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#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Joe Rogan Theory of Desire

"I just had such a funny experience with someone critiquing Gerard the other day in such a elegant and beautiful and simple way," he says. "We'd have a little bit of conflict and then we would dance and then everybody would be fine." The Joe Rogan theory of desire is that all human problems have to do with the fact that you don't do no hard shit in your day, according to him. But under which conditions is that true? Under which conditions is it not true? What do those other conditions make possible and look like?"

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