Ep 12: Lord Daniel Hannan - Conjecture Institute

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Conjecture Institute Advisor, Lord Daniel Hannan is in conversation today about democracy, free trade and freedom broadly. Lord Hannan has a comprehensive website containing his work which is found at https://danielhannan.info/ while his Youtube channel is a catalogue of speeches, talks, interviews, lectures and more defending the ideas and ideals of the Enlightenment and Western Civilization. Chapters/Timestamps are below 00:00 Introduction 00:04 Preview 00:56 Introduction to Lord Hannan 01:29 Upper Houses and the functions of a Parliament. 09:21 Democracy and the EU Parliament 17:19 “The Will of the People” and referenda. 23:47 The English vs Spanish “Western” civilisations” and political stability. 29:00 The Invention of Freedom and Resource Extraction 37:31 Climate Change, Net Zero and Politics 39:53 Doomerism, Regulation and Social Control. 43:39: Lord Hannan on Nick Bostrom, Techno-Pessimism and AI 45:47 Existential Risk, Property Rights, Wealth 49:56 Common Law, Property Rights and Conservationism 52:12 Free speech and The First Amendment

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