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Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #251

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Ray Dalio is an investor, author, and founder of Bridgewater Associates. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation matched up to $1k - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off EPISODE LINKS: Ray's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RayDalio Ray's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raydalio Books & resources mentioned: Ray's books: https://amzn.to/3swN5uw Ray's free personality test: https://principlesyou.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:42 - Money or power 4:18 - Big Cycle 24:11 - Collapse of the American Empire 32:38 - War 35:45 - Xi Jinping 41:49 - Importance of freedoms 47:52 - Democracy's vulnerability 51:17 - Communism's vulnerability 58:18 - Vladimir Putin 1:02:23 - Understanding China 1:09:51 - Henry Kissinger 1:13:24 - Bitcoin 1:20:12 - Elon Musk and Dogecoin 1:22:09 - How to take notes 1:25:52 - Advice for young people 1:29:58 - Hope for humanity SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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{'title': 'Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #251', 'heatmap': [], 'summary': "Ray dalio's exploration of empires' rise and fall, focusing on u.s. and china, delves into historical money-power relationships, u.s.-china economic comparisons, vulnerabilities in democracy and autocracy, global perspectives, bitcoin's role in finance, and dogecoin's potential, encompassing diverse insights on societal evolution, leadership, and economic cycles.", 'chapters': [{'end': 49.762, 'segs': [{'end': 49.762, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 0.029, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4.191, 'text': 'The following is a conversation with Ray Dalio, his second time on the podcast.', 'start': 0.029, 'duration': 4.162}, {'end': 12.516, 'text': 'He is a legendary investor, founder of Bridgewater Associates, author of a book I highly recommend called Principles,', 'start': 4.692, 'duration': 7.824}, {'end': 17.279, 'text': 'and also a new book called Principles for Dealing 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'start': 54.404, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 60.147, 'text': 'They support each other and they compete with each other.', 'start': 56.505, 'duration': 3.642}, {'end': 65.069, 'text': 'Those who have money have power, a certain type of power.', 'start': 61.164, 'duration': 3.905}, {'end': 75.065, 'text': 'That power has to do with all that they can buy, but it also has the ability to influence those with political power.', 'start': 66.372, 'duration': 8.693}, {'end': 78.371, 'text': 'So and so.', 'start': 76.05, 'duration': 2.321}], 'summary': 'Money and power are interdependent, with money enabling influence and purchase.', 'duration': 28.609, 'max_score': 49.762, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc49762.jpg'}, {'end': 166.896, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 140.444, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 151.928, 'text': 'So when we evolved, when the society evolved so that it would produce goods and services, and you have 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1470.39, 'text': 'What are the concerning indicators?', 'start': 1468.83, 'duration': 1.56}, {'end': 1474.211, 'text': 'And if those break down further, what does that look like?', 'start': 1470.59, 'duration': 3.621}, {'end': 1480.693, 'text': 'Well, all of those indicators are concerning.', 'start': 1475.551, 'duration': 5.142}, {'end': 1489.458, 'text': 'Maybe except for one, which is technology, the technology niche.', 'start': 1482.554, 'duration': 6.904}, {'end': 1501.544, 'text': 'Although even in that area, the United States is improving at a slower rate than is China for various advantages that they have there.', 'start': 1490.098, 'duration': 11.446}, {'end': 1507.027, 'text': 'They put out about eight times as many computer engineers, they have free data and so on.', 'start': 1501.704, 'duration': 5.323}], 'summary': 'Concerning indicators suggest potential collapse of american empire based on measures, including slower technology improvement compared to china.', 'duration': 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Broad-based education drawn from the largest population is a crucial leading indicator for economic cycles, as it fosters social stability and productivity.', "Declining education levels in the United States, as indicated by deteriorating general public education and PISA scores, pose a significant concern for the country's future economic trajectory. The United States is losing its educational advantage, with deteriorating general public education and declining PISA scores, which could impact its future economic trajectory.", "China's rapid improvement in education and technological competitiveness, as evidenced by the quantity of educated people and their advancements in areas like quantum computing and AI, presents a potential challenge to the United States' global economic position. China's rapid improvement in education and technological competitiveness, particularly in areas like quantum computing and AI, presents a potential challenge to the United States' global economic position.", 'The concerning indicators for the American empire include technology, internal disorder, and financial stability, with China gaining ground in technological advancements and education, thus impacting the global competitiveness. The American empire faces concerning indicators in technology, internal disorder, and financial stability, with China gaining ground in technological advancements and education, impacting global competitiveness.']