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http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/andrew-sullivan-americas-new-religions.html
“Religion is an attempt to find meaning in events, not a theory that tries to explain the universe.” It exists because we humans are the only species, so far as we can know, who have evolved to know explicitly that, one day in the future, we will die. And this existential fact requires some way of reconciling us to it while we are alive.
No meaning...
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February 4, 2024 • 56 mins
"Free speech is the master value as it's the value that updates all othe values."
“I’m worried that as technology gets more powerful that it’ll be easier for the minorities who want to screw things up, to screw things up.”
“Today it’s possible for one person to derange the lives of million, even billions of people.” Sam Harris.
Who is worse for free speech? The hard left or the hard right?
IMO the hard left. Woke people.
“Woke ...
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January 5, 2024 • 60 mins
What is good parenting = 1. Like school + 2. Have good friends + 3. Good parent / child relationship + 4. Good academic outcomes (top 10%) + 5. Good extra curricula.
Eastern and Western parenting. It's important to remember that parenting styles within any culture.
1. *Education Focus*:
- Eastern: There's often a strong emphasis on academic achievement, discipline, and respect for authority.
- Western: Education may be mo...
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November 18, 2023 • 55 mins
- The Insidious Lie That We Can’t Understand Each Other: https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/identity-trap
- A Case for Color Blindness | Coleman Hughes | TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxB3b7fxMEA
- Compelling case for our colourblind Constitution https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/letters/compelling-case-for-our-colourblind-constitution/news-story/27c30802cc4fc971304b923db33f9ce1
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October 8, 2023 • 62 mins
Podcast:
- Marc Andreessen: How Risk Taking, Innovation & Artificial Intelligence Transform Human Experience
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixIc1Ai6jM
Big 5 personality traits:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits
- conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. extravagant/careless)
- agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. critical/rational)
- neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. resilient/confident)
- o...
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September 16, 2023 • 61 mins
Trust = Consistency * Time. Ray Dalio.
Bad news early is good news as you have time to do something about it.
Anything that isn’t against the laws of physics can be invented. David Deutsch
The job of a founder is to find solutions to impossible problems. Sam Altman.
People like to talk about the importance of "vision," but ultimately running a startup is like doing science: you have to follow the truth wherever it leads. Vision is ...
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August 20, 2023 • 61 mins
Relevant links:
- Mental abilities = 1. Quantity * 2. Quality
- Link to what the most popular IQ test consists of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale
- Intelligence continuum: inherited (born) <=> built
- Lex Fridman Podcast: Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences | #302 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hppbxV9C63g
- Sam Harris Podcast: Forbidden Knowledge: A Conversation wi...
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- Esther Perel: People used to leave relationships because they were unhappy, now people level them to because they want to be more happy.
- Tim Urban: Happiness = Reality - Expectations
- John Gottman relationship stages: Phase 1: Falling in Love – Limerence · Phase 2: Building Trust · Phase 3: Building Commitment and Loyalty.
- Elon Musk: 'Who wrote the code running in your head?' Or are the values you have 'written by you', or ...
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Relevant links and ideas:
- Purpose Vs Play Vs Peace: Plentiful Ingredients For A Pleasant Life. https://www.cloudstreaks.com/blog/2022/4/9/purpose-vs-play-vs-peace-plentiful-ingredients-for-a-pleasant-life
- Satisfaction vs Happiness.
- Maslow's heirarchy of needs.
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Relevant articles.
- Intellectual fragility: https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls
- Exiting the Vampire Castle: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/
- Naval: the the foundation morality is the creation of an environment that allows for error correction.
- Good intentions don't necessarily lead to good outcomes.
- Tim urban: Victim culture vs Dignity culture vs Honour...
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April 27, 2023 • 92 mins
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April 7, 2023 • 61 mins
Outcome = 1. The issue you care about * 2. The strategy you have to improve things for the issue * 3. The way you interact with others to try and update their views to align more with your... or that you update your views based on interactions with othes.
- The last part I think is where Cancel Culture is concerned.
- You can agree with the issue being important, agree with the strategy someone has to make a difference about the...
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March 13, 2023 • 64 mins
System of justice or system of revenge.
Rule of law or rule of power.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire.
"I disapprove of what you say, and I will find to the death to get you cancelled." Woke culture.
https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls
They came to believe that they were fragile and would be harmed by books, speakers, and words, which th...
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March 6, 2023 • 110 mins
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February 24, 2023 • 62 mins
AGI = Intelligence (can upgrade itself) * Sentience (is self aware)
- Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html
- Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Book by Nick Bostrom. https://www.amazon.com.au/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom-ebook/dp/B00LOOCGB2
- The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Book by Ray Kurzweil. ...
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68. Mindsets matter: Helpful vs harmful mindsets. Mentioning Martin Seligman, Ben Shapiro, Jo Boaler
January 29, 2023 • 61 mins
Jo Boaler - Mindset are the biggest thing to help improve maths outcomes.
Martin Seligman - You can build resiliance: https://hbr.org/2011/04/building-resilience
Don't be bitter, be better.
Post traumtic stress vs Post traumatic growth.
Fixed mindset vs Growth mindset.
Fictim mindset vs Innovator mindset
Learned helplessness vs Learned help yourselfness
I was either right, or I learned something.
I'm not trying to raise a chi...
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January 16, 2023 • 112 mins
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December 12, 2022 • 53 mins
A core strategy for having a strong understanding of reality is having an objective measure for what progress is. We believe it's possible to have objective measures cover 80% or more of a subjective space.
Some ideas discussed:
- Diagnose before you prescribe: https://www.cloudstreaks.com/blog/2022/6/25/diagnose-before-you-prescribe-quality-diagnosis-100-coverage-problem-space-framework-building-a-framework-to-explain-100-of-the...
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November 14, 2022 • 63 mins
Levels of the political system: 1. Politicians. 2. The laws of democracy. 3. The media. 4. Voters.
- I consider it easiest to make a difference in the short term through the media and specifically through Twitter.
Freedom of speech is not freedom or reach.
Free speech doesn't mean one can say anything one wants.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions
Ben Thompson, Stratechery and the 5th estate...
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64. How Do People Go From Average To Great? Mentioning Jo Boaler, Carol Dweck, Warren Buffett & more
October 23, 2022 • 56 mins
Levelling up = Quantity * Quality
- Quality is normally a function of past quantity. Over time the quality should improves.
Places with ceiling vs ceilingless places.
- In ceilingless mental places we believe one can level up indefinitely.
Discipline = freedom. Jocko Willink. Discipline = More discipline.
- Routine is cruicial to being able to do what you want.
- First you make your habits, then your habits make you.
Aver...
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