"I don't see how i could figure out a way through all that," he says. "We just have to try to figure out some ways to deal with those issues and hope that we get a chance to get some leverage on them, because they will absolutely affect the quality of life on earth for all human beings going into the futre" 'If you were not a professional baspall player, you wanted to be a history teacher,' Obama adds.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on segregation, Islam, Harlem vs. LA, Earl Manigault, jazz, fighting Bruce Lee, Kareem’s conservatism, dancing with Thelonious Monk, and why no one today can shoot a skyhook.
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