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Greg Johnson talks to Chris Robertson about his book In Defense of Hatred. Topics include:

• Chris’ intellectual journey


• Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The World Beyond Your Head 

• In Defense of Hatred


• Hatred vs. anger


• Hatred vs. annoyance


• Hatred vs. disgust


• Noise


• Love and hate


• The idea of a hate-free world


• Resentment, bitterness, and spite


• Forgiveness


• The absurdity of thinking that the embittered, resentful Left will create a world without hate


• Why a hate-free world will never happen


• Why material plenty will not create a world without competition and hate


• Fake virtue and fake niceness vs. real virtue and real respect


• Chris’ blog Caffeine Philosophy