Why we started MOZ, USA vs Europe, Zeihan & Fukuyama, Changing institutions vs starting new ones

0:00 intro and sponsor
1:20 introductions (who the f are we?)
3:00 Antonio introduction
5:12 Dan introduction
6:50 Farcaster
10:10 Erik introduction
12:30 the life of the mind vs the life of the founder
16:00 Being in the arena as a requisite to comment
18:30 Why is the podcast named “Moment of Zen”?
20:20 Erik is the Johnny Appleseed of group chats
23:30 Group chat culture
26:55 Reforming institutions vs building new ones
29:30 Antonio’s intellectual evolution
30:40 Europe is behind, but Antonio prefers it
31:40 Antonio feels like a teetotaler who runs a bar
32:50 LARPs
34:00 Explaining Fukuyama
37:50 What’s the best functioning institution today?
39:10 Richard Hanania
42:30 We don’t have a grand unifying projects anymore
45:00 Should the China threat be the unifying narrative?
48:05 Taiwan
49:56 Explaining Zeihan
1:00:20 When shit hits the fan, what country do you flee to?
1:02:40 Why doesn’t Prince Harry get a paternity test?
1:04:00 Europe vs America
1:08:20 Dan is bullish on Europeans, bearish on Europe
1:11:20 “Everything except the startup scene is better in Europe”
1:15:19 Why is the US public sector so much worse?
1:21:35 Why are we doing this show?
1:22:32 “How about we just don’t get canceled?”
1:23:55 Teasing upcoming guests
1:24:34 Erik’s favorite ex-convict?

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Thanks to Secureframe for sponsoring, and Rob Perla and Molly Mielke for producing