(00:00) - Intro (1:00) - Unpacking the famous SBF quote (4:00) - Introducing Joe Henrich’s “WEIRD” (6:15) - Introducing Tom Holland’s “Dominion” (7:10) - Nietzsche’s criticism of Christianity (8:45) - Christianity’s inversion of morality (11:40) - Is Wokeness the logical conclusion of Christianity? (15:00) - The Christ narrative as the central narrative (16:20) - Are there any alternatives to WEIRD - Is WEIRD taking over the world? (17:20) - Antonio’s circumcision (20:30) - Why we can’t have Nietzschian morality in TV shows (24:30) - Kanye, Trump, Elon (26:30) - Introducing James Burnham and the rise of professional managerial class (31:30) - How Elon is a threat to the PMC (34:00) - Can other countries resist WEIRD? (38:30) - What would Balaji say about the case for America? (41:50) - Balaji’s Network State (43:20) - is social media going to fragment? (46:35) - America is consistent with the process of evolution 48:20 - We need more cleaving of the elites Thanks to Secureframe for being our first sponsor. Sign up at secureframe.com and mention "Moment of Zen" for 20% off
(00:00) - Intro
(1:00) - Unpacking the famous SBF quote
(4:00) - Introducing Joe Henrich’s “WEIRD”
(6:15) - Introducing Tom Holland’s “Dominion”
(7:10) - Nietzsche’s criticism of Christianity
(8:45) - Christianity’s inversion of morality
(11:40) - Is Wokeness the logical conclusion of Christianity?
(15:00) - The Christ narrative as the central narrative
(16:20) - Are there any alternatives to WEIRD - Is WEIRD taking over the world?
(17:20) - Antonio’s circumcision
(20:30) - Why we can’t have Nietzschian morality in TV shows
(24:30) - Kanye, Trump, Elon
(26:30) - Introducing James Burnham and the rise of professional managerial class
(31:30) - How Elon is a threat to the PMC
(34:00) - Can other countries resist WEIRD?
(38:30) - What would Balaji say about the case for America?
(41:50) - Balaji’s Network State
(43:20) - is social media going to fragment?
(46:35) - America is consistent with the process of evolution
48:20 - We need more cleaving of the elites
Thanks to Secureframe for being our first sponsor. Sign up at secureframe.com and mention "Moment of Zen" for 20% off