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Finding the Balance in Life Between Love and Suffering
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2:12:08 - 2:20:30 (08:22)

The speaker reflects on experiences with those closest to them, and the importance of balancing the inevitable suffering in life with the positive emotions of love and human connection.

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The speaker reflects on the intensity of emotions experienced in difficult times such as war, and how it can create deep connections between people despite the suffering.
2:12:08 - 2:16:08 (04:00)
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Emotions
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The speaker reflects on the intensity of emotions experienced in difficult times such as war, and how it can create deep connections between people despite the suffering. The speaker also ponders on the meaning behind suffering and how it is a part of life.

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Finding the Balance in Life Between Love and Suffering
Episode
#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The artist’s separate studio allowed for greater artistic expression and emotional release in the aftermath of persecution.
2:16:08 - 2:18:42 (02:33)
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Russia
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The artist’s separate studio allowed for greater artistic expression and emotional release in the aftermath of persecution. However, the experience still left scars, as exemplified by fellow artists having their doors set on fire and their children harassed in school.

Chapter
Finding the Balance in Life Between Love and Suffering
Episode
#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
An exchange program between Russia and the US allowed historians, literary people and some social scientists to go to Russia while all scientists came to the US to learn from MIT and other institutions.
2:18:44 - 2:20:30 (01:46)
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Russia-US relations
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An exchange program between Russia and the US allowed historians, literary people and some social scientists to go to Russia while all scientists came to the US to learn from MIT and other institutions.

Chapter
Finding the Balance in Life Between Love and Suffering
Episode
#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast