Mark Sussman & Nikita Petrov – The Billionaire Class's Doomsday Plans

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> Intro </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=88s" target="_blank">1:28</a> Biden’s abysmal debate performance </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=301s" target="_blank">5:01</a> Billionaire survivalists </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=773s" target="_blank">12:53</a> So you made it to your luxury bunker. Now what? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=982s" target="_blank">16:22</a> The postapocalyptic war of all against all </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=1289s" target="_blank">21:29</a> Is the very existence of billionaires the real doomsday scenario? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=1580s" target="_blank">26:20</a> The doomsday tax </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=1944s" target="_blank">32:24</a> Will the bunker dwellers have a reason to live? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=2439s" target="_blank">40:39</a> The problem of government after nuclear holocaust </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=2768s" target="_blank">46:08</a> The literal bunker mentality </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4moE_8LBgf8&#38;t=3128s" target="_blank">52:08</a> Was Mark responsible for Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall? Who can say for sure?</p><p>Recorded June 28, 2024</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich" target="_blank">Evan Osnos’s 2017 </a><em>New Yorker</em><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich" target="_blank"> piece, “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Richest-Escape-Fantasies-Billionaires" target="_blank">Douglas Rushkoff’s book, </a><em>Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires</em></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff" target="_blank">Douglas Rushkoff’s </a><em>Guardian </em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff" target="_blank">piece, “The Super-Rich ‘Preppers’ Planning to Save Themselves from the Apocalypse”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/bunkers-billionaires-survive-apocalypse-cost-features-1235822762/" target="_blank">Ingrid Schmidt’s </a><em>Hollywood Reporter</em><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/bunkers-billionaires-survive-apocalypse-cost-features-1235822762/" target="_blank"> piece, “Billionaires’ Survivalist Bunkers Go Absolutely Bonkers with Fiery Moats and Water Cannons”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/billionaire-bunkers-doomsday-1.7130152" target="_blank">Andre Mayer’s </a><em>CBC News</em><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/billionaire-bunkers-doomsday-1.7130152" target="_blank"> piece, “From Luxury Bunkers to Tactical Vehicles, the Ultra-Rich Are Preparing for the Big One”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Boxed-Set-Remembrance/dp/1250254493" target="_blank">Cixin Liu’s trilogy of sci-fi novels, </a><em>The Three Body Problem</em></p><p><em>Everybody Loves Raymond </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Loves-Raymond-Complete-Various/dp/B004YOEECS" target="_blank">complete series DVD box set</a></p><p><a href="https://player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/now-do-you-get-why-i-am-crying" target="_blank">Louis van Gasteren’s documentary, </a><em>Now Do You Get Why I Am Crying?</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Selected-Poems-Prose-Paul-Celan/dp/0393322246" target="_blank">Paul Celan’s </a><em>Selected Poems and Prose</em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Selected-Poems-Prose-Paul-Celan/dp/0393322246" target="_blank">, translated by John Felstiner</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ladies-Gentlemen-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0140186247" target="_blank">Tadeusz Borowski’s book, </a><em>This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentleman</em></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/the-ethics-of-giving-in-the-very?utm_source=publication-search" target="_blank">Glenn, Nikita, and Mark’s previous conversation, “The Ethics of Giving in the Very Long Term”</a></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>