The young lady from Nepal neither enjoyed her job nor living in Christchurch. Yet she wanted to go through with it anyway because she wants to get residency. But I was curious to find out why this would be important, why was it important to struggle through things you don't want to do?

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Had an interesting conversation with a young man who wanted to study film-making. But only after he had done another year of high-school. When I asked him if he had made any films yet, even amateur films he said, "No".

But should we really need to wait before we start pursuing those things we really want to do?

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Language becomes more useful, the more shared meaning we have. The more you and I both have a common understanding of a word, the more valuable the word becomes.

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"Human language is local and changeable, and is therefore incapable of being used as the means of unchangeable and universal information." -Thomas Paine in "The Age Of Reason"

What are the limitations of language? Back in Thomas Paine's time schooling often focused on learning the languages of Greek and Latin. But this tendency for humans to quibble about the definitions of words, particularly those spoken a long time ago, often takes away our attention from real knowledge. Language is simply a tool to pass on knowledge, so should our focus be on the tool or should it rather be on the product from using the tool?

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Back in 1794, Thomas Paine wrote the book, "The Age Of Reason".

One of the most interesting parts in this book for me was his discussion of the concept of "revelation".

Is personal revelation a valid thing to bring to a conversation?

(pardon the sound of rain on the roof)

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— Mortimer Adler

In this podcast I attempt to bring a number of ideas together. 

References:

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/335736

https://fs.blog/2012/04/feynman-technique/

https://hbr.org/2017/03/why-you-should-make-time-for-self-reflection-even-if-you-hate-doing-it

Is being offended a valid way to respond to criticism?

When we receive criticism we are still responsible for our reactions and emotions. Is there a better way to respond to criticism rather than to claim that you are offended?

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To love means to speak the truth. To be gently assertive is to “speak the truth in love.”

What does it mean to be assertive? Where should we draw our boundaries? Should we draw boundaries around others or around ourselves?

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Street Epistemology is a wonderful way of engaging with others in conversations about beliefs. It seeks to explore what we believe, why we believe it, and most importantly how did we come to believe our belief is true. There are many wonderful videos online of people using this method of dialogue which I would invite you to watch.

Peter Boghossian coined the term 'Street Epistemology' in his book 'A Manual for Creating Atheists'. This is quite a wild ride of a book as on one hand Peter Boghossian advocates for using open, honest and reasoned dialogue but, as the title of the book suggests, this is mixed with a rather evangelistic zeal to "disabuse" people from their faith that turns rather authoritarian and manipulative as he thinks about society as a whole.

I discuss this fascinating example of contradiction and hypocrisy and what it tells us about how human inclinations for control.

For some wonderful examples of Street Epistemology view:

Street Epistemology: Maritza (1) | Truth Valuation (Co-ed Demands the Truth) https://youtu.be/CmFyiLICAa8

Street Epistemology: Maritza (2) | Co-ed Demands Evidence (Evidential Consistency) https://youtu.be/v9utXKpFxCo