Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) is the founder of Bridgewater Associates -- the largest and best-performing hedge fund in the world -- and author of New York Times bestseller Principles: Life and Work and the upcoming The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail. This is part one of a two-part episode; be on the lookout for part two later in the week!
What We Discuss with Ray Dalio:
The predictable cycles that contribute to the rise and fall of great and once-great nations on the world stage -- and where Ray sees these cycles heading now.
Why there are so many people denying the current pandemic as a hoax in spite of endless evidence before their very eyes.
How we, as emotional human beings, should prepare ourselves for the less comfortable cycles we're bound to experience in the future.
Ray's firsthand account of China's rapid evolution into a technological superpower over just the past few decades.
Why we have Ray to thank (or blame) for the invention of the Chicken McNugget.