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The Secrets To Becoming An Original Thinker - Codie Sanchez | Modern Wisdom 695
Codie Sanchez is an investor, venture capitalist and a CEO.
Being a contrarian is an alluring idea. Having a unique insight into the world, a different viewpoint that helps you grow and make money and become successful. But how do you actually come up with original ideas and avoid always following the crowd?
Expect to learn Codie’s framework for non-conformity, how anger can be a useful tool, what we can learn from Warren Buffet about not optimising too much, why pushing through boredom is a superpower, how speaking the truth even when it hurts can be critically important, Codie's best advice from the billionaires she’s met and much more...
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00:00 Is Our Society Too Contrarian?
08:35 How Successful People Remain Intentional
14:26 Choose Your Controversy Wisely
17:21 Consider Reading as a Diet
23:05 Have Ideas Strongly Stated & Loosely Held
38:34 Our Over-Focus on Perfection
44:04 Why Boredom is a Superpower
49:47 How Much Truth Can You Tolerate?
1:01:44 Being a Spouse of a Navy SEAL
1:13:43 What is the Solution for Modern Day Women?
1:23:04 How to Get a High-Value Woman
1:38:43 What Codie Has Learned from Being Around Billionaires
1:47:06 Do You Need to Sleep on Your Couch to be Successful?
2:03:12 Logan Paul Vs Dillon Danis
2:10:55 Where to Find Codie
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Reflecting On Sam Harris’ Viral Triggernometry Clip - Konstantin Kisin
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Chris and Konstantin Kisin discuss the viral Sam Harris clip featured on Triggernometry. What does Konstantin Kisin think of the clip? What advice does Konstantin Kisin have for Sam Harris?
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Why Is Modern Dating Such A Mess? - Sadia Khan | Modern Wisdom 694
Sadia Khan is a relationship coach and a speaker.
Dating in the modern world is more fraught than ever. Men and women are finding themselves confused and lost as they try to make sense of a mating landscape which becomes ever more difficult to navigate.
Expect to learn why Sadia’s Instagram has been banned 3 times, why nice guys have such a hard time in relationships, whether men and women can actually be friends, whether hot women tend to be crazier, how to stop being a jealous partner, whether body count actually matters, why married couples cheat, what Love Island is doing to our view of romance and much more...
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00:00 The Widespread Belief That Love is Toxic
06:32 The Safety of the Inner Citadel
10:14 Consequences of the Rise of Sex Work
17:38 Psychology of Slut-Shaming
26:39 Why Nice Guys Suffer
35:37 Can Men & Women Be Friends?
46:05 The Many Failures of the Sexual Revolution
55:28 The Growing Trend of Childlessness
1:09:25 What Reality Shows Are Teaching Young People About Relationships
1:13:55 Transgender Dating Dynamics
1:22:04 Are Hot Girls More Crazy?
1:31:45 Is It Hard For Successful Men to Settle Down?
1:37:00 Feeling Jealous About a Partner’s Body Count
1:43:20 The Lost Treasure of Traditional Women
1:57:11 Are AI Girlfriends the Future?
2:07:23 Where to Find Sadia
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The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress - Dr Robert Sapolsky | Modern Wisdom 693
Dr Robert Sapolsky is a Professor at Stanford University, a world-leading researcher, and an author.
Stress is an inevitable part of human life. But what is stress actually doing to the human body when it happens for such a prolonged period of time? And what does science say are the best interventions to defeat it?
Expect to learn the crucial difference between short term and long term stress, how stress actually impacts the human system, the neurodevelopmental consequences of stress and poverty, how to detrain your dopamine sensitivity, what everyone doesn't understand about how hormones work, whether believing in free will is a useful world view, why there is a relationship between belief in free will and obesity and much more...
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Does The World Actually Want Vulnerable Men? - Connor Beaton | Modern Wisdom 692
Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.
Men are often told that their problems would be fixed if they stopped being so stoic. If only they ceased hiding their emotions and started being more vulnerable, their mental health would improve. But is this actually the case? Does the world actually want vulnerable men?
