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Dave Asprey

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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

Because let's face it, the government's job is to maintain power at all costs and to extract as much in taxes as they can from their population.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

That's the algorithm for staying in power.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

I don't care if you're a king or a president or a dictator, whatever.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

That's what governments do.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

So why would they ever have our best interests at heart?

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

They don't.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

Our best interests come second.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

And what are they like?

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

Money.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

Who gives money to the government?

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

big ag and big pharma and the big chemical industry.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

And it gets a little bit darker too.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

There's some evil in the world.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

And I didn't used to believe that there was evil.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

I just thought there was people who just didn't know.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

I still believe in the inherent goodness of humanity and there are evil actors.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

And one of the worst of all was Rockefeller way back in the day.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

Rockefeller established the American Medical Association because he realized if he could sell chemical drugs made out of the petroleum that he has and he could cancel out natural medicine, he'd have another monopoly.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

So he put in place the education system that teaches us how to not think.

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
The Biohacker’s Guide To Sleep, Nicotine, & Weight Loss | Dave Asprey

He put in place many of the institutions today that make people sick.