}, {'end': 2148.864, 'start': 1801.907, 'title': 'Leadership and potential wars with china', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of strong leadership in addressing societal challenges, highlighting the need for bipartisan cooperation and the potential risks of conflict with china, including the various types of wars and the historical context of the taiwan issue.', 'duration': 346.957, 'highlights': ['The importance of bipartisan cooperation and strong leadership to address societal challenges is emphasized, aiming to work for the majority of people and create broad-based prosperity. Emphasizes the need for bipartisan cooperation and broad-based prosperity.', 'The potential risks of conflict with China are outlined, including the various types of wars such as trade war, technology war, geopolitical influence war, capital war, and military war. Outlines the various types of potential conflicts with China.', 'The historical context of the Taiwan issue is discussed, including the Hundred Years of Humiliation and the sovereignty dispute between China and Taiwan. Discusses the historical context and sovereignty dispute between China and Taiwan.']}], 'duration': 1252.717, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc896147.jpg', 'highlights': ["China has displaced the United States as the world's largest trading country, indicating its economic dominance in global trade.", 'The United States is at risk of losing its reserve currency status due to imbalance, posing a significant financial risk.', 'The differentiation between productive and destructive conflicts impacts short-term outcomes, with productive conflict contributing to improvement and destructive conflicts posing challenges.', 'Broad-based education drawn from the largest population is a crucial leading indicator for economic cycles, as it fosters social stability and productivity.', 'The United States is losing its educational advantage, with deteriorating general public education and declining PISA scores, which could impact its future economic trajectory.', "China's rapid improvement in education and technological competitiveness, particularly in areas like quantum computing and AI, presents a potential challenge to the United States' global economic position.", 'The American empire faces concerning indicators in technology, internal disorder, and financial stability, with China gaining ground in technological advancements and education, impacting global competitiveness.', 'Emphasizes the need for bipartisan cooperation and broad-based prosperity.', 'Outlines the various types of potential conflicts with China.', 'Discusses the historical context and sovereignty dispute between China and Taiwan.']}, {'end': 2856.851, 'segs': [{'end': 2215.275, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2186.579, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 2196.165, 'text': "When he first came to power, as you know, they have two five-year terms, and we're now coming to the end of the second of those five-year terms.", 'start': 2186.579, 'duration': 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progressed over those 10 years, there was a lot of changing in their financial circumstances opening many, many other markets,', 'start': 2251.813, 'duration': 15.505}], 'summary': 'Corruption posed an existential threat to the system, leading to a focus on combating it over 10 years, with significant financial changes and market openings.', 'duration': 26.433, 'max_score': 2240.885, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc2240885.jpg'}, {'end': 2700.346, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2669.899, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2677.209, 'text': "That's why democracy is from the bottom up, or even a company will get together and will be partners to prosper together.", 'start': 2669.899, 'duration': 7.31}, {'end': 2680.293, 'text': 'That is the American approach.', 'start': 2677.549, 'duration': 2.744}, {'end': 2681.475, 'text': 'He was describing..', 'start': 2680.493, 'duration': 0.982}, {'end': 2687.438, 'text': "that in China, it's an extension of the Confucian family, essentially.", 'start': 2681.995, 'duration': 5.443}, {'end': 2691.981, 'text': "And so it's almost like there's a hierarchy.", 'start': 2687.919, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 2698.505, 'text': 'And so what they think about is the common good, not the individualism.', 'start': 2692.441, 'duration': 6.064}, {'end': 2700.346, 'text': 'Um. so, for example,', 