Expect to learn whether men actually can show their vulnerability to the world, why a man’s pain is so important for his growth, whether modern therapy is failing men, why men have so many surface level relationships, how men can embrace anger and take back control of their minds, why so many men gauge their worth on how their business and relationship are doing, and much more...
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00:00 The One Rule of Men
09:39 Why Is So Much Expected of Men?
13:26 Men’s Roles in Competition & War
23:14 The Double Standard of Aggression & Vulnerability
33:39 The Huge Rise of Internet Men’s Advice
45:12 Vacancy of Father Figures & Friends for Boys
58:19 How Does Fatherlessness Actually Impact Young Men?
1:06:54 Vulnerability Around Men Discussing Sex
1:15:15 Increasing Testosterone Improve’s Men’s Capacity
1:25:36 Advice to Men Who Want to Open Up More
1:32:30 Where to Find Connor
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Jimmy Carr - The Secret Hacks For Living A Fulfilled Life (4K) | Modern Wisdom 691
Jimmy Carr is a comedian, television host and an author.
Jimmy is known as one of the best one-line comics in history, but this episode goes way deeper than you’re probably expecting. It's far less about jokes and far more about Jimmy’s obsession with human psychology, frameworks and thinking tools.
Expect to learn what the most important question to ask yourself is, why you have probably been thinking about luck incorrectly, what the two great myths in life are, the most common misconceptions about being famous, how to survive a cancellation attempt, what kind of relationship we should have with our inner-critic, how to enjoy the passage of time in a graceful way and much more...
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00:00 Ask Yourself ‘What Do You Want?’
10:57 The Intense Schedule of a Popular Comedian
16:15 Are Comedians Ahead of the Curve on Society’s Issues?
25:14 Our Obsession With Ourselves & Individualism
33:40 The Internet’s Culture of Cynicism
41:39 Hidden Vs Observable Metrics
53:25 Using Useful Delusions to Make Life Better
1:06:32 The Rise of Andrew Tate in the Silent Crisis of Young Men
1:16:12 The Experience of Being Cancelled
1:26:47 Our Personas Crave Praise
1:35:37 Fear of What Other People Will Think of Our Failure
1:42:46 Jimmy’s Thoughts on Kindness
1:49:45 Do Men Have a Quarter-Life Crisis?
1:54:45 How We Value Things At Different Stages of Life
2:01:45 How Should We Respond to Critics?
2:08:45 Should We Be Worried About China, AI & Existential Risks?
2:24:09 Going from the Easy Life to Having Children
2:36:04 The Beauty of Flow States in the Passage of Time
2:41:07 What’s Next for Jimmy
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Why Can’t Humans Do Anything In Moderation? - Michael Easter | Modern Wisdom 690
Michael Easter is a University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor, a journalist and an author who focuses on health and human performance.
Even though we might often feel in control of our impulses, there are regular moments that remind us of our uncontrolled tendencies. From overspending to overeating, there is a secret loop happening inside of our minds that causes our actions and intentions to move further apart.
Expect to learn why moderation is so impossible to achieve, what humans actually want the most out of life, what the scarcity loop is and how it drives your behaviour, if it's possible to become dependent on certainty, whether humans are more likely to chase happiness or avoid discomfort, Michael’s contrarian opinion on first world problems and much more...
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00:00 Why Can’t Humans Ever Get Enough?
03:50 Explaining the Scarcity Loop
09:51 Why Are We So Hooked?
17:47 Humanity’s Love for Escapism
21:39 The Wild Story of Captagon
30:25 Are We Becoming More Dependent on Certainty?
39:54 The Evolutionary Pursuit of Status & Influence
52:31 Becoming Addicted to Observable Metrics
57:25 The Scarcity Loop of Food
1:04:26 How to Break Through the Loop
1:10:40 Where to Find Michael
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The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households - Melissa Kearney | Modern Wisdom 689
Melissa Kearney is a University of Maryland economist professor, and an author known for her research in the field of economic demography.
Declining marriage and birthrates frequently dominate discussions about the future of society, but what is the impact of separated parents on the kids who grow up in these homes? Melissa has spent years assessing the data, and her findings are absolutely terrifying.
