Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | Niall Ferguson is a historian at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of 16 books on the history of money, war, power, and catastrophe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:– The Prisoner Wine Company: https://theprisonerwine.com/lex to get 20% off & free shipping– Stripe: https://stripe.com– Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin– Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off– Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit
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OUTLINE:Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.(00:00) – Introduction(09:14) – University of Austin (UATX)(42:09) – Sam Harris(1:00:36) – Elon Musk(1:08:55) – Money(1:18:50) – Hyperinflation(1:24:15) – Bitcoin(1:40:57) – Ethereum and smart contracts(1:49:43) – Worst disasters in human history(2:11:41) – How history will remember the current pandemic(2:25:16) – Hope for the future(2:33:46) – Love(2:40:24) – Meaning of life
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