'start': 2699.245, 'duration': 1.101}], 'summary': 'Comparison of democracy and confucian family values in china and the us.', 'duration': 30.447, 'max_score': 2669.899, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc2669899.jpg'}, {'end': 2750.13, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2722.563, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 2740.127, 'text': "um, They control what type of video games and how many hours a day kids can be on video games operating in that way because they believe that that's good for the society and that's very controlling.", 'start': 2722.563, 'duration': 17.564}, {'end': 2747.85, 'text': "In the United States, I think probably most parents would say, leave it to me, and it's a matter between me and my kids.", 'start': 2740.828, 'duration': 7.022}, {'end': 2750.13, 'text': 'The same thing has to do with data.', 'start': 2748.37, 'duration': 1.76}], 'summary': "Parents prefer control over kids' video game time and data privacy.", 'duration': 27.567, 'max_score': 2722.563, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc2722563.jpg'}, {'end': 2797.7, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2771.883, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 2780.55, 'text': "In China, it would be that the government will control the data because that's going to be best for the society, and it depends who you trust.", 'start': 2771.883, 'duration': 8.667}, {'end': 2787.695, 'text': 'So that difference in philosophy is very much at the heart of that.', 'start': 2781.651, 'duration': 6.044}, {'end': 2795.979, 'text': "As far as your question in terms of effectiveness, it really is in China's case.", 'start': 2788.736, 'duration': 7.243}, {'end': 2797.7, 'text': "it's how you balance the things right?", 'start': 2795.979, 'duration': 1.721}], 'summary': 'In china, government controls data for societal benefit, emphasizing trust and balance.', 'duration': 25.817, 'max_score': 2771.883, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc2771883.jpg'}], 'start': 2148.864, 'title': "China's leadership and societal evolution", 'summary': "Delves into xi jinping's leadership journey, economic reforms, and china's evolving societal philosophies, showcasing market liberalization, corruption management, and debt issues. it also covers central control, conflicting ideologies, and their impact on economic and societal growth, reflected in improvements in per capita income, longevity rate, and poverty reduction.", 'chapters': [{'end': 2382.111, 'start': 2148.864, 'title': "Xi jinping's leadership and economic reforms", 'summary': "Highlights xi jinping's leadership journey and his significant economic reforms, including market liberalization, addressing corruption, and managing debt issues, leading to the development of vibrant capital markets and the ongoing real estate bubble adjustments.", 'duration': 233.247, 'highlights': ["Xi Jinping's leadership journey from a difficult upbringing during the Cultural Revolution to becoming a leader and implementing significant economic reforms.", 'Market liberalization and movement towards a more open economy, leading to the development of vibrant capital markets and opportunities for entrepreneurs.', 'Addressing corruption as an existential threat and focusing on reforms to control lending to state-owned enterprises and local governments, contributing to the development of a lending system and controls on capital markets.', 'Dealing with the real estate bubble by establishing financial ratios for property developers, leading to healthy adjustments and cleaning up of bad debts and practices.']}, {'end': 2856.851, 'start': 2382.711, 'title': "China's evolving leadership and societal philosophies", 'summary': "Discusses china's changing world order, leadership dynamics, and contrasting societal philosophies, highlighting a shift towards central control, balancing of conflicting ideologies, and the impact on economic and societal growth, reflected in significant improvements in per capita income, longevity rate, and poverty reduction.", 'duration': 474.14, 'highlights': ["China's shift towards a more centrally controlled decision-making process due to domestic debt problems and changing world order, leading to a leadership more around the central figure, indicating a trend towards less challenging leadership. ", 'The internal struggle and collective leadership dynamics within the top echelons of power in China, akin to negotiating between Democrats and Republicans in the United States, showcasing the complex political landscape and power dynamics. ', 'The contrasting societal philosophies between the United States and China, emphasizing the importance of individualism and freedom of speech in the former, and the prioritization of the common good and central control in the latter, influencing decisions on matters such as high-speed rail and data control. ', "China's approach to balancing conflicting ideologies, enabling freedom and creativity in non-political areas while maintaining centralized control, showcasing significant economic and societal growth evidenced by a 26-fold increase in per capita income, a 10-year increase in longevity rate, and a drastic reduction in the poverty rate from 88% to less than 1% since 1984. 