Expect to learn how single-parent households are massively worsening class divides, what happens to kids who grow up with only one parent, what is driving the decline in American marriage rates, what Melissa is hearing from both men & women who don’t want to marry, just how many of the problems we’re seeing in the modern world are downstream from single-parent households, whether the decline in marriage and birthrate are at all correlated, what can be done about this issue and much more...
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00:00 Response to Melissa’s Book
02:27 What Has Been Happening to Marriage Rates?
07:46 How College Degrees Are Influencing Childbirth & Marriage Rates
14:52 Are Women Misjudging What Men Want?
25:30 Why Are Declining Marriages a Bad Thing?
30:20 Differences in Kids Raised in Two-Parent & One-Parent Homes
41:35 Cohabiting Vs Marriage
50:25 The Lack of Substitute Father Figures for Boys
58:30 Consequences of Eroding Chivalrous Norms
1:08:24 How Many of Societal Problems Are Due to Single-Parent Households?
1:10:10 The Connection Between Marriage Rates & Birth Rates
1:20:25 Melissa’s Interventions to Increase Marriage Rates
1:28:30 Where to Find Melissa
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17 Raw Lessons About Human Nature - Steven Bartlett (4K) | Modern Wisdom 688
Steven Bartlett is the Founder of Social Chain, an entrepreneur, a podcaster and an author.
How to become a functioning human is a difficult skill to work out. Should I focus on achieving goals or inner peace? Can I become confident without being arrogant? Thankfully Steven has spent the last 2 years distilling a ton of lessons into his new book, and today we get to go through my favourites.
Expect to learn Steven’s equation for unbreakable discipline, the biggest lesson from dealing with mainstream media pile-ons, why there are so few actual practitioners in the world, how to stop being your biggest critic, why your weirdness is the ultimate competitive advantage, how Steven discovered he was riddled with fake ambition and much more…
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00:00 The Frame Matters More Than the Picture
07:33 You Don’t Get to Choose What You Believe
21:29 Why Self Respect is So Important
35:12 Most People Strategise Instead of Executing
47:51 Are You Driven or Being Dragged?
58:54 The Loneliness & Hedonism of Elite Achievers
1:06:30 Why You Need to Sweat the Small Stuff
1:15:09 Do the Thing
1:19:28 Pressure is a Great Privilege
1:25:02 Steven’s Experience Becoming a Person of Public Interest
1:35:49 Do Our Beliefs Limit Us?
1:41:42 Context Is Worth More Than Skills
1:46:25 How to Avoid the Trap of Mono-Thinking
1:58:12 Fame Changes Everybody Around You
2:06:20 Where to Find Steven
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The Most Dangerous Stories From A Professional Card Counter - Steven Bridges | Modern Wisdom 687
Steven Bridges is a professional gambler and mostly-legal card counter.
If you've seen the movie 21, you'll know that it's possible to count cards while playing Blackjack in a casino to beat the house. But this isn't just limited to the movies, Steven is part of a team who takes on the biggest casinos in the world using hardcore maths, disguises and secret signals to win big.
Expect to learn the details of how a team of players is needed to take on a casino, how Steven chooses which casinos to take on, what are the best and worst places to play Blackjack in Vegas, the most amount of money Steven has made and lost in a single session, how he deals with losing absurd amounts of money, just how difficult it actually is to count cards and much more...
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00:00 What Does Steven Do For Work?
07:29 The Dynamics of a Card-Counting Team
15:30 Is Card-Counting Legal?
19:30 Getting Recognised & Kicked Out of Casinos
23:59 Is Card-Counting Fun or Stressful?
34:58 The Feeling of Losing Significant Money
38:12 Some of Steven’s Best Games Played
40:50 The Challenges of Carrying Huge Amounts of Cash Around
48:14 How to Not Be Recognised When You Are Well-Known
56:04 Building Relationships with Dealers
59:35 Where to Find Steven
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8 Strategies For Avoiding A Life You Hate - Dr Gad Saad | Modern Wisdom 686
Gad Saad is an Evolutionary Psychologist, Professor of Marketing at Concordia University, a podcaster and an author.
