The highly successful investor Ray Dalio attributes his success to how he made a detailed study of history to understand how the world works. And specifically the cycles of how world powers rise and fall and why such cycles become inevitable, based on people following the choices and incentives in front of them. You can do well in good times and bad alike so long as you understand where you are, and what is likely to happen next. He wrote about all of this in his book, Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order - why nations succeed and fail. It is full of fascinating insights. Let's have a look. Link to the book website - more resources available for free well worth looking at https://www.principles.com/ Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show covers news, current affairs, science and politics. It aims to be independent, fact-focused and non-ideological. A rational and reasoned approach to some of the difficult issues of our time, including climate change, the Covid pandemic, and how we can best survive and thrive in the modern world. You can also find videos at: https://odysee.com/@mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show Clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_DHGJzhaR3U6nmNHy54KQg Follow the show page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mallenbakershow And my website https://mallenbaker.net Quotes reported in this video should not be taken as an implication of their author’s endorsement or involvement in this video. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDwVBdAE1I

The whole world would like to know where Covid-19 came from. The WHO sent an investigative team to WUHAN to look into the matter. At the end of their short visit, they held a press conference. They said that they are still pursuing all possible avenues of inquiry – except for one. They’re definitely ruling out the idea it was released from the virology lab in Wuhan. Is that a fair a conclusion? Or is something very odd going on? Let’s have a look. Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility. CORRECTION At 28:40 I say ‘gain of research’ when I obviously meant ‘gain of function’ References 1:02 US doesn’t accept the WHO findings https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3121217/us-will-not-accept-world-health-organization-findings-out-wuhan-without 2:28 Did SARS-Cov-2 start in a Chinese lab? Potholer54 video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab-r0capbzk 3:07 Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext 3:56 The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2, Andersen et al 2020 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 5:21 Bret and Heather ‘Dark Horse’ podcast episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VerirOAHgUU 11:50 Video of Peter Daszak working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iagUDDyhf64&feature=youtu.be 11:54 Peter Daszak grant funding application https://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-AI110964-06 12:20 AHF release on conflict of interest in WHO team https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210209005820/en/WHO-COVID-19-Investigation-Is-Tainted-by-Conflict-of-Interest-Says-AHF 12:40 Scientists Outraged by Peter Daszak Leading Enquiry Into Possible Covid Lab Leak https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/scientists-outraged-peter-daszak-leading-enquiry-into-possible-covid-lab-leak 13:41 Peter Daszak rubbishes US intelligence, reported in China People’s Daily https://peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/world/who-mission-member-says-don-t-rely-on-us-virus-intelligence-197510.html 14:45 Nature news from 2015 “Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research’ https://www.nature.com/news/engineered-bat-virus-stirs-debate-over-risky-research-%201.18787 15:10 A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 19:45 A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin https://w ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1EIqFRWoMg