Joe Lonsdale
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is how is how the most the world's mostly driven forward by like the top one percent of like talented people in uber mansion they're the ones that kind of build the future and that they're the ones that matter in a sense of what the future is going to look like because they're creating it and if you and there's lots of truth that the very very most successful people and most talented people you know thomas jefferson called them the natural aristocracy they do run things and drive things forward and it's really key now if you only have that side of the dialectic it's really dangerous it turns out
by the way, that Hitler was very obsessed with that too. And that's dangerous, right? And so what's the other side? Well, one of the great insights of Judaism that became a great insight of Judeo-Christianity is a radical equal dignity of all human life. This is something that Rome did not have, right?
by the way, that Hitler was very obsessed with that too. And that's dangerous, right? And so what's the other side? Well, one of the great insights of Judaism that became a great insight of Judeo-Christianity is a radical equal dignity of all human life. This is something that Rome did not have, right?
by the way, that Hitler was very obsessed with that too. And that's dangerous, right? And so what's the other side? Well, one of the great insights of Judaism that became a great insight of Judeo-Christianity is a radical equal dignity of all human life. This is something that Rome did not have, right?
Rome celebrated like watching people kill each other and whatever, and they're not us and they're slaves. And there's all sorts of kind of pretty nasty stuff. And a big breakthrough with Christianity, with Judaism, then Christianity, which spread it all around,
Rome celebrated like watching people kill each other and whatever, and they're not us and they're slaves. And there's all sorts of kind of pretty nasty stuff. And a big breakthrough with Christianity, with Judaism, then Christianity, which spread it all around,
Rome celebrated like watching people kill each other and whatever, and they're not us and they're slaves. And there's all sorts of kind of pretty nasty stuff. And a big breakthrough with Christianity, with Judaism, then Christianity, which spread it all around,
was that actually every human life matters and every human life has equal dignity and that our whole civilization is based on that respect for everyone and for every life. And that's a dialectic, right?
was that actually every human life matters and every human life has equal dignity and that our whole civilization is based on that respect for everyone and for every life. And that's a dialectic, right?
was that actually every human life matters and every human life has equal dignity and that our whole civilization is based on that respect for everyone and for every life. And that's a dialectic, right?
Because on one hand, it's true the top 1% are driving forward the future, but it's also true that every life matters and that you're not a good person under the geochristian framework if you don't understand how to protect and help everyone. And so does that mean that all of our money should go towards helping disabled kids and nothing should go towards like the most best gift to kids.
Because on one hand, it's true the top 1% are driving forward the future, but it's also true that every life matters and that you're not a good person under the geochristian framework if you don't understand how to protect and help everyone. And so does that mean that all of our money should go towards helping disabled kids and nothing should go towards like the most best gift to kids.
Because on one hand, it's true the top 1% are driving forward the future, but it's also true that every life matters and that you're not a good person under the geochristian framework if you don't understand how to protect and help everyone. And so does that mean that all of our money should go towards helping disabled kids and nothing should go towards like the most best gift to kids.
That's what they've done in a lot of blue cities now, which is, which is that they fail. They've got just only one side of the dialectic, right? They've only helped the bottom, but it, but it also doesn't mean you should only help the top either. You got to help both. It's like a you, right? So there's things like this that I think if you understand, okay, there is a dialectic, these both matter.
That's what they've done in a lot of blue cities now, which is, which is that they fail. They've got just only one side of the dialectic, right? They've only helped the bottom, but it, but it also doesn't mean you should only help the top either. You got to help both. It's like a you, right? So there's things like this that I think if you understand, okay, there is a dialectic, these both matter.
That's what they've done in a lot of blue cities now, which is, which is that they fail. They've got just only one side of the dialectic, right? They've only helped the bottom, but it, but it also doesn't mean you should only help the top either. You got to help both. It's like a you, right? So there's things like this that I think if you understand, okay, there is a dialectic, these both matter.
How are we going to keep both of these in mind as people running a society, as leaders in society, it becomes a helpful framework to understand. And is the middle where you go to die? Yeah, exactly. It's just sloppy thinking. You don't want sloppy thinking. You actually do want to help the very least off in ways that are very expensive. And it's the right thing to do.
How are we going to keep both of these in mind as people running a society, as leaders in society, it becomes a helpful framework to understand. And is the middle where you go to die? Yeah, exactly. It's just sloppy thinking. You don't want sloppy thinking. You actually do want to help the very least off in ways that are very expensive. And it's the right thing to do.
How are we going to keep both of these in mind as people running a society, as leaders in society, it becomes a helpful framework to understand. And is the middle where you go to die? Yeah, exactly. It's just sloppy thinking. You don't want sloppy thinking. You actually do want to help the very least off in ways that are very expensive. And it's the right thing to do.
It's an ethical thing to do that we're helping the very worst off and that we're investing a lot more in them. But you're also sacrificing your future and you're not building a great future for 50 years from now if you're not also accelerating the very top very aggressively, which is something we've stopped doing in a lot of parts of our country. Yeah.