In today’s fast-paced world, happiness and contentment often seem elusive. By taking an evolutionary lens on happiness, we can gain deeper insight into why we are the way we are and what are the contributing elements to living a good life.
Expect to learn where happiness comes from, why evolution cursed humans with the ability to feel existential discontent, what people get wrong about defining and understanding happiness, what role genetics plays, how to pick the right partner, whether married people are more happy on average, why more more sex equal doesn’t always equal more happiness, how you can become more anti-fragile and much more...
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06:33 What We Can Learn About Stress From Zebras
13:19 What People Get Wrong About Happiness
18:49 Key Factors for a Happy Life
27:54 Happiness Differences Between Political Orientations
32:48 Are Married People More Happy?
39:16 How Much Sex Should We Be Having?
41:43 Loving Your Work Vs Being a Workaholic
49:44 The Differences of Optimising for Pleasure & Optimising for Low Risk
1:00:00 Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
1:11:14 How to Be Anti-Fragile to Criticism
1:18:07 A Simplified Guide to Happiness
1:21:34 Where to Find Gad
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Stop Making Excuses & Transform Your Life - Rich Roll | Modern Wisdom 685
Rich Roll is an ultra-endurance athlete, podcaster and an author.
In today’s modern world, relentless pursuit of goals often leads to being overworked and burnout. Finding the balance between working hard enough to achieve your dreams without destroying your sanity along the way is a difficult balance, but Rich seems to have found a solution.
Expect to learn what it means to have “lower companions” who hold you back, why we all are so addicted to progress, why you might be more dependent than you think, who is the most controversial athlete in all of endurance racing, why Rich takes a “Manuary” sabbatical, how to deal with setbacks, the keys to resilience and much more…
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05:33 What People Get Wrong About Turning Their Life Around
17:38 What Are ‘Lower Companions’ in Recovery?
28:39 The Importance of Having Friends Who Inspire You
33:54 Aligning Your Life For Authenticity
46:55 The Tension Between Striving for Success & Feeling Sufficient
58:53 Rich’s Systems for Success
1:09:25 Rich’s Thoughts on Will Goodge
1:16:31 Does the Endurance Community Like Ross Edgley?
1:21:00 Keeping Up with the Pressure of Consistency
1:46:57 How to Get Out of Your Head
1:53:04 Where to Find Rich
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Cancelled For Appearing On This Podcast - Vincent Harinam | Modern Wisdom 684
Vincent Harinam is a data scientist, law enforcement consultant and a writer.
Vincent came on Modern Wisdom 2 years ago. Shortly after that, he was pulled into a meeting at the prestigious British University he was teaching at to be reprimanded for his comments. Today we get to break down what happened, and continue our dating discussion that got him in so much hot water.
Expect to learn why academia has such a problem with independent media, what has changed in the dating market over the last 2 years, what the future trends in mating crisis-land will be, whether men are actually lost or just need to work harder, whether polygyny can fix population collapse, Vincent’s thoughts on my male sedation hypothesis and much more...
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00:00 Vincent’s Life Since Appearing on Modern Wisdom
08:09 Vincent’s Interview Where He Got Cancelled
19:00 Predictions for the Future of Academia
21:23 The Future Consequences of Young Male Syndrome
28:58 Can Marriage Solve Today’s Male Problems?
34:24 How Close Are We to a Massive Male Crisis?
40:50 Why Aren’t Men Approaching Women Anymore?
47:44 Should Polygony Be Encouraged to Increase Reproduction?
52:56 How Inner Citadels Are Destroying Society
1:00:36 Challenges & Benefits to Adopting Polygony
1:04:05 Hungary’s Policies to Increase Birth Rates
1:09:29 Vincent’s Ideas for Encouraging Higher Birth Rates
1:13:34 The Future of Men’s Advice
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7 Semi-Controversial Rules For Success - Shaan Puri | Modern Wisdom 683
Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster and an angel investor.
