Modern Wisdom - Chris Williamson

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100k Q&A - Sam Harris, Brian Rose & Podcast Tips - #289 Mar 01, 2021

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We hit 100k Subscribers on YouTube!!

To celebrate I asked for questions on Instagram and Twitter. I was going to just make a short YouTube-only video but the questions were so good, I couldn't cut enough out, so here I am, answering your questions for an hour.

Expect to learn whether I think Brian Rose is a sham, whether Sam Harris will ever get rid of his Trump Derangement Syndrome, my biggest tip for starting a successful podcast, whether I get annoyed by people calling me Chris Wills and much more...

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Do We Have The Right To Die If We're Terminally Ill? - Diane Rehm - #288 Feb 27, 2021

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Diane Rehm is a former radio presenter, producer and an author.

Talking about the end of life is uncomfortable, but watching someone you love be forced to live on through pain is even worse. Diane has interviewed hundreds of people on the topic of assisted dying from Doctors to Priests, terminally ill patients and ethicists.

Expect to learn why Right To Die Laws are so complex, problematic and applied differently across the world. what the difference is between euthanasia and assisted dying, how to broach the subject with someone you love and much more...

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Are Sex Robots And Self-Driving Cars Ethical? - Sven Nyholm - #287 Feb 25, 2021

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Sven Nyholm is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Utrecht University.

Robots are all around us. They perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, and potentially harm us. What does this mean for our relationship to them and with them?

Expect to learn why robots might need to have rights, whether it's ethical for robots to be sex slaves, why self-driving cars are being programmed to drive with human mistakes, who is responsible if a self driving car kills someone and much more...

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Why We Shouldn't Aim For A New Normal - Dr Zach Bush MD - #286 Feb 22, 2021

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Dr Zach Bush MD is a physician and educator specialising in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care.

The last 12 months have been a challenge. Everyone has come up against difficulties and can't wait to get back to some sense of normality, but by aiming for normal, are we missing out on an opportunity to become something better?

Expect to learn how to deal with a loss of meaning and identity during global crises, why unity and conformity are not the same thing, how losing diversity in the global microbiome is related to our immune system and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:19) Zach’s Biggest Lessons from 2020 (06:00) Growing from Difficult Experiences (14:50) How to Move Forward as a Civilisation (23:16) Why Is Earth So Chaotic? (37:25) Will Humanity Survive the Next Century? (47:57) How to Stay Mentally Strong (51:19) What Is the Future of Health? (55:00) Science & Spirituality (57:25) Where to Find Zach

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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How To Have Better Arguments With Your Partner - The Freemans - #285 Feb 20, 2021

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Aaron and Jocelyn Freeman are relationship coaches and authors.

Success in relationships can be as much to do with dealing with disagreements as finding common ground, so arguing well might actually be an important skill we need to develop.

Expect to learn what an argument hangover is, how you can make a disagreement with your partner better before it's even begun, how you can turn conflict into a good thing, why emotional triggers are a danger and much more...

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Creating The Future Of Psychedelics - Hamilton Morris - #284 Feb 18, 2021

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Hamilton Morris is a journalist, documentary producer and a chemist.

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is one of the most interesting documentaries around chemistry, psychoactive drugs, psychedelic culture and traditional uses for plant medicine ever.

Sadly Season 3 is the last one, but Hamilton joins me today to talk about his interest in consciousness, why chemistry hasn't captured culture like other sciences, why Mkat failed because of a branding issue, why we should be synthesising DMT ourselves instead of squeezing Bufo Alvarius the psychedelic toad of the Sonoran Desert and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:35) What Is Hamilton’s Work? (04:38) Why Isn’t Chemistry More Popular? (08:33) Can Science Explain Consciousness? (13:17) Psychedelics in Culture (22:51) Are Psychedelics Spiritual or Scientific? (30:10) The Experience of Using Psychedelics (38:47) Effects of Legalising Drugs (47:03) Ethics of Party Drugs (1:03:29) Hamilton’s Respect for Drugs (1:08:21) The Issue with the Media (1:17:11) Future of Psychedelics (1:19:38) Where to Find Hamilton

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Free Speech And Why It Matters - Andrew Doyle - #283 Feb 15, 2021

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Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, a comedian and a writer.

Free speech is one of the core tenants of a modern liberal society, and yet we are seeing restrictions being placed on it across the West. In the UK Hate Speech Laws have been introduced and even America is looking at amending the amendment.

Expect to learn what Andrew thinks about Donald Trump being removed from Twitter, whether cancel culture exists, why Miley Cyrus' genital preference is dangerous, what future humans will think when they look back on this period of history and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:14) Why Free Speech Matters (07:49) Is Free Speech a Partisan Issue? (14:05) Confusing World of Gender (18:29) The Times’ Hit Piece on Jordan Peterson (28:36) Does Cancel Culture Exist? (34:12) Criminalising Critical Thinking (39:45) The ‘N-Word’ & Free Speech (48:58) How Will Future Humanity See Us? (53:08) Donald Trump & Social Media Censorship (1:00:56) University Deplatforming (1:03:16) Lived Experience & Truth (1:06:19) Free Speech Under Joe Biden (1:13:20) Where to Find Andrew

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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

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How To Breathe Like A Yogi - Dylan Werner - #282 Feb 13, 2021

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Dylan Werner is a yoga teacher and an author.

Breathing is one of the few ways we can directly interact with how our physiology is operating, and yet no one ever taught us how to do it.

Dylan Werner is one of the world's best known yoga teachers and today he gives us a breakdown of not only how the breath can impact our mood and performance but also explains the biology of how our breathing works, how you can implement breathwork into your daily routine, plus he guides us through an entire breathwork sequence at the end of the episode.

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Life Hacks 203 - #281 Feb 11, 2021

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Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.

Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.

Expect to learn why I brought a potato to a podcast, my biggest productivity tip for 2021, how Jonny is generating ideas in the shower, Yusef's favourite journalling app, how to ensure you never miss your creatine again and much more...

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Making Sense Of 2021's Madness - Carl Benjamin - #280 Feb 08, 2021

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Carl Benjamin is the YouTuber formerly known as Sargon Of Akkad, a political commentator and host of The Lotus Eaters Podcast.

It feels like a decade of history has happened already in 2021, so I invited Carl on to try and make sense of the madness.

Expect to learn Carl's opinion on Steven Crowder suing Facebook, what a future with WallStreetBets in will look like, whether there is a common thread between JK Rowling and Jordan Peterson, whether American national pride is dwindling and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:24) Lotus Eaters & Safe Spaces (06:18) Steven Crowder Suing Facebook (17:41) Decolonising Mars (20:48) Carl’s Thoughts on WallStreetBets (30:12) The Power of the Individual (34:11) Is J. K. Rowling Too Big to Be Cancelled? (42:03) Carl’s Views on Donald Trump (50:33) Is the American Republic Dying? (1:02:19) Where to Find Carl

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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