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OUTLINE:

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(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