Modern Contemplative

Episode 4: Free Will vs. Determinism (Pre-Destination) w/O'Connor


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High school buddies O'connor Richardson, a philosophy major from Georgetown, and Jacob talk about free will, intellectualism, living a good life, happiness, hunter-gatherers including the Hadza tribe of northern Tanzania, and existentialism. Check them out at https://www.linkedin.com/in/o-connor-richardson-51163719a/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-bai/ on linkedin, and @jbai.v3 and @oconnor_richardson_ on instagram. 

References include Baruch Spinoza, the Dutch philosopher. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. Heraclitus, the  pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who said "You can never step in the same river twice". Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus", Friedrich Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil". Jocko Willink and David Goggins. Jacob and O'Connor are high diamond/low champ in Rocket League. 

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Modern ContemplativeBy Jacob Bai