26-fold increase in per capita income, 10-year increase in longevity rate, reduction in poverty rate from 88% to less than 1% since 1984"]}], 'duration': 707.987, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc2148864.jpg', 'highlights': ["Xi Jinping's leadership journey from a difficult upbringing to implementing significant economic reforms.", 'Market liberalization leading to vibrant capital markets and opportunities for entrepreneurs.', 'Addressing corruption as an existential threat and focusing on reforms to control lending.', 'Dealing with the real estate bubble by establishing financial ratios for property developers.', "China's shift towards a more centrally controlled decision-making process due to domestic debt problems.", 'The internal struggle and collective leadership dynamics within the top echelons of power in China.', 'The contrasting societal philosophies between the United States and China.', "China's approach to balancing conflicting ideologies, enabling freedom and creativity in non-political areas."]}, {'end': 3493.716, 'segs': [{'end': 3328.693, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3300.592, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3305.856, 'text': "Let's say the democracy is not effectively, everybody's arguing with each other and nobody's getting anything done.", 'start': 3300.592, 'duration': 5.264}, {'end': 3309.819, 'text': 'You know, like Mussolini, the trains are not running on time.', 'start': 3306.656, 'duration': 3.163}, {'end': 3312.2, 'text': 'And that would be the example.', 'start': 3310.559, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 3314.482, 'text': 'Geez, this place has gotten chaotic.', 'start': 3312.281, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 3319.446, 'text': 'Will somebody get into control? And then you get the autocratic.', 'start': 3314.542, 'duration': 4.904}, {'end': 3324.25, 'text': "And then he's autocratic enough to boss people around.", 'start': 3320.567, 'duration': 3.683}, {'end': 3328.693, 'text': 'And then you follow those kinds of orders.', 'start': 3326.131, 'duration': 2.562}], 'summary': 'Democracy fails, chaos ensues, leading to autocracy and loss of control.', 'duration': 28.101, 'max_score': 3300.592, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3300592.jpg'}, {'end': 3385.322, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3349.763, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 3362.026, 'text': 'And that can work well or not, but then quite often when you get the populist autocratic, their personality is something that they wanna fight.', 'start': 3349.763, 'duration': 12.263}, {'end': 3369.431, 'text': 'and they become more nationalistic, and they tend to become more militaristic.', 'start': 3363.467, 'duration': 5.964}, {'end': 3375.134, 'text': 'And human nature at that stage lends itself to fighting.', 'start': 3369.951, 'duration': 5.183}, {'end': 3385.322, 'text': "There's an arc here that when we think of a country, and we say we, and we think of a country, It's not true.", 'start': 3375.174, 'duration': 10.148}], 'summary': 'Populist autocratic leaders tend to become more nationalistic and militaristic, leading to a propensity for conflict.', 'duration': 35.559, 'max_score': 3349.763, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3349763.jpg'}, {'end': 3493.716, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3468.314, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3478.6, 'text': "So it's so interesting, because like in doing this study, and it comes across in the study, it's like watching the same movie over and over again.", 'start': 3468.314, 'duration': 10.286}, {'end': 3482.102, 'text': 'You see the arc, and you see it happen over and over again.', 'start': 3478.64, 'duration': 3.462}, {'end': 3487.506, 'text': 'The only things that seem to change are the clothes people wear and the technologies they use.', 'start': 3482.603, 'duration': 4.903}, {'end': 3493.716, 'text': 'Yeah, and then somebody probably will disagree with you about the clothes.', 'start': 3488.311, 'duration': 5.405}], 'summary': 'Study reveals repetitive patterns in behavior and technology use.', 'duration': 25.402, 'max_score': 3468.314, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3468314.jpg'}], 'start': 2857.431, 'title': 'Vulnerabilities in democracy and autocracy', 'summary': 'Explores vulnerabilities in democracy and autocracy, including the shift to autocracy during internal disorder, the importance of rules, skepticism towards election results, lack of flexibility in communist systems, risks of discontent in autocratic systems, and cyclical human behavior driving towards war.