A discussion on the validity and inefficiency of democracy, what you should vote for and also what Sander and Fran are thinking of voting for. Talking about the anti-oriented political world, more meaningful political systems and some practicalities of Dutch politics. This is part one of the two political podcasts.

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Discussing the topic that Sander and Fran fundamentally have discrepancies: Romantic Relationships. 

Intro text: https://markmanson.net/healthy-relationship-habits

Famous Relationship coach: https://www.estherperel.com

Greek words for love: https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2013/12/28/the-ancient-greeks-6-words-for-love-and-why-knowing-them-can-change-your-life/

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Today in the podcast we are exploring a general overview of eastern Spirituality and Philosophy. While the are quite some of them, Buddhism and Hinduism are the two we try to lay a comprehensive foundation on.

The Four noble Truths: https://www.learnreligions.com/the-four-noble-truths-450095

Taoism (Daoism): https://www.learnreligions.com/taoism-4684858

What is Atman? (Hinduism): https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-atman-in-hinduism-4691403

Self Help vs Eastern Spirituality: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ejvNtw5Irr8Jz4QOWvIPM?si=WhcUb2UyTWC8zDOq4ZqQHA

Six ideas from eastern Philosophy: https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/six-ideas-from-eastern-philosophy/

• Based around the Buddha (enlightened one) Siddhartha Gautama → tell the story of the buddha's enlightenment.

• Dukkha → suffering (dissatisfaction) is everywhere.

• Right view, right thought, right speech, right conduct, right vocation, right effort, right attention and right concentration.

• right view: inisight into the true nature of reality

• Hindiusm → monistic vs dualistic

• the atman → the eternal self, spirit & essen. True self as opposed to the ego (the dying part)

• The Holy Triad → Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva (Robbert Oppenheimer speech)

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Biological clocks regulate processes throughout the body. Nearly every tissue and organ contains biological clocks. They are usually triggered by certain proteins.

There is one master clock that coordinates/regulates all the other little clocks. In humans this is a small center in the brain called the superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN).

Circadian rhythm: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/circadian-rhythm

Circadian rhythm fact sheet https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/circadian-rhythms.aspx

Time restricted eating: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/topics/time-restricted-eating

Satchin Panda, Ph.D. on Time-Restricted Feeding and Its Effects on Obesity, Muscle Mass & Heart Health: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/satchin-panda

What if you could actually have an impact on the world for the better? Would you? The effective altruism movement helps and inspires people to give what they can most effectively. It's about maximising the use of your time, money and effort to do the most good in the world.

Sam Harris: Making Sense #228 - Doing good: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hPEqq1tO97lTbUh2NRZ5c?si=HhvO5BMfSXWd6h2PfExTwg

80.000 hourshttps://80000hours.org/

Effective Altruism movement https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

Give Well https://www.givewell.org/

Stephen west: Episode #085 https://open.spotify.com/episode/743xkmKv90p8Xee3vXHi0Y?si=29554b8474fd48e2

Once a while we like to let our thoughts go and have you part of a somewhat typical conversation of Fran Palokaj and Sander Blum. Free talks about technological development and pornography.

Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart. - Matthew Desmond

https://www.eigenhuis.nl/huis-kopen/starters/artikelen/waarom-kopen-niet-lukt#/

https://www.hanno.nl/hypotheek/informatie/hoe-werkt-een-hypotheek/

https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/82900NED/table?fromstatweb

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New corona regulations mean that students become even more stuck in our rooms and the walls will close down on us more and more. This episode is devoted to staying sane in spite of lockdown. Some good laughs, nuanced and bold statement are to come

Discipline equals freedom (Jocko Willink): https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2017/10/17/jocko-willink-the-relationship-between-discipline-and-freedom/

Thomas Frank - College Info Geek: https://www.youtube.com/user/electrickeye91

Work with me session and pomodoro explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMQAdBICc7Y

Morning Routine as optimised procrastination (The Passionate Few): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vN1iKkXoCH0lIdvlWbRkD?si=Kv6f4QnGQUmJNeLHXQkFFQ

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Building habits from scratch or linking habits to become an ultra-productive machine - we're discussing it all from how to build them, why to build them and what to watch out for.

Books on habits:

Power of habits: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/power-of-habit/9200000020876369/

Atomic Habits: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/atomic-habits/9200000075132383/

Ted talk (Marco Badwal): https://www.ted.com/talks/marco_badwal_the_science_of_habits/up-next

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