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#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History


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Episode: #136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History
Pub date: 2020-11-06



Podcast Notes Key Takeaways
  • What’s interesting is that Germany might have been stronger in WWII without anti-semitism
    • Albert Einstein, along with other scientists and other valuable people would have been fighting on Germany’s side
      • The Holocaust might have prevented Germany from getting the nuclear bomb first
    • Germany used many resources in the Holocaust that could have been allocated to war efforts
  • Defining evil is difficult
    – “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” – Dan Carlin
  • Climate Change is a clear example of the flaws of our collective decision making
    – Too many things have to go right to prevent us from destroying the Planet
    – People around the World have to get onboard together
    – Nations would have to put aside their interests in favor of the collective ones
    – For this reason, Dan sees this as the most likely way we’ll destroy ourselves
  • Despite the impressive progress, Elon made with SpaceX, Dan is most impressed with Tesla
    • Consumers who don’t care about the environment still want Tesla
      • Elon has aligned the incentives of individuals with those of the Planet


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