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The Prize
“With The Prize, one of the things is that I read the whole book aloud to myself to test every sentence.”
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01 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of The Prize.
“With The Prize, one of the things is that I read the whole book aloud to myself to test every sentence.”
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- Daniel Yergin
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
02 / belief
” In my mind, I did not do a detailed outline, but the pieces came together in this larger narrative that located oil in this larger context of the 20th century.
“” In my mind, I did not do a detailed outline, but the pieces came together in this larger narrative that located oil in this larger context of the 20th century.”
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- Daniel Yergin
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
03 / belief
There was just inattention and that's one of the risks. I think a lot about energy security as an issue.
“There was just inattention and that's one of the risks. I think a lot about energy security as an issue.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
04 / belief
I think the government did back them up. Remember the British owned a big share of British Petroleum, now BP, until the late 1980s.
“I think the government did back them up. Remember the British owned a big share of British Petroleum, now BP, until the late 1980s.”
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- Daniel Yergin
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
05 / belief
The most important thing are the technologies that you can see coming or the ones that come from left field like fracking or grasping what AI is going to mean for how our economies work. But I think you made a very important point and that was the discovery in COVID.
“The most important thing are the technologies that you can see coming or the ones that come from left field like fracking or grasping what AI is going to mean for how our economies work. But I think you made a very important point and that was the discovery in COVID.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
06 / belief
When I think about what we saw with the oil industry, then what we saw with the automobile industry in the 1920s, it’s kind of like what we saw with the internet at the beginning of the 21st century.
“When I think about what we saw with the oil industry, then what we saw with the automobile industry in the 1920s, it’s kind of like what we saw with the internet at the beginning of the 21st century.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
07 / prediction
Two, he saw that the shale revolution would augment the position and influence of the US because the US would no longer be energy dependent.
“Two, he saw that the shale revolution would augment the position and influence of the US because the US would no longer be energy dependent.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
08 / evaluation
For China, wind and solar, electric cars, is very much a strategic issue because they see the vulnerability of importing 75% of their oil, much of it coming through the South China Sea.
“For China, wind and solar, electric cars, is very much a strategic issue because they see the vulnerability of importing 75% of their oil, much of it coming through the South China Sea.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
09 / evaluation
Suddenly you had European politicians coming to the US to try and secure supplies of LNG because they were so worried about it.
“Suddenly you had European politicians coming to the US to try and secure supplies of LNG because they were so worried about it.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
10 / evaluation
People were saying this is treacherous because we'll depend upon oil from far away, from Persia, rather than Welsh coal.
“People were saying this is treacherous because we'll depend upon oil from far away, from Persia, rather than Welsh coal.”
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- Daniel Yergin
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
11 / evaluation
A mistake, I don’t know. It is the most famous antitrust case in history and reflected the times because you had these big trusts.
“A mistake, I don’t know. It is the most famous antitrust case in history and reflected the times because you had these big trusts.”
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- Daniel Yergin
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
12 / prediction
These private equity funds or venture capital funds are going to the Gulf countries again because that's where the money is.
“These private equity funds or venture capital funds are going to the Gulf countries again because that's where the money is.”
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- Daniel Yergin
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast