Mere Mortals Conversations

Wasting time can perhaps be a useful tool, so we suggest using the Mere Mortals as your procrastination destination.

In Episode #322 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the definition of the word, why cavemen could have saved calories by being lazy, whether it is possible to procrastinate without self-consciousness, a cool graph by the writer of Atomic Habits, why procrastination might actually have some benefits, personal ways (and for how long) we avoid priority tasks and how our tactics for deal with procrastination differ greatly. 

A big thanks to Dave Jones, Petar the Pure, Liam F and Mr Joey Broad Shoulders for the support this week. A handsome bunch to say the least!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - What is a Musings?
(0:53) - Ugggghhh .... why did Juan bring this topic up?
(1:22) - Definition time
(4:25) - Akrasi & evolutionary procrastination
(10:06) - Do animals procrastinate?
(13:39) - James Clear: Procrastination vs Time
(16:02) - Using procrastination to do even more important work
(21:14) - Negative motivation to stop procrastination
(24:13) - Chat comments
(25:19) - Boostagram Lounge
(32:34) - Why V4V is important
(34:07) - Procrastinating is a good indicator that change is needed
(38:25) - How much and how we waste time
(44:56) - New phone, less procrastinating
(46:58) - Time Boxing: Where we differ radically
(52:45) - Missing Boostagrams: Please let us know about it
(55:35) - V4V is still in Beta


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Have you ever been to a protest before, does your experience match with mine?

In Episode #321 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: the reasons why I spontaneously went to Canberra, the 'Converge On Canberra' protest to support Julian Assange, some false information from a fringe protestor, the highlight of supporting ASSange, why I probably won't go to any more protests any time soon (hint: it's related to politics), Juan's seeking of truth by focusing on signal and why the money matters.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Dang, missed the ooooh
(0:34) - Canberra is our capital city
(0:48) - The Assange Doppelganger
(2:01) - Julian Assange protest against his extradition
(7:00) - Red Australian flag
(9:48) - The professional protestor has fringe ideas
(11:10) - Overview of the protest
(12:35) - Free the ASS ....... ange
(13:44) - Final outcome. Politicians gon politic
(16:36) - Do protests do anything or are they social events?
(22:11) - Finding signal over noise
(25:21) - Listen to non-specific podcasts
(30:30) - Finding truth is hard
(38:46) - Knowing where the money comes from
(44:38) - Use Fountain to support our ASS ...... anges


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How would our lives change if we were blind?

In Episode #320 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how many blind and vision impaired people there are in Australia, whether we would be able to live on our own and continue certain activities, why travelling without sight would still be desirable, why handstands/weightlifting/learning languages would remain mostly unchanged, 

A big thanks to Dave Jones, Petar the Slav, Liam F, Joey Broadshoulders, fabi_araujo, granizo22 and rrcedb for supporting the show. Sexy mofo's for sure. #boostagram #boostagrams

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - We're not just audio, we have video!
(0:55) - Why I picked this topic
(1:55) - Australian statistics of blind people
(4:05) - General lifestyle changes
(13:46) - Would you want to travel?
(20:52) - How would our hobbies change?
(29:21) - Live chat comments
(32:57) - Boostagram Lounge
(49:23) - Would the sexual attractiveness of your partner still matter?
(55:07) - Is it worth practicing going blind?
(1:01:01) - General sumup
(1:02:58) - Value For Value


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You hear that ....... it sounds like it's goal time.

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?

As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - It's goals time
(0:39) - Juan's July Recap
(2:07) - Kyrin's July Recap
(10:19) - Leaderboard Update
(16:25) - Juan's August Goals
(21:28) - Kyrin's August Goals
(26:13) - Fitness Challenge & V4V


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Today is a mix of physical training and philosophical pondering, as all good podcasts should be!

In Episode #319 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how my brother is eating 5 servings of fruits and veg to glow up, whether there is any merit in forcing people to do things for 'the greater good', Juan's realisation that he is no longer good at pullups, why we differ on the topic of 'specialisation' in training regimes, why it would be fun to see my dad in a modern environment and the WOW meetup that's sparked Juan to find better ways of communicating in his MMW3.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Getting in the park
(0:30) - Spicy chats & glowing skin
(5:28) - The Greater Good
(15:01) - Going out with one's family
(17:47) - Juan sucks at pullups
(23:57) - Specialised training vs a bit of everything
(30:38) - Putting historical figures into 1992
(38:03) - World of Women meetup
(43:36) - Practical tech vs philosophical underpinnings
(59:12) - Choose your V4V


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So how much do we care about food? Well it turns out not that much!

In Episode #318 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why our taste of food is lower than the average, how our lifestyles impact our food choices, the Spartan Juan life of tuna/beans/chicken/bread, why we both need partners who are better cooks than we are, my theory that food can be used to cover up deficiencies in an unhealthy style of living and why the Mere Mortals probably isn't the best place to find culinary tips.

A yuge shoutout to Petar, Dave Jones & Brando Sellers & Danigamb1310 for supporting us with #boostagrams. A distinguished bunch right there!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Maybe we'll be even more live in the future.---
(2:16) - A rating of how much we enjoy food
(5:59) - What is the future of our food intake?
(9:20) - Adding variety and not eating just beans and tuna
(13:57) - Meal prepping
(18:59) - How many calories do we eat per day?
(21:32) - Nutrition, timing, micronutrients
(27:45) - Petar in the chat
(28:17) - Boostagram Lounge
(34:21) - The imminent future of our food choices
(41:00) - Food is more important if your lifestyle is suboptimal
(45:22) - In summary, we don't care about food
(47:08) - Value for value


Convo #25 with Nic Blair:
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Odd stuff all around this week. Juan actually worked, I exposed my sock fetish and weird photos from space.

In Episode #317 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why we enjoy manual labour but only in small doses, trying to explain BTC to my dad, how I met and lost a kindred soul, why Dothraki was copyrighted and Luis von Ahn couldn't use it for DuoLingo, Juan's fascination with physics/outer space and how you can help to support us with value for value.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Sick with black snot
(2:40) - Juan likes sanding
(5:08) - Kyrin as a young handyman
(8:07) - Big sanders are heavy af
(10:17) - The Bitcoin Standard & Austrians vs Keynesians
(13:30) - Explaining a broad topic feels like a deer in the headlights
(23:19) - Weirding out a chick at the gym
(25:58) - Odd socks spark convos
(27:11) - Charging for use of the sun
(30:17) - Copyrighting a language
(32:18) - James Webb photos, black holes and quarks
(36:15) - V4V us, I'm happy to help


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I'm going to become a world class handbalancer, here is my plan on how I want to do this.

In Episode #316 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: what it means to be world class at something, why conscious effort on improving and fixing mistakes is critical, a common occurrence of people getting injured whilst trying to show off, the humbleness of Floyd Mayweather (lol) and my list of principles to achieve this goal I have set for myself.

A big thanks to Petar the Podfluencer, Liam F, danigamb1310 and Liam F's mom for the support. And an apology to floydianslips, captain_stacks, whasintong_herrera and xavi_herrera for the boostagrams we missed. We'll do better next time.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Why I chose the topic
(1:52) - Defining 'World Class' isn't necessary, we'll leave it nebulous
(4:44) - The two sections: mentality and principles
(5:42) - Conscious effort to work on minor details
(10:33) - Should the conscious effort occur during your training or outside of it?
(18:03) - Not overanalysing and making every action matter
(25:54) - Staying humble to not show off
(29:07) - Floyd Mayweather still works hard
(33:16) - Live chat
(37:02) - Boostagram Lounge
(41:10) - Kyrin's principles to become world class
(48:46) - Butchering the Pareto Principle
(54:27) - Pushing beyond pain and discomfort
(1:00:27) - General wrap up
(1:03:55) - V4V reminder, boosting is possible for all


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Why did Juan cause a car crash?

In Episode #315 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: the random as disturbance on a narrow road, our disagreement on being left behind and getting overwhelmed by new tech, the Tim Ferriss episode with Balaji, slang and how words get invented or adopted, Oscar Merry's podcast app and why clipping is awesome and whether it is better to let niggling injuries fully heal or to push through because there is not enough time to be injured.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - What are Meanderings?
(0:49) - Parking in Southbank
(1:34) - Juan on the narrow road
(5:17) - Overwhelmed by new technology
(10:33) - Balaji Srinivasan & Indian words entering into the English lexicon
(14:08) - Schadenfreude & Australian selfies
(17:00) - Open AI plus DALL-E 2
(20:05) - Ignant Spotify, Merry Fountain
(25:54) - Not aggravating minor injuries
(30:05) - Competition requires pushing through injury
(33:50) - Deadlift shin bleeding and a longer term horizon
(41:19) - Start clipping on Fountain!
 

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Are there any current trends that will impact history as much as 9/11, COVID, social media or the iPhone?

In Episode #314 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how this topic could be easy to confuse, how history is quite subjective, what type of moments matter to an individual, why current hot topics aren't necessarily historical events, the practical benefit of appreciating the moment, making predictions will necessary involve failure and why Juan didn't particularly like this framework for thinking.

A big thanks to Joey Broad Shoulders, Petar the Wise Old Man, Oscar Merry & floydianslips for supporting the show. Their names will go down in history!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - New intro
(0:33) - Living IN History, not Living History
(3:56) - Is right now the foundational moment of the Mere Mortals?
(6:37) - A useless Top 10 Moments list
(12:25) - Events occurring right now that won't actually be historical
(18:37) - Can you actually appreciate the moment?
(21:30) - Making predictions and being wrong
(24:29) - Chat comments
(26:00) - Boostagram Lounge
(35:24) - Juan doesn't connect with this concept
(41:15) - A practical reason why this concept could be useful
(46:07) - Sum Up
(50:34) - Value for Value prompt


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