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Is Hungary becoming a dictatorship? How is Eastern Europe evolving?
How did Viktor Orbán, Hungary's leader, come to power? Is he popular and loved?
Alex Kuli is a "recovering journalist" in Hungary.
We went to Amherst College together. He's been living in Hungary for a few decades, reporting on the state of affairs.
I quoted him extensively in The Hidden Europe.
With the 10th anniversary coming up and the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon, we talked for one hour about how things are going in Eastern Europe, especially in Hungary.
If you want to know more about Hungary, especially its political situation, you must listen to this podcast.
What makes it interesting is that he puts Hungary in context with the rest of Eastern Europe.
Dec 31, 2021 Update: Look for the blue boxes to see how my predictions did!
Everyone loves to say, "I told you so."
But few are willing to admit, "I told you something wrong."
Even though every human makes mistakes every day, it's surprisingly hard to find humans who regularly say, "I was wrong."
I make annual predictions not to say, "I told you so," but rather to teach myself some humility.
I predict events so I can publicly humiliate myself.
It's my way of telling the world, "Look at how spectacularly wrong I was. I am an idiot."
I recommend everyone should write down annual predictions for this reason.
It's a way to keep your ego in check.
Of course, you'll probably get a few things right, but the point is that you get to say those magic words: "I was wrong."
See how I did on my 2020 predictions.
For this Xmas, here's a special present - a podcast like no other!
Sym Blanchard's first podcast with me in #3 in my all-time downloaded podcasts.
My second one with him was also super popular.
To make his third podcast even more interesting, Sym is joined by his girlfriend, Patty Montgomery. Together, they share:
Nick Jankel has written several books, including Spiritual Atheism.
We discuss his book and other topics.
Nick Jankel helps you take the pain out of transformation. He helps you blast through the barriers that block creativity and innovation and unleash conscious changes in leadership and life that bring less suffering and more thriving into the spaces we touch.
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On March 27, 2020, we had 60,000 COVID deaths worldwide.
I asked several physicians at my brother's virtual birthday party (on March 27) to predict how many deaths we would suffer in 2020.
They said 100-250k.
Rejoice said 1 million.
I said 1.5 million.
In December 2020, we hit the grim 1.5 million number, which is triple the annual number of worldwide flu deaths.
I also discuss my 2021 travel plans.
Get out of your echo chamber! Have conversations with people you disagree with!
In that spirit, I am once again talking with Derek Loudermilk.
We discuss:
You can watch this episode on YouTube.
If you missed my first episode with Derek, listen or watch it now.
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