John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401

Loved this guys intellectual honesty. Instead of disagreeing outright, he will go "well, in order to make that argument, you have to argue for X". This kind of devils advocism is really important to honest discourse imo.

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/john-mearsheimer-transcript 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Notion: https://notion.com - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil 1:29 - Power 24:43 - Hitler 42:09 - Russia and Ukraine 1:38:22 - Israel and Palestine 2:39:13 - China 3:21:34 - Life and mortality

Please bring back John Mearsheimer for another four hours IMMEDIATELY! Wow you two, I can't express in words how much I loved this conversation, and am eternally grateful for expanding my perspective on so many things!

I loved the point where Lexy was talking about Aliens and John just looked at him.

Mearsheimer owes me a full night's sleep--which I lost as a result of listening to this interview into the morning. Worth every minute. It's funny how you can forget what it's like to listen to or read a thinker who has knowledge, wisdom and the rare ability to communicate clearly.

I listened to this podcast twice.. my goodness i was longing for an extreme objective human online. What high intellectual conversation

The way John Mearsheimer explains his arguments is so easy to follow, I felt like the three hours went by too fast. What a wonderful intellectual and human being.

"I think about aliens a lot" J.M *smiles politely*

Bring Mearsheimer back again, Lex. So much has happened since and we need to hear from such an intellectual giant again. Please, it's a request.

非常好的訪談，敬佩主持人及大師，尤其是大師讓我收獲很多，更瞭解國際關係。