#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires

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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:14)
- Money or power (11:50) - Big Cycle (31:43) - Collapse of the
American Empire (40:10) - War (43:18) - Xi Jinping (49:21) -
Importance of freedoms (55:24) - Democracy's vulnerability (58:49)
- Communism's vulnerability (1:05:50) - Vladimir Putin (1:09:55) -
Understanding China (1:17:23) - Henry Kissinger (1:27:44) - Elon
Musk and Dogecoin (1:29:41) - How to take notes (1:33:24) - Advice
for young people (1:37:30) - Hope for humanity