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3067.753, 'start': 2857.431, 'title': 'Vulnerabilities of democracy', 'summary': 'Discusses the vulnerabilities of democracy, including the historical shift to autocracy during internal disorder, the importance of adhering to rules and the growing trend of skepticism towards election results, particularly evident in the rise of populism.', 'duration': 210.322, 'highlights': ['The vulnerability of democracy lies in internal conflict leading to anarchy, as seen in historical shifts to autocracy during times of internal disorder in World War II.', 'The adherence to rules and checks and balances in a democratic system provides flexibility to change without civil wars but requires respect for the rules, as the system is in jeopardy when causes become more important than the system itself.', 'The growing trend of skepticism towards election results and the emergence of populism, as seen in the election of President Trump as a populist leader, reflects internal disorder and a battle between different groups.']}, {'end': 3493.716, 'start': 3068.474, 'title': 'Vulnerabilities of democratic and autocratic systems', 'summary': 'Discusses the vulnerabilities of democratic and autocratic systems, highlighting the lack of flexibility in communist-type systems, the risks of discontent in autocratic systems, and the cyclical nature of human behavior in driving towards war, with reference to historical and contemporary examples.', 'duration': 425.242, 'highlights': ['The lack of flexibility in communist-type systems threatens motivation and productivity, contrasting with the effective resource allocation and incentive creation in free markets, such as capitalism. Communist-type systems lack flexibility, threatening motivation and productivity, while free markets effectively allocate resources and create incentives for inventiveness.', 'The big risk of an autocratic system is the potential for discontent to arise to a point where the system lacks the flexibility to adapt and instead breaks, leading to potential conflict and loss of control. Autocratic systems face the risk of discontent reaching a breaking point, causing potential conflict and loss of control due to lack of flexibility.', 'The cyclical nature of human behavior drives a pattern where generations that have experienced war are less willing to engage in conflict, while newer generations tend to forget the horrors of war and are more inclined to fight. Human behavior follows a cyclical pattern, where generations that have experienced war are less inclined to engage in conflict, while newer generations tend to forget the horrors of war and are more inclined to fight.']}], 'duration': 636.285, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc2857431.jpg', 'highlights': ['The vulnerability of democracy lies in internal conflict leading to anarchy, as seen in historical shifts to autocracy during times of internal disorder in World War II.', 'The adherence to rules and checks and balances in a democratic system provides flexibility to change without civil wars but requires respect for the rules, as the system is in jeopardy when causes become more important than the system itself.', 'The growing trend of skepticism towards election results and the emergence of populism, as seen in the election of President Trump as a populist leader, reflects internal disorder and a battle between different groups.', 'The lack of flexibility in communist-type systems threatens motivation and productivity, contrasting with the effective resource allocation and incentive creation in free markets, such as capitalism.', 'The big risk of an autocratic system is the potential for discontent to arise to a point where the system lacks the flexibility to adapt and instead breaks, leading to potential conflict and loss of control.', 'The cyclical nature of human behavior drives a pattern where generations that have experienced war are less willing to engage in conflict, while newer generations tend to forget the horrors of war and are more inclined to fight.']}, {'end': 4399.12, 'segs': [{'end': 3587.283, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3556.702, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3558.604, 'text': 'It was people were fighting with each other.', 'start': 3556.702, 'duration': 1.902}, {'end': 3559.765, 'text': 'It was in the anarchy.', 'start': 3558.624, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 3562.368, 'text': "And that's when he came to power.", 'start': 3560.226, 'duration': 2.142}, {'end': 3566.973, 'text': 'And there were not institutions.', 'start': 3563.489, 'duration': 3.484}, {'end': 3568.935, 'text': 'The whole thing had collapsed.', 'start': 3567.753, 'duration': 1.182}, {'end': 3572.838, 'text': 'And it was not effective ministry of education, ministry of anything.', 'start': 3569.215, 'duration': 3.623}, {'end': 3587.283, 'text': 'And so the idea was that they needed 25 years of stability and they needed a democracy and they needed the improvement of capital markets.', 'start': 3574.319, 'duration': 12.964}], 'summary': 'After a period of anarchy, a leader came to power to address the lack of institutions and ineffective ministries. the country needed 25 years of stability, democracy, and improved capital markets.', 'duration': 30.581, 'max_score': 3556.702, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3556702.jpg'}, {'end': 3695.222, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3659.359, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3672.526, 'text': "The Ukraine