Charles Murray - Human Accomplishment and the Future of Liberty

I ask Charles Murray about Human Accomplishment , By The People , and The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead .   Watch on YouTube . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here . Follow Charles on Twitter . Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Timestamps (00:00) - Intro  (01:00) - Writing Human Accomplishment  (06:30) - The Lotka curve, age, and miracle years  (10:38) - Habits of the greats (hard work)  (15:22) - Focus and explore in your 20s  (19:57) - Living in Thailand  (23:02) - Peace, wealth, and golden ages  (26:02) - East, west, and religion  (30:38) - Christianity and the Enlightenment  (34:44) - Institutional sclerosis  (37:43) - Antonine Rome, decadence, and declining accomplishment  (42:13) - Crisis in social science  (45:40) - Can secular humanism win?  (55:00) - Future of Christianity  (1:03:30) - Liberty and accomplishment  (1:06:08) - By the People  (1:11:17) - American exceptionalism  (1:14:49) - Pessimism about reform  (1:18:43) - Can libertarianism be resuscitated?  (1:25:18) - Trump's deregulation and judicial nominations  (1:28:11) - Beating the federal government   (1:32:05) - Why don't big companies have a litigation fund?  (1:34:05) - Getting around the Halo effect  (1:36:07) - What happened to the Madison fund?  (1:37:00) - Future of liberty  (1:41:00) - Public sector unions  (1:43:43) - Andrew Yang and UBI  (1:44:36) - Groundhog Day  (1:47:05) - Getting noticed as a young person  (1:50:48) - Passage from Human Accomplishment This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dwarkesh.com