Bonus: Your Life Is Way Better Than King Louis XVI's

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Comedy, Moderate, Politics, Independent, News, Nonpartisan, Libertarian

5 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This Thanksgiving Brian Brushwood joins to discuss the many ways an average American's life is more comfortable, affluent, and magical than the vast majority of human history--including that of pharaohs and kings.

BOOKS:

This episode relies heavily on "The Rational Optimist" by Matt Ridley, "Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know" by Ron Bailey, and "The Better Angels of Our Nature" by Stephen Pinker, and "Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think" by Peter H. Diamandis. All great books that present convincing stats on the positive trajectory of the world. They're all linked to at www.mightyheaton.com/featured

RELATED INTERVIEWS:

Matt Ridley on Rational Optimism

Ron Bailey on Positive Trends

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello gang, every week I make a bonus episode for patrons of this show on top of the regular episode.
0:07.0	Usually those episodes are a bit looser, more fun, sometimes tipsy.
0:12.0	Occasionally, patrons ask me to release those episodes onto the main
0:16.3	feed so they can share them with friends and family, and you are the lucky recipient of that
0:21.4	exact phenomenon today.
0:23.2	You were about to hear the Thanksgiving bonus episode,
0:26.1	which I've put onto the main feed, wherein Brian Brushwood and I
0:29.9	think of all the ways life is better now
0:32.4	for the average person than it ever was for the richest kings of your.
0:37.0	If you like this kind of stuff and you want to keep digging into it, that is to say, optimism and data.
0:43.6	We reference four really good books you can check out.
0:46.2	The Rational Optimist, The Better Angels of Our Nature,
0:49.5	Abundance, and Ten Trends Every Smart Person
0:52.3	should know.
0:53.0	That's a lot of books coming at you, but don't worry,
0:55.0	you can find them all at mightyheaten.com slash featured.
0:59.0	They're all right there when you click the link
1:01.0	and you can also find them in today's episode
1:03.2	description. And if you like today's bonus episode, consider breaking through
1:08.6	that paywall on a regular basis go to patreon. com slash Andrew Heaton thanks and happy
1:15.7	Thanksgiving Oh, Welcome to a bonus episode of the Political Orphanage gratefully provided to you for your ongoing support of this fine program and happy
1:45.5	Thanksgiving to you or happy Thanksgiving week to you. I am thankful for many
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