Chris Blattman: War and Violence | Lex Fridman Podcast #273

Chris Blattman is a professor at the University of Chicago studying the causes and consequences of violence and war. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - What is war?
12:14 - Justification for war
35:02 - War in Ukraine
1:18:30 - Nuclear war
1:29:51 - Drug cartels
1:46:34 - Joseph Kony
1:52:38 - World Wars
1:59:46 - Civil wars
2:06:20 - Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2:15:04 - China vs USA
2:21:13 - Love
2:27:38 - Hard data
2:35:13 - Mortality
2:40:19 - Advice for young people
2:45:00 - Tyler Cowen

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