issue is a sensitivity because there are a lot of Russians who live in the Ukraine, and there's also the issue of NATO on their border.", 'start': 3659.359, 'duration': 13.167}, {'end': 3675.428, 'text': 'So there are those kinds of things.', 'start': 3673.806, 'duration': 1.622}, {'end': 3679.411, 'text': 'And he has military power and he has a strong alliance with China.', 'start': 3675.648, 'duration': 3.763}, {'end': 3686.196, 'text': "And I guess that's my best summary of what his position is.", 'start': 3681.072, 'duration': 5.124}, {'end': 3691.219, 'text': 'Strong leader, popular leader.', 'start': 3687.277, 'duration': 3.942}, {'end': 3695.222, 'text': 'These are not subjective interpretations.', 'start': 3692.58, 'duration': 2.642}], 'summary': 'Ukraine issue, nato border, military power, alliance with china. strong, popular leader.', 'duration': 35.863, 'max_score': 3659.359, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3659359.jpg'}, {'end': 3790.345, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3759.01, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 3763.591, 'text': "I suppose there's some people that criticize the United States for violating human rights.", 'start': 3759.01, 'duration': 4.581}, {'end': 3777.194, 'text': 'But what are your thoughts on the world stage today about some of the behaviors it has governed in terms of respecting the rights, the basic rights,', 'start': 3764.092, 'duration': 13.102}, {'end': 3777.875, 'text': 'of human beings?', 'start': 3777.194, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 3790.345, 'text': "You described accurately how I just try to look at things in a non, I don't want to impute my values on anybody.", 'start': 3778.435, 'duration': 11.91}], 'summary': 'Discussion on us human rights violations and global perspectives.', 'duration': 31.335, 'max_score': 3759.01, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3759010.jpg'}, {'end': 4059.019, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4032.854, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 4043.083, 'text': "I think, if you don't understand the culture, just the basics of the human nature, of what people love about their country, about their family,", 'start': 4032.854, 'duration': 10.229}, {'end': 4054.056, 'text': "what kind of hopes they have, what kind of values they have, without that you're not gonna be able to fully connect with them,", 'start': 4043.083, 'duration': 10.973}, {'end': 4057.558, 'text': 'and you have to do that first to have a chance of building a good world.', 'start': 4054.056, 'duration': 3.502}, {'end': 4059.019, 'text': "I couldn't agree with you more.", 'start': 4057.939, 'duration': 1.08}], 'summary': 'Understanding culture and human nature key to building a good world.', 'duration': 26.165, 'max_score': 4032.854, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc4032854.jpg'}, {'end': 4237.096, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4205.818, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 4213.223, 'text': "First, most importantly, he's unique about seeing things through all the other's eyes.", 'start': 4205.818, 'duration': 7.405}, {'end': 4217.906, 'text': "So if you were, it's like there's a chess game.", 'start': 4214.744, 'duration': 3.162}, {'end': 4226.15, 'text': 'I mean, I think geopolitics is like a chess game, but with multiple chess players playing the same game.', 'start': 4218.066, 'duration': 8.084}, {'end': 4237.096, 'text': 'So imagine there are six people around playing the chess game and he could sit in each seat and he could know how they see it.', 'start': 4226.67, 'duration': 10.426}], 'summary': 'He has a unique ability to see geopolitics from multiple perspectives, like playing a chess game with six players.', 'duration': 31.278, 'max_score': 4205.818, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc4205818.jpg'}, {'end': 4371.706, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4343.929, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 4349.232, 'text': 'and you start to infer certain intentions, like not the trivial stuff, like the human being.', 'start': 4343.929, 'duration': 5.303}, {'end': 4356.757, 'text': 'What is that human being hoping for himself, for his country, for his close in a circle, for the bigger?', 'start': 4349.412, 'duration': 7.345}, {'end': 4361.42, 'text': "And I just see that that's often just lost in translation.", 'start': 4358.058, 'duration': 3.362}, {'end': 4368.604, 'text': "I just see like American leaders talking to Putin, and it's just not, there's not a connection.", 'start': 4361.44, 'duration': 7.164}, {'end': 4371.706, 'text': "Absolutely, I know exactly what you're talking about.", 'start': 4368.964, 'duration': 2.742}], 'summary': 'Understanding intentions can be lost in translation, impacting connections between leaders.', 'duration': 27.777, 'max_score': 4343.929, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc4343929.jpg'}], 'start': 3493.776, 'title': 'Global perspectives and leadership', 'summary': "Delves into vladimir putin's leadership role in stabilizing russia post-soviet union collapse, its military alliance with china, and