In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss 'Regret' with a bit of preamble on other topics. There are 5 common regrets noted by people on their death bed and these are listed, with a bit of commentary on how they affect our daily lives. Anticipatory regret is also a common occurrence and can have a real influence on our decisions. Hope you enjoyed the episode!Support the show

In this episode the team discuss individual high performance, that is, aspects of how a person as an individual can achieve a certain level of mastery. Defining the topic resulted in no clear definition but a greater sense of what 'high performance' means. Further exploration revealed some commonalities and examples of what the team would call a high performing individual. As always, enjoy!Support the show

In this episode the team discuss existential risk, also known as global catastrophic risk. Climate change is in the current zeitgeist and the lads talk about it, amongst others such as meteor impacts, hostile AI, nuclear holocaust and flu pandemics. Impact, time and probability also play a huge part of whether an issue should be classified as an existential risk and if it should be talked about as such. Both had a lot of interest in this topic and hope you enjoy it as much as they did.Support the show

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss all things books. The team go over some of their favourite and worst books, explaining why they were good or bad. They also conversed about speed reading and on the difference between listening and reading, especially the difference between a book and its audio counterpart. Enjoy!Support the show

This episode is an addendum to 'Episode #17 - Dreams', and discusses the lucid dream that Kyrin had (mere days after the initial topic). They cover how he achieved lucidity, peculiarities of his conscious interaction with the dream world and how much his unconscious mind still was in effect. Enjoy!Support the show

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss dreaming, in particular the dreams that we have while sleeping. They touch on aspects such as the benefits of tracking dreams, lucid dreaming and how to achieve it, deja vu and how dreams might play a part, as well as personal memorable dreams and nightmares. Enjoy!Support the show

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the country of Colombia. This entails the food, it's history, memorable places and things of cultural significance. Kyrin also briefly goes over the 3 months he spent there from Dec 2018 to Mar 2019. Both have a deep connection to the country and its people.Support the show

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss their thoughts on the topic of 'Privacy'. The main focus of the episode is on companies using your data and how this plays into our ever evolving sense (and even need) of privacy. They also briefly go over the difference between secrecy/privacy and finish off with the usual round up of the 2019/2020 fitness challenge.Support the show

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss their perspective on Mexico, taken from a 3 week trip and a 3 month trip through the country. Also examined are their observations (both good and bad) about Mexico as well as some highlights from their 3 weeks together. These include wild go kart riding on an island, partying in the infamous Cancun area and a wild night in Mexican prison.Support the show

In this episode the Mere Mortals team discuss the topic of meditation. We discuss our experiences, with a particular flavour of interviewing Kyrin as he has much more practical abilities in meditating. As we are not experts of the topic we stay based on our personal experience, but also provide some general info about the different types and benefits that can be acquired through the practicing meditation. As always enjoy.Support the show