Lex Fridman Podcast

#273 – Chris Blattman: War and Violence

Apr 3, 2022

02:54:20

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The Roots of War and the Past for Peace

02:29

What Is War?

02:09

The Pros and Cons of Contemporary Conflicts

01:53

Introduction

2min

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3min

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3min

What Is War?

2min

What Do Prolonged Groups Mean? And What Does Violence Mean?

3min

What's Not War?

3min

Is There a Definition of War?

2min

Is World War II a Just War?

4min

World War II and Its Effects on the Global Community

4min

10.

The US Invasion of Gansstan

4min

11.

The Roots of War

3min

12.

How Much of a Giant Human Mess Can You Model?

2min

13.

The Downside of Game Theory

5min

14.

What Are Your Thoughts on the War in Ukraine?

4min

15.

The Way to Avoid War Is to Back Down

2min

16.

Putin's Consolidated Political Control

2min

17.

I Love the Ukrainian People Love the Russians

4min

18.

The Russians and the Ukrainians Are Great People That Stand Up and Are Willing to Give Their Lives

5min

19.

Why Leaders Fail the People

3min

20.

We Shall Never Surrender. That's Why It's Powerful

5min

21.

Is the Will to Power Playing Into the Desire for Power?

2min

22.

The Uncertainty Is Really Important

3min

23.

Is It Really Hard to Solve That Uncertainty?

4min

24.

The American Revolution and the War on Terrorism

2min

25.

Why Are We Fighting Again?

2min

26.

The Uncertainty of Political Science

3min

27.

The Doomsday Clock for Nuclear Warfare

5min

28.

What's the Difference Between a Gang War and a Nuclear War?

2min

29.

The March of Freedom Over Human History

2min

30.

The Cost of War Go Up

2min

31.

Is There a Will for Peace Among People?

2min

32.

What Do You Learn From the Medellin Cartel?

2min

33.

La Fassina Is a Lot Like the UN Security Council

4min

34.

The Medellin Cartel

3min

35.

Are You a Criminal or a Prisoner?

2min

36.

Do You Want to Kill a Journalist?

2min

37.

What's the Benefit as a Journalist in a War Zone

4min

38.

Conscript or Conscript? I Don't Know What You're Doing

3min

39.

The President of Uganda Is a Thug but He Was Better Than the Thugs Before Him

4min

40.

World War Two - Is There a Closing Window of Opportunity?

2min

41.

Is There a Way to Avoid Violence?

5min

42.

Avoiding Civil War

2min

43.

The Strategicly Wise Thing to Do Is Arm a Lot

2min

44.

What's the Purpose of This Book?

3min

45.

The Roots of War and the Past for Peace

2min

46.

What Peace Looks Like?

2min

47.

The Pros and Cons of Contemporary Conflicts

2min

48.

I'm Not a Libertarian Democrat but I Wanted to Write a Book About the Palestinians

2min

49.

Senesor War - Part 2

3min

50.

China Is Like It's Own Out There Thing

3min

51.

I Dedicate This Book to a Slow and All Defunct Internet Cafe

5min

52.

I'm Not Writing Books but Why We Fight My Thing

1min

53.

What's the Hardest Piece of Data That You've Been Pursuing?

3min

54.

The Hardest Thing About Organized Crime

3min

55.

The Law of Sinna by Pablo Escort

2min

56.

I've Never Been in a Life-Threatening Situation

2min

57.

You Know I Don't Know I'm a Christian or a Evangelical Pastor

3min

58.

I've Done a Lot of Advice on International Development Work

2min

59.

The Key Leap Is Just Trial and Error

2min

60.

The Hardest Part Was Quitting My Jobs Yeah Yeah Yeah

2min

61.

What a Great Conversation Chris Bladman

2min

Chris Blattman is a professor at the University of Chicago studying the causes and consequences of violence and war. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:49) – What is war?
(17:59) – Justification for war
(40:47) – War in Ukraine
(1:24:16) – Nuclear war
(1:35:36) – Drug cartels
(1:52:19) – Joseph Kony
(1:58:23) – World Wars
(2:05:31) – Civil wars
(2:12:05) – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
(2:20:49) – China vs USA
(2:26:58) – Love
(2:33:23) – Hard data
(2:40:58) – Mortality
(2:46:04) – Advice for young people
(2:50:45) – Tyler Cowen