Peter Thiel: The Real Risk is Totalitarian World Government (Triggernometry, 2024)
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Outline:
(00:00 ) Trailer
(00:40 ) Progress has stagnated
(04:25 ) We need courage more than genius
(10:50 ) What will the future look like?
(15:03 ) The impact of AI
(17:46 ) The main existential threats
(18:44 ) Totalitarian one world government
(23:27 ) What a global government would look like
(27:00 ) 'Optimism and pessimism' - the wrong framing
(30:12 ) What I'd change about the States
(32:25 ) Polarisation is bad for growth
(36:08 ) The global stagnation crisis
(38:40 ) Is AI the solution?
(40:43 ) Critiquing social media
(43:02 ) Wokeness is a warped form of Christianity
(45:48 ) The flaws of New Atheism
(49:40 ) Two threats: Islam and China
(52:38 ) China's thirst for dominance
(58:23 ) We must focus on Iran
(01:00:41 ) Thoughts on Russia
(01:02:33 ) The Taiwan crisis
(01:04:47 ) What's the one thing we're not talking about?
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