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#273 – Chris Blattman: War and Violence
Lex Fridman Podcast
Apr 03, 2022
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3 hr 54 min
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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: - Truebill:
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (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
