On The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Naval Ravikant gave his thoughts on the drawbacks and advantages of capitalism. In terms of one of the drawbacks, Naval talks about how bankers have essentially effed society over. Here is a direct quote from the clip. You can also watch the video—the exchange is from 40:43 to 41:30.
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Douglas Murray's latest book The Madness Of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity is a wonderful dissection of the current times we live in. A time in which identity politics pervades every aspect…
Douglas Murray has a way with words. Whether it is written or oratory, Murray always finds the most succinct and creative way to convey a point. It is no different…
Many of you may remember that Brian Williams apologized in 2015 for "misremembering" an experience during 2003 in Iraq. The former NBC Nightly news anchor stated that the helicopter he was in…
Sam Harris did a podcast with Chelsea Handler and the topic was white privilege. This podcast was done for her Netflix special on the topic. However she did not use any…
During an evening of conversation in Philadelphia hosted by Sam Harris and included Janna Levin, both women were asked by Sam how they felt about identity politics. I am not sure if they…
During a discussion with Sam Harris and Maria Popova (Brain Pickings) in Philadelphia, cosmologist Janna Levin answered a question an attendee had about the dichotomy between science and art. The question was:How…
I was reading Douglas Murray's new book "The Madness of Crowds", there was a specific Judith Butler (3rd wave feminist philosopher) paragraph in there that perfectly illustrates why intesectionalism and…
Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once or openly, it is far more likely eroded away bit by bit amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals. Thus…
Context: This unrolled tweet came from Shadi Hamid on January 7, 2020, after Iran's retaliation to the killing of General Qasem Soleimani near Bagdad Airport. In retaliation, Iran fired 22…