Shaan is kind of an anti-guru. He's a self-identified lazy person but also managed to exit multiple companies for millions of dollars. So today, we’re delving into 7 of his most semi-controversial insights and discussing why much of the advice from business gurus might just be useless.
Expect to learn why hard work is massively overrated, what the two most understated skills in the word are, how to get out of your head and stop overthinking, why many people learn the wrong lessons from failure, how falling behind might not be the great teacher many think it is, why being a billionaire is a stupid goal, why you shouldn’t follow what most people do and much more…
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00:00 Hard Work is Massively Over-Rated
11:27 The Value of Enthusiasm
30:10 Why You Need to Develop Your Storytelling Ability
45:56 If You’re in Your Head, You’re Dead
56:43 The Power of the Midwit Meme
1:02:45 Clarifying Your Principles
1:11:29 Do You Really Learn From Your Failures?
1:21:47 Aspiring to Be a Billionaire is a Stupid Goal
1:34:01 The Life-Changing Benefits of Hiring an Assistant
1:40:48 Where to Find Shaan
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Do This To Build Muscle, Burn Fat & Get Healthy - Stan Efferding (4K) | Modern Wisdom 682
Stan Efferding is a professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, entrepreneur, author and a nutrition expert known for creating “The Vertical Diet”.
Earning the title of the world’s strongest bodybuilder isn’t an overnight achievement. With 35 years of experience in bodybuilding, powerlifting, and dieting, Stan is one of the most accomplished and knowledgeable coaches on the planet, and today we get to dig into his biggest lessons.
Expect to learn what the main causes of the obesity epidemic are, why diet culture is so tribal, the 3 core principles of the Vertical Diet, whether red meat is actually healthy for you, the relationship between sleep and weight loss, Stan's top 10 exercises for building muscle, why a 10-minute walk after eating will change your life, how to hack meal prep for the rest of time and much more...
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00:00 Why Are People Getting Fatter?
06:42 The Truth About Seed Oils
13:23 What is the Vertical Diet?
26:34 Can Red Meat Kill You?
30:00 Stan’s Thoughts on Aspartame & Diet Soda
35:39 The Science Behind Intermittent Fasting
47:08 Why Do So Many Diets Fail?
51:48 The Gap Between Government Health Advice & Stan’s Advice
59:19 How Legitimate are Blue Zone Studies?
1:03:17 The Usefulness of Grounding for Health
1:07:13 How Sleep & Weight Loss Are Connected
1:10:41 Why Walking Improves Health Significantly
1:24:30 Should You Skip Breakfast?
1:29:44 Principles for a Good Sleep
1:41:52 Best Training Practices for Health
1:54:36 If Stan Could Only Keep 10 Exercises
2:04:00 What Blood-work Metrics You Should Pay Attention To
2:18:32 Life-Hacks for Successful Execution
2:24:15 Where to Find Stan
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The Man Bringing Extinct Creatures Back To Life - Ben Lamm | Modern Wisdom 681
Ben Lamm is an entrepreneur, CEO of Colossal and a founder.
What if Jurassic Park's dream of bringing extinct creatures back to life was possible? Well it kind of is. And Ben's company is forging ahead in the new frontier of de-extinction, starting with some of the most legendary animals from history.
Expect to learn why Ben is bringing Wooly Mammoths back to life, how you give birth to an animal that died out thousands of years ago, where Ben gets the genetic material from, how bringing back Mammoths could fix climate change, whether artificial wombs will actually work, if we can make humans as strong as Neanderthals using their DNA, why we should bring back the Dodo bird and much more...
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00:00 Ben’s Wild Plan to Fix Global Warming
02:46 How to Extract Ancient DNA
09:40 Making a Mammoth a Reality from DNA
22:55 What Could Go Wrong?
30:55 What Else Would Ben Like to Bring Back?
37:37 Why Mammoths Went Extinct
42:50 How Mammoths Are Useful to the Planet
52:07 Can Genetically-Created Mammoths Reproduce Naturally?
54:10 What Does this Mean for Human Advancement?
