What humans are capable of is so fucking awesome. Why don't we lean into more of that and less efficiency and making money?

What does it mean to live fully? How do we be present to enjoy our lives? We explore the value of boredom, and Aaron commits to going on a boredom quest. We discuss the pleasures of getting to know the landscape of our neighborhoods and the simple yet mind-bending idea that we are one with all of existence.

We refer repeatedly to Alan Watts, including The Book, which is available as a downloadable pdf.

In this episode, we explore what it really means to be kind, the cost of being nice, what it means to be real, and what’s the deal with so much fakeness these days?

We mention these pieces:

Kim Scott: Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Greg Story of Brilliant Crank: We've built a society on bullshit and emojis and LinkedIn is a waiting room of doom

Jim Dethmer on conscious leadership

Dave Gray: Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think

Bryan Cantril talk: Principles of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017

From Sahil Bloom's Curiosity Chronicle: Are you into your pattern interrupts?

All humans – including you! – are creative. And we all have creative processes, though we aren't always aware of what they are.

In this conversation, we explore our creative processes, and barriers and facilitators to creativity.

We mention a bunch of people, including:

Gary Bernhardt of Destroy All Software

I credit Maya Angelou with the quote that you should let your failures refine you, not define you, but it turns out it was Max Lucado who said that.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Louie Parkinson of Catalyst Climbing

Brene Brown in reference to midlife "unraveling"

adrienne maree brown and her quote that, "Feeling good isn't frivolous; it's freedom."

In this episode, we explore the concept of work life balance, the definition of success, and the foundational question of what is your life for?

We mention a bunch of books, podcasts, and people! Here they are:

Douglas Rushkoff and his Team Human podcast

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar

Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System by Wes Marshall

The High Cost of Free Parking: Updated Edition by Donald Shoup

Professor Scott Galloway (No Mercy / No Malice), whose Prof G pod and Pivod Podcast can be found here

The Daily Stoic - Stoic Wisdom For Everyday Life - by Ryan Holiday

We explore endings, beginnings, their cocreative nature, and how we relate to them. Why is it easier to feel the pain of loss than the delight of gain?

In this episode, we refer to:

Jim Rohn, motivational speaker

breathwork for metabolizing stress and supporting embodied health and wellness

Sahil Bloom and his Curiosity Chronicle newsletter

Unsustainable is just another way of saying "losing strategy". We explore layers of unsustainability in our current modern life and expansive reframes for optimism.

Resources mentioned:

Nebula video platform

Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff

Favorite charities mentioned:

Transformative Change

Direct Relief

Brennan Center for Justice

American Civil Liberties Union

Earthjustice

National Park Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Parking Reform Network

America Walks

This episode explores the idea of truth, whether objective truth exists, and how to relate to uncertainty. We cover ground from spirituality to politics.

Books, services, and other sources we mention in this episode include:

Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think by Dave Gray

Readwise app

The Curiosity Chronicles by Sahil Bloom

The Dawn Wall (movie) and Free Solo (movie)

Us vs. Them, and can we overcome our social programming to become wise? How do we engage with difference while respecting each others' humanity? What do we do with the messiness of reality, where multiple people can disagree and be right at the same time?

Books that are relevant to this conversation include:

Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray

What It Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill

What is the point of your life? How our trained incompetence serves a way of life that's not serving us.

We mention the book Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber and his article on the same topic, On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant. and the concept of Vibe Coding.

In our pilot episode, we discuss the challenges and merits of performance reviews.

See also Employee Ownership Gains Big Momentum in Forbes.