capitalism, Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future, and The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it! Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. You can also send me bitcoin to this address. Timestamps0:50 - How Johan changed his mind about human progress 3:50 - Pro-human flourishing cannot be anti-environment 5:33 - Alternative words to describe capitalism 8:30 - Why is there so much economic illiteracy? 12:36 - Despise poverty, not wealth or inequality 16:41 - We are taxing what we want more of 18:46 - Degrowth and the fall of western education 25:21 - The concept of “needs” is often abused 29:27 - How to have infinite growth on a finite planet 33:08 - Elon Musk 34:43 - Javier Milei and Argentina 39:34 - Privatizing law and justice systems 43:52 - Child labor 49:52 - Advice for young people Follow Johan on X: http://x.com/johanknorberg |
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#32 – Riva Tez: Anarchy, Beauty, and Longevity
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Listen now (79 mins) | Riva Tez is a philosopher, writer, and venture capitalist. She's the author of the blog Hard to Write. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. I hope you
#31 – Nicole Behnam: Leveraging Social Media, Building Cults, and Parenting
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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Modern-Day Religious Fanaticism
Friday, June 7, 2024
Ft. Naval and Farb. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
#30 – Niklas Anzinger: Longevity, Crypto, and Network States
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Listen now (57 mins) | Niklas Anzinger is the founder of Infinita VC and Vitalia. He is also the host of the Stranded Technologies Podcast. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.
Economic Creationism Fails to Explain Reality
Monday, June 3, 2024
You cannot coerce your way to a better world. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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