58:52 The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement
1:09:20 Where to Find Ben
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Do You Actually Need A Father To Raise A Child? - Dr Anna Machin | Modern Wisdom 680
Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University, a researcher into the role of fatherhood across time and an author.
The modern world has made dads surplus to requirements in many ways. The deadbeat dad is such a meme in sitcoms and cartoons now that it's no surprise men don't feel they have a role in child rearing. But just how important are fathers to the development of boys and girls? And what don't we know about their impact?
Expect to learn how fathers saved the human race when babies heads got too big, whether it's normal for dads to not feel love for their baby when it's born, the most important ways dads can bond with their kids, whether dads are more important to girls' or boys' development, what pushback Anna got for writing a pro-father book and much more...
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00:00 We Need to Change the Narrative Around Fathers
06:02 How Evolution Shows the Value of Fatherhood
12:26 Is Modern Culture Making Fathers Redundant?
23:28 Changes in the Brain in a Committed Relationship
27:19 Why Babies Should Lie on the Father’s Chest
30:17 Differences in Roles of Mothers & Father’s in Child-Nurturing
41:23 Why Adolescents Need Their Fathers
50:04 Why Does Our Current Society Demonise Fathers?
58:13 What Anna Wished More People Knew
1:01:39 Where to Find Dr Machin
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“Gen Z Guys Are Impossible To Date!” - Sara Saffari (4K) | Modern Wisdom 679
Sara Saffari is a fitness model, influencer, athlete and a YouTuber.
Many young people dream of being young, fit, and famous. Lots of us are seduced by the idea of the attention this brings, but what's the reality of being so exposed in a world filled with scrutiny, stalkers and haters?
Expect to learn what Sara thinks about the muscle mommy movement, what makes women genuinely attractive, the biggest problem with dating Gen Z guys, Sara’s thoughts on the Bradley Martyn vs Logan Paul fight, Sara’s top 10 exercises to build muscle, whether she would ever start an Only Fans and much more...
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00:00 The Muscle Mommy Movement
03:51 Sara’s Experience of Rapid Growth
09:20 TikTok Girls Catching Guys Watching Them in the Gym
16:50 What Are Gen-Z Guys Like to Date?
22:10 Do Girls Have Many Positive Role Models?
25:16 Sara’s Brad V Logan Prediction
32:57 If Sara Could Only Keep 10 Exercises
37:10 How Exercise Can Help with Mental Health Difficulties
44:16 Dealing with Business as a Fitness Influencer
51:43 Is There a Temptation to Post Over-Sexualised Content?
1:03:14 What’s Next for Sara?
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Will Humanity Ever Become An Interstellar Civilisation? - Avi Loeb | Modern Wisdom 678
Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist specialising in astrophysics and cosmology, Professor of Science at Harvard University and an author.
Humanity travelling to different planets is a huge undertaking. Yet we're already looking further afield. If we are to survive out into the far future, we need to travel to different solar systems and this presents a ton of unique challenges, today we get to find out about the biggest ones.
Expect to learn how Avi discovered and collected the first ever material from a different solar system that landed here on earth earlier this year, whether we will ever send generations of humans on a space craft to a different stars, how Avi is planning to propel a craft up toward the speed of light within the next decade, the dangers lurking beyond the edge of our solar system and much more...
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00:00 Was Our Universe Created By Aliens?
07:49 Avi’s Thoughts on the Recent Alien & UFO Rumours
21:14 How Avi Knew that He had Found Interstellar Objects
32:01 Promising Methods of Future Interstellar Travel
43:22 Will Humanity Ever Visit Another Galaxy?
52:28 Average Length of Existence of Non-Interstellar Civilisations
56:18 What Difficulties Would You Face on an Interstellar Journey?
1:01:54 How to Reach the Nearest Star at 1/5 Speed of Light
1:08:00 Where to Find Avi
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Is Watching Porn Considered Cheating? - Zack Telander | Modern Wisdom 677
Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.
I haven't seen my housemate in months because we've both been travelling. So here is 90 minutes of us discussing some of the biggest stories that have happened recently in our lives and within the insanity of the internet.
