Germany

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Feb 16, 2022 by Tyler Cowen · said 52 times in 28 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Everything said about Germany, oldest first

Feb 16, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cowen: Ireland is richer than Germany with a brighter future
“Now it's richer than Germany. It probably has a brighter future.”
Tyler Cowen Feb 16, 2022 ▶ 9:46 Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cowen · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 19, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Lonsdale: German doctors were the most compliant profession in 1930s Germany
“Of all the professions in the 19 thirties in Germany, the one that was by far the most likely to be once it was a popular thing to do were the doctors, was the medical community.”
Joe Lonsdale Apr 19, 2023 ▶ 31:50 Ep 54: Peter Attia, Ryan Holiday & Joe Lonsdale Discuss Longevity & America's Health · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 13, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lonsdale: 1920s German University Ideologies Contributed to Nazism
“If you go back to Germany in the 19 twenties, you had the top universities in the world. You had some really popular ideologies take hold there that ended up spreading and creating what we had with Nazism in Germany in the 19 thirties.”
Joe Lonsdale Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 1:10 Ep 74: Niall Ferguson & Pano Kanelos on Building the University of Austin · Joe Lonsdale
Jul 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Andreessen: China and Modern Industrial Powers Followed the American System Playbook
“In the 20th century, basically every industrial revolution in every other country that has worked in the last hundred years basically follows that model as well, so. You know, it's the same thing Germany did. It's the same thing Japan did. It's the same thing …”
Marc Andreessen Jul 3, 2025 ▶ 5:42 From ChatGPT to Billions of Robots: Marc Andreessen’s Prediction · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 21, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Ridley: UK has the developed world's highest industrial power prices
“The highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world, bar none, second highest domestic electricity prices second to Germany.”
Matt Ridley Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 4:52 What Steve Jobs Knew About Innovation That You Don't · Joe Lonsdale
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