the significance of understanding diverse global perspectives to prevent conflicts, based on experiences spanning 40 countries and insights on henry kissinger's unique perspective-taking abilities.", 'chapters': [{'end': 3695.222, 'start': 3493.776, 'title': "Vladimir putin's leadership and russia's position", 'summary': "Discusses vladimir putin's rise to power in the context of the collapse of the soviet union, highlighting his role in bringing stability to russia, his semi-autocratic leadership, and the significance of russia as a military power with a strong alliance with china.", 'duration': 201.446, 'highlights': ['Vladimir Putin came to power in the midst of anarchy and economic collapse in Russia after the end of communism, demonstrating the classic end-of-cycle ingredients.', "Under Putin's leadership, Russia experienced stability and improvement in capital markets, contributing to his popularity and strong position as a leader.", "Russia is a significant military power with a strong alliance with China, and Putin is known for pursuing the country's interests and maintaining a strong stance in international affairs.", "The Ukraine issue and NATO's presence near Russia's border are significant sensitivities in the context of Putin's leadership and Russia's position.", "Putin is regarded as a semi-autocratic leader who has won democratic elections and is popular due to his strong leadership and the peace and stability he brought to Russia after the Soviet Union's breakup."]}, {'end': 4090.619, 'start': 3695.382, 'title': 'Understanding global perspectives', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of understanding diverse cultures and perspectives in international relations, emphasizing the need to empathize, respect, and listen, to avoid economic disasters and reduce wars, with the speaker drawing from their experience in investing in 40 countries and interacting with regular people from different cultures.', 'duration': 395.237, 'highlights': ['The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding and respecting diverse cultures and perspectives to heal relationships between nations and build a better world. The chapter stresses the significance of empathizing, respecting, and listening to different cultures and people, highlighting the need to understand basic human nature, values, and hopes to fully connect with others.', "The speaker discusses the potential economic disaster and reduced understanding that could result from disconnecting business relations with China, emphasizing the importance of working together and following government guidance. The chapter highlights the potential economic disaster and reduced understanding that could occur if entities, like the speaker's business, disconnected from doing business with China. It emphasizes the importance of working together, following government guidance, and the complexity of issues involved in international business relations.", 'The chapter emphasizes the delicate and complex nature of international relations, discussing the need to balance responsibilities to different parties, including investors, companies, and governments. The chapter delves into the delicate and complex nature of international relations, highlighting the need to balance responsibilities to different parties, such as investors, companies, and governments, and the challenges of understanding and navigating geopolitical questions and cultural differences.']}, {'end': 4399.12, 'start': 4090.859, 'title': 'Understanding perspectives and henry kissinger', 'summary': "Highlights the importance of understanding different perspectives for mutual understanding and discusses the unique skill of henry kissinger in seeing things from others' eyes, which makes him a central figure in history.", 'duration': 308.261, 'highlights': ["Henry Kissinger's unique skill of seeing things through others' eyes and his ability to be strategic rather than just tactical makes him a very special person. Henry Kissinger's unique skill of seeing things through others' eyes, strategic ability, and special role in history.", 'The importance of understanding different perspectives for achieving mutual understanding, even in conflict situations. Emphasizes the importance of understanding different perspectives for mutual understanding, even in conflict situations.', "Observation that people often fail to consider the concerns, hopes, dreams, and fears of others in business and geopolitical negotiations. Noting the lack of consideration for others' concerns in business and geopolitical negotiations."]}], 'duration': 905.344, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc3493776.jpg', 'highlights': ['Vladimir Putin stabilized Russia post-Soviet Union collapse, demonstrating classic end-of-cycle ingredients.', "Putin's leadership brought stability and improved capital markets, enhancing his popularity and strong position.", "Russia's significant military power and strong alliance with China under Putin's leadership.", 'Importance of understanding and respecting diverse cultures and perspectives for healing relationships between nations.', 'Emphasizes the delicate and complex nature of international relations, highlighting the need to balance responsibilities to different parties.', "Henry Kissinger's unique skill of seeing things through others' eyes and his strategic ability.", 'Emphasizes the importance of understanding different perspectives for achieving mutual understanding, even in conflict situations.']}, {'end': 4799.513, 'segs': [{'end': 4799.513, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4713.824, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4734.472, 'text': "If you take the amount of money that is in gold that is not used for jewelry purposes and not used by central banks and I assume Bitcoin won't be used for jewelry purposes or central bank purposes That amount in gold is about $5 trillion.", 'start': 4713.824, 'duration': 20.648}, {'end': 4746.821, 'text': "So right now, if you were to have a portfolio that has gold and crypto, gold and Bitcoin, it's worth about 20% of the value of gold.", 'start': 4735.152, 'duration': 11.669}, {'end': 4756.437, 'text': "Do I think it's going to be worth more than gold? In terms of that mix, I don't think it'll be worth more than gold.", 'start': 4747.602, 'duration': 8.835}, {'end': 4761.178, 'text': "But let's say it became worth as much as gold.", 'start': 4756.877, 'duration': 4.301}, {'end': 4762.499, 'text': "I don't believe it will be.", 'start': 4761.358, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 4765.6, 'text': 'I think that 20% sounds kind of about right.', 'start': 4762.519, 'duration': 3.081}, {'end': 4767.721, 'text': "I really don't know what the right answer is.", 'start': 4765.64, 'duration': 2.081}, {'end': 4777.524, 'text': "And then there's the question of what is all of that pool of money that, let's say, gold and gold equivalents relative to everything else.", 'start': 4769.181, 'duration': 8.343}, {'end': 4784.687, 'text': "Does it go from, you know, let's call it, 6, 7, 8 trillion to 16 trillion.", 'start': 4777.564, 'duration': 7.123}, {'end': 4785.748, 'text': 'Maybe it could double.', 'start': 4784.747, 'duration': 1.001}, {'end': 4788.188, 'text': 'It depends what it is in the world environment.', 'start': 4786.168, 'duration': 2.02}, {'end': 4799.513, 'text': "But basically, if you use gold as a measure, it just makes no sense that it's going to be used that much more.", 'start': 4788.729, 'duration': 10.784}], 'summary': "Gold and bitcoin make up about 20% of the value of gold, unlikely to surpass gold's worth, with a potential increase to double depending on the world environment.", 'duration': 85.689, 'max_score': 4713.824, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/TISMidxdZoc/pics/TISMidxdZoc4713824.jpg'}], 'start': 4399.12, 'title': "Bitcoin's role in global finance", 'summary': 'Delves into the evolution and resilience of bitcoin as an alternative money, amidst competition from central bank crypto monies and nfts. it also compares bitcoin to gold, emphasizing its 20% value compared to gold and the skepticism towards its potential value surpassing gold.', 'chapters': [{'end': 4567.493, 'start': 4399.12, 'title': "Bitcoin's role in the global financial system", 'summary': 'Discusses the evolution and role of bitcoin, highlighting its resilience, emerging as an alternative money amidst the competition of different types of monies, including central bank crypto monies and nfts.', 'duration': 168.373, 'highlights': ['Bitcoin has proven its resilience over the past 11 years, emerging as an alternative money and obtaining imputed value.', 'There is an upcoming competition of monies, including crypto monies, central bank crypto monies, and even NFTs as a type of money.', 'The evolution of Bitcoin has influenced changes in perception, and it is now one of the most exciting topics, experiencing significant usage and interest.']}, {'end': 4799.513, 'start': 4567.553, 'title': 'Gold vs bitcoin as alternative money', 'summary': "Discusses the comparison between gold and bitcoin as alternative money, highlighting the differences in their value, recognition, and potential growth, with bitcoin being valued at around 20% of gold's total value and skepticism towards it surpassing gold in value.", 'duration': 231.96, 'highlights': ["Bitcoin is valued at around 20% of gold's total value. Bitcoin's value is estimated to be around 20% of the total value of gold, raising skepticism about its potential to surpass gold in value.", "Skepticism towards Bitcoin surpassing gold in value. There are doubts about Bitcoin's potential to surpass gold in value, with the speaker expressing skepticism about it being worth more than gold in the future.", 'Total crypto is about 2.2 trillion, with Bitcoin at $1 trillion. The total value of cryptocurrencies is approximately 2.2 trillion, with Bitcoin alone accounting for about 1 trillion in value.', 'Gold is the third largest source of money in central bank reserves. Gold holds significant value as it is the third largest source of money in central bank reserves, highlighting its historical recognition and stability.', 'The speaker prefers gold to Bitcoin due to various reasons, including its history and untraceability. 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