Expect to learn Zack’s thoughts on Billy MacFarland coming back with Fyre Festival 2.0, the massive change to trans athletes in sports, whether watching porn is considered cheating, why Oppenheimer might be a threat to your relationship, what it's like to visit Japan and Korea were and what impressed him the most about each country, and much more...
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00:00 Catching Up
05:28 Fyre Festival 2.0
14:56 Will New Transgender Powerlifting Policies Impact Sport?
26:53 The Terrible Logic of Extreme Body Positivity
29:22 Is Watching Porn Considered Cheating?
43:01 Bradley Cooper’s Anti-Semitic Nose Job
47:30 Thoughts on Vivek Ramaswamy’s Republican Candidacy
50:07 Californians Are Having Sex in Robot Cars
54:28 Zack’s Trip to Japan & Korea
1:05:10 British Drinking Culture
1:10:11 The Real Lifestyle of a DJ
1:17:10 Do Creators or Audiences Enjoy the Content More?
1:26:43 Where to Find Zack
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Eric Weinstein - Why Can No One Agree On The Truth Anymore? (4K) | Modern Wisdom 676
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.
The last 3 years has been a time of massive confusion. No one can agree on what is real, or true, or who is good faith, or a grifter. No matter what you believe in, we can all agree that this epidemic of uncertainty can't continue.
Expect to learn what you learn from being around the most rich and powerful people in the world, what it was like to meet Jeffrey Epstein face to face, what Eric thinks about the recent surge in UFO disclosures, his thoughts on Sam Harris’ recent episode with me, whether the downfall of physics and academia is the nail in the coffin for humanity, the biggest issues with having easy access to porn, how women could take a bigger role in the crisis of masculinity and much more...
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00:00 Eric’s First Holiday for a Long Time
05:41 What Normal People Misunderstand about Elite People
12:53 Balancing Your Scarcity Mentality & Abundance Mentality
16:04 When Eric Met Jeffrey Epstein
32:23 The Response from the Recent UFO Whistleblowers
38:50 How to Defend Against Manipulative Uncertainty
45:38 Where Eric Differs from Sam Harris
48:56 Have We Become Too Sceptical of Institutions?
1:03:32 How the Human Race Becomes Multi-Planetary
1:28:53 Explaining How Good Albert Einstein Was
1:35:49 Why is the Sagrada Familia So Significant?
1:41:09 Balancing the Cognitive with the Transcendent
1:46:28 Do We Rely Too Much on a Brain-Based Economy?
1:56:54 Lessons from Khabib on Arrogance & Humility
2:10:54 The Death of Nuance & Truth in the Social Media Era
2:24:47 Why People Aren’t Having High-Level Interactions Anymore
2:29:37 The Real Problems Men are Facing Today
2:44:11 How Social Media, Video Games & Porn Impact Men
2:50:30 The Consequences of Women’s Inclination Towards Hypergamy
3:01:45 The Educational System’s Biggest Flaws
3:12:52 Where to Find Eric
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The Shocking Lessons Of History Everyone Has Forgotten - Niall Ferguson | Modern Wisdom 675
Niall Ferguson is a historian, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution & Stanford University and an author.
We often hear that history tends to repeat itself. But if you're a professional historian, just how accurate is that statement? What are the big lessons that we keep missing? And how doomed is our future if we don’t learn from the past?
Expect to learn Niall's opinion on the quote “History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”, why everyone should read more history, the biggest lessons most people keep ignoring, why the modern abandonment of formal education for smart people is actually a good thing, just how big of a threat China is to the West, what Niall thinks will happen in America in 2024 and much more...
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00:00 Are There Patterns to History?
08:51 If History Can’t Be Repeated, is it Just BS?
17:54 Why You Shouldn’t Compare Great Historical Empires
23:10 How To Learn from History More Effectively
30:18 How the Printing Press Created the Information Revolution
36:58 Areas of History We Don’t Know Enough About
48:00 Niall’s Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election
57:32 Where to Find Niall Ferguson
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17 Ugly Psychology Truths No One Wants To Admit - Adam Lane Smith | Modern Wisdom 674
Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author.
