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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(07:53) - Nature of evil(14:50) - Is violence and force fundamental to human civilization?(19:58) - Will we always have war?(29:38) - The Russian front in World War II(37:32) - Ideologies of the US, the Soviet Union, and China(50:15) - Putin(1:02:50) - Journalism is broken(1:10:16) - Genghis Khan(1:24:36) - Greatest leader in history(1:32:21) - Could Hitler have been stopped?(1:49:21) - Hitler's Antisemitism(1:55:12) - Destructive power of evil(2:04:26) - Will human civilization destroy itself?(2:16:31) - Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX(2:24:53) - Steering around the iceberg - wow do we avoid collapse of society?(2:47:00) - Advice on podcasting(2:50:12) - Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the future of podcasting(3:05:19) - Future episodes of Hardcore History podcast(3:20:21) - Is Ben real?(3:21:05) - Meaning of life