In this installment, Daniel and Tom push deeper into the roots of economic anxiety, the morality of money printing, the logic (and danger) of debt, and why the “Monopoly game” always ends in revolution, collapse, or war. They ask what it will really take to avoid history’s bloodiest outcomes — and whether the solutions are personal, systemic, or already out of reach.

SHOWNOTES
43:12 Why money printing is immoral — and also unavoidable
52:09 Why the end of the “Monopoly game” means collapse, war, or revolution
54:26 Why emotional arguments win — but don’t provide answers
55:26 Is there any bloodless way out of our current economic predicament?
56:04 The dual systems: Industrial age in decline, digital age on the rise
59:03 Chess, cards, and elite training simulations (the structure of society)
1:10:03 The baby boom, housing inflation, and the demographic crunch
1:14:02 Bell curve economics vs. power law distribution
1:15:43 Why money printing makes “saving your way up” impossible
1:16:48 Agency, intelligence, inflation and who gets ahead
1:26:40 Adam Smith, self-interest, and how the invisible hand really works
1:30:06 Authoritarianism, top-down fear, and the dangers of utopian “rescue” plans
1:41:25 Artificial General Intelligence, wide access, and the dawn of creative superpowers
1:46:13 Creation vs. consumption — the fork in the road for personal success
1:50:13 Why future careers will be plural, fast, creative loops
1:54:02 Will most people embrace agency, or get left behind by hyperloops?

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