Adam has helped thousands of patients and couples to deal with problems from childhood, their relationships and their sex lives. He also writes amazing Twitter threads filled with insights from his time as a therapist and today we get to go through some of my favourites.
Expect to learn why having sex with a man on the first date won't make him fall in love with you, why it shouldn't be a surprise to most men when their partner divorces them, the psychological effect of relying on daycare for newborn babies, why men don't understand how female communication works, whether love or respect is more important in a relationship and much more...
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00:00 Should Women Have Sex on the First Date?
07:06 People Who Are Obsessed with Politics are Messy & Unhappy
11:16 The Danger of Avoiding Uncomfortable Conversations
17:36 How Our Relationships Are Being Systematically Destroyed
24:18 Both Men & Women Hate the Dating Scene
30:49 The Key to Protecting Your Marriage from Divorce
34:36 Why Men Are Demonised in Marriage Therapy
41:21 The Disadvantages of Sending Your Baby to Daycare
47:01 Most Men Don’t Understand Female Communication
52:10 The Difference in Perspectives of Past Romantic History
57:41 Do Men Want Respect More Than Love?
1:01:06 The World Doesn’t Want Men to Have Any Power
1:12:33 If You Love Your Children, You’d Let them See Your Separated Partner
1:16:19 Why Nice Guys Finish Last
1:22:17 Where to Find Adam
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Overcome The Limits Of Your Mind - 7X World Champion Phil Heath (4K) | Modern Wisdom 673
Phil Heath is a professional bodybuilder, 7-time Mr. Olympia winner, entrepreneur and an author.
Phil Heath is one of the greatest and most dominant bodybuilders of all time. But what does it take to win Mr Olympia for 7 consecutive years and just what are the inner workings of his mind that led him to success?
Expect to learn Phil’s reflections on his rivalry with Kai Greene, what it was like being a part of the Generation Iron documentary, how to improve your relationship with pain, how to conquer small impulses, why Phil used far fewer PEDs than everyone thinks, his 10 best exercises for building muscle, what he thinks of Chris Bumstead, his opinion on the current field of Olympia competitors and much more…
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00:00 Where Phil’s Name ‘The Gift’ Came From
02:46 How Phil Developed Bulletproof Self-Belief
06:26 The Inspiring Lessons Phil Learned From His First Show
15:08 The Importance of Giving Yourself Permission to Be You
22:47 Do You Really Want High Standards or Pity?
28:22 Phil’s Relationship With Pain
37:35 The Experience of Filming Generation Iron
46:20 Phil’s Rivalry with Kai Greene
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1:50:05 The Impact of Reverse Role Models
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The Untold Story Behind The Sound of Freedom - Paul Hutchinson | Modern Wisdom 672
Paul Hutchinson is an entrepreneur, former fund manager and undercover operative known for his role in rescuing trafficked children depicted in the film the Sound of Freedom.
Paul has had a non-typical journey. Transitioning from a career in real estate asset management to dismantling some of the world’s largest child sex trafficking rings, he's sacrificed and risked an awful lot to try and stop some of the most evil people on the planet.
Expect to learn what it was like to find an Epstein Island copycat, just how big of a problem global child trafficking is, who are the biggest consumers of child sex trafficking and material, how Paul got involved in operation underground railroad, the most dangerous situations he found himself in, why the movie the Sound of Freedom was so controversial for a non-political movie and much more...
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00:00 Paul’s Background
04:19 How Big is the Issue of Child Trafficking?
08:00 The Biggest Consumers of Child Trafficking
11:25 Why Paul Was Perfectly Equipped to Be an Operative
14:03 The Chilling Story of Paul’s First Operation
26:35 What It’s Like for Armed Forces to Storm the Operation
31:40 Living the Life of an Underground Operative
34:10 The Most Dangerous Situations Paul has Faced
39:04 The Significant Weight of Being an Operative on Life
43:47 Why The Sound of Freedom Has Attracted Controversy
48:36 Meeting Terrifying People with Terrifying Wealth
55:00 The Current State of Global Child Sex Trafficking
58:57 How Individuals Can Help
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