Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-10-31
Books mentioned on Sarah Paine — How Russia sabotaged China's rise
In this lecture, military historian Sarah Paine explains how Russia—and specifically Stalin—completely derailed China’s rise, slowing them down for over a century. This lecture was particularly interesting to me because, in my opinion, the Chinese Civil War is 1 of the top 3 most important events of the 20th century.
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Mein Kampf
“He needed to read Mein Kampf to understand, "No, you're a menu item for Hitler. He's eventually going to come around."”