Dwarkesh Patel
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19,288 appearances
62 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2024
last heard 17 Sep
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We are already in a world where we have a crisis of me.
I mean, that is only going to get 10, 100, 1 billion X in a world where most people don't have a job.
And by people, I mean men.
And we look at what's happening now with populism, with left and right-wing populism.
I mean, again, that's only going to get even more escalated, isn't it?
But so go back to my point, because for me, it's about purpose and meaning, and it's about striving and overcoming.
So when I was a primary school teacher, everyone can drink now because I mentioned it, I taught to my 10, 11-year-olds Greek myths and mythologies.
And these were kids from all different parts of the world, first, second generation immigrants, everywhere from Lithuania,
to China, to Pakistan, Bangladesh.
And many of them, vast majority, had no connection to ancient Greece or Greece whatsoever.
And I taught them about myth, and every single one of them would be hooked immediately.
And why is it?
Because it's that fundamental story, the archetype of the hero overcoming myth.
the challenge in order to become a better version of themselves.
It's fundamental to the human experience.
I think, and I really worry if you take that away from people, you're taking away something fundamental.
And when you look at communities where
the central industry that the community relied on, whether it's in the Rust Belt or in the North of England, and you take away those communities and there's nothing less, even if those people are never going to starve, they're never going to go hungry, they will still wither on the vine emotionally.
And then we see addictions and all the rest of it.
How does a common man weather this storm?
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