Making Sense Of 2021's Madness - Carl Benjamin - #280

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Carl Benjamin is the YouTuber formerly known as Sargon Of Akkad, a political commentator and host of The Lotus Eaters Podcast. It feels like a decade of history has happened already in 2021, so I invited Carl on to try and make sense of the madness. Expect to learn Carl's opinion on Steven Crowder suing Facebook, what a future with WallStreetBets in will look like, whether there is a common thread between JK Rowling and Jordan Peterson, whether American national pride is dwindling and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:24) Lotus Eaters & Safe Spaces (06:18) Steven Crowder Suing Facebook (17:41) Decolonising Mars (20:48) Carl’s Thoughts on WallStreetBets (30:12) The Power of the Individual (34:11) Is J. K. Rowling Too Big to Be Cancelled? (42:03) Carl’s Views on Donald Trump (50:33) Is the American Republic Dying? (1:02:19) Where to Find Carl Extra Stuff: Check out Carl's new site - https://www.lotuseaters.com Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello beautiful people of podcast land, welcome back.
0:03.8	My guest today is Karl Benjamin.
0:05.8	The YouTube are formally known as Sagan of a Card, a political commentator and a host
0:09.7	of the Lotus Eaters podcast.
0:12.1	It feels like literally a decade of history has happened already in 2021, so I invite
0:17.2	you Karl on to try and make sense of the madness.
0:20.2	Today, expect to learn Karl's opinion on Stephen Crowder suing Facebook.
0:24.8	What a future with Wall Street bets in will look like.
0:27.8	Whether there is a common thread between J.K. Rowling and Jordan Peterson, whether
0:31.2	American national pride is dwindling and much more.
0:35.6	Also, he recorded it locally on the most beautiful, lovely brand new Lotus Eaters podcast studio
0:42.6	set up ever.
0:43.9	So this is just like butter.
0:45.5	It's like I'm pouring very, very lovely warm British butter into your ears.
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