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14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature - Gurwinder Bhogal - #602
Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.
Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites.
Expect to learn why asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:57) Social Media is Making People Less Sincere
(08:18) Instead of Trying to Be Right, Be Less Wrong
(13:18) People are More Interested in Criticising than Helping
(17:15) Never Take Information at Face Value
(20:29) Becoming Trapped in a Purity Spiral
(30:47) It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice
(45:53) Media is Now ‘Post-Journalism’
(52:51) The Majority of Evil People Had Good Intentions
(59:34) Why It’s Easier to Debate Geniuses than Idiots
(1:09:16) Don’t Take Social Media Attacks Seriously
(1:25:28) Are People Really Judging Us?
(1:32:30) The Configuration of Dominant Ideologies
(1:47:50) Where to Find Gurwinder
Extra Stuff:
Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/
Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom
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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
Get in touch.
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Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.
Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites.
Expect to learn why asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more...
Sponsors:
Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout)
Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hevy-workout-tracker-gym-log/id1458862350
Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20)
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:57) Social Media is Making People Less Sincere
(08:18) Instead of Trying to Be Right, Be Less Wrong
(13:18) People are More Interested in Criticising than Helping
(17:15) Never Take Information at Face Value
(20:29) Becoming Trapped in a Purity Spiral
(30:47) It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice
(45:53) Media is Now ‘Post-Journalism’
(52:51) The Majority of Evil People Had Good Intentions
(59:34) Why It’s Easier to Debate Geniuses than Idiots
(1:09:16) Don’t Take Social Media Attacks Seriously
(1:25:28) Are People Really Judging Us?
(1:32:30) The Configuration of Dominant Ideologies
(1:47:50) Where to Find Gurwinder
Extra Stuff:
Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/
Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom
-
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
Get in touch.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast
Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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