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  • The Future Of Virtual Reality - Dr Sarah Jones - #110

    Dr Sarah Jones is an immersive storyteller using AR, VR and 360.

    For the last 50 years or so, storytelling hasn't massively changed its form, but with the advent of increasingly portable devices, the platforms we use are all changing.

    How will Virtual Reality enable us to tell stories in a new way? Should we be worried about the control that these technologies could have over us? Are sci-fi predictions about holographic humans realistic?

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    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

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    1 hr 5 min
  • The Price Of Thinking Out Loud - Douglas Murray - #109

    Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and an associate editor of The Spectator.

    What is the price of thinking out loud about the most inflammatory topics of our age? Gay, Women, Race & Trans make up the four chapters of The Madness Of Crowds and today Douglas jumps feet first into all of them.

    Expect to learn which chapters Douglas could have added to the book but didn’t, how the LGBTQ community are less united than you may think, why we should be skeptical about the number of gay stories in the press, why Piers Morgan seems to be in the middle of so many controversies, what Douglas thinks about Nicki Minaj shaking her butt in everyone's face and why the demands of men by women may be totally unrealistic.

    A massive thank you to all of you for your support over the last year as this episode marks Modern Wisdom's crossing of 1 Million Total Downloads. Hit Subscribe if you haven't already!

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    Extra Stuff:

    Buy The Madness Of Crowds - https://amzn.to/35egrPU

    Follow Douglas on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray

    Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

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    1 hr 4 min
  • The New Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan - #108

    Peter Frankopan is a Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Director at the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and an author.

    In the west we tend to have a view that our own political, economical and cultural situations are the most important on the planet. We tend to believe that we are principally shaping the direction the world heads in.

    Today Peter offers an alternative view which identifies the rapid rate of change seen in Asia over the last few years which could change not only the financial and commercial but the cultural focus of the globe.

    Extra Stuff:

    Buy The New Silk Roads - https://amzn.to/2nXSonD

    Follow Peter on Twitter - https://twitter.com/peterfrankopan

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

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    1 hr 2 min
  • How To Think Politically - Graeme Garrard - #107

    Graeme Garrard is a Teacher at Cardiff University & Harvard Summer School and an author.

    Why do we need politics? And who are the individuals that have most shaped the world of political thought? Today we get to find out about some of the most influential thinkers in history from Marx to Plato, Nietzsche to Machiavelli and Plato to Locke.

    Extra Stuff:

    Buy How To Think Politically - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472961781/

    Follow Graeme on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GarrardGraeme

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    52 min
  • Should I Work For Myself? - Business Principles 102 - #106

    Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for another Business Principles episode.

    Today we're talking about one of the questions we're most commonly asked - should you take the plunge into self employment. Being your own boss sounds fantastic, but what's the reality of your income being completely in your own hands?

    Expect to learn our favourite mental exercise for working out the true salary of your job, why Jonny & Yusef left high paying graduate jobs to pursue their passions, what sort of personality types are not built for self-employment and whether we believe everyone can find a job they enjoy.

    This episode is brought to you by https://pso-rite.com - if you're sitting at a desk all day, this product may be a fantastic addition to your routine to reduce psoas tension.

    Extra Stuff:

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr 14 min
  • What Is An Ethical Hacker? - Thomas Johnson - #105

    Thomas Johnson is an ethical hacker and social engineer.

    Hacking is often thought of as a dark art. Dark basements and illegal activities. But there's an entire other world of hackers who are using their skills to subvert security systems both online and offline for good.

    Expect to learn just how Tom hacks both people and computers to break into secure buildings, how safe your information is online, what tools Tom uses to bypass the systems that are meant to keep him out and his best advice for staying secure online.

    Also get ready for him to hack into a university's CCTV system only using Google while we are recording.

    Extra Stuff:

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

    -

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr 5 min
  • How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable - Nir Eyal - #104

    Nir Eyal is an author, business owner and Teacher at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design.

    What would life be like if we didn't get distracted? What if we always followed through with the things we said we were going to do? That's the purpose of today's discussion.

    Expect to learn how internal and external triggers can combine to form a breeding ground for poor productivity, and how making time for traction is just as important as avoiding distraction when getting things done.

    Extra Stuff:

    Buy Indistractable - https://amzn.to/2Nfzsfh

    Check Out Nir's Website - https://www.nirandfar.com/indistractable/

    Follow Nir on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nireyal

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

    -

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact 

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    50 min
  • Veganism, Atheism and Morality - Cosmic Skeptic - #103

    Alex O'Connor aka Cosmic Skeptic is a YouTuber and Student at Oxford University.

    How many people go vegan due to a philosophical debate? And how many actively try to get the fans of their YouTube Channel to talk them out of it? Alex is one person on that list.

    Expect to learn the one philosophical question which Alex has trouble justifying, Alex's reasons for going vegan, whether he thinks that a less religious society has problems with morality and how religions relate to social cohesion.

    Extra Stuff:

    Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/CosmicSkeptic

    Subscribe to Alex on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/cosmicskeptic

    A Meat Eater's Case For Veganism - https://youtu.be/C1vW9iSpLLk

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact 

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    1 hr 6 min
  • How To Be A Dictator - Frank Dikotter - #102

    Frank Dikotter is a historian and author.

    The 20th Century was characterised by an attempt on the one hand to build up civil society and have cheques & balances, and on the other hand an attempt to concentrate power into the hand of a single dictator.

    Expect to learn what the characteristics of a dictator are, why the 20th century created a perfect petri dish for this proliferation, how a dictator coerces his people into supporting him and how dictators deal with the paradox of hiding their goals of tyranny in a democratic society.

    Extra Stuff:

    Buy How To Be A Dictator - https://amzn.to/2PZSlFd

    Check out Frank's Website - http://www.frankdikotter.com

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

    -

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    42 min
  • What Is Life Like As A Pornstar? - Sienna Day - #101

    Sienna Day is a pornstar.

    Kind of like chicken nuggets, everyone is familiar with porn but few of us understand how it's made. Today we get to find out.

    Expect to learn how you get started in the porn industry, what it's like on set, how you prep for anal, what is the optimal strategy for elongating your career, how to monetise a feature on Brazzers or FakeTaxi into a decentralised membership site, what 30 days of back-to-back DP feels like, and much more.

    This warning should be obvious but I'll put it just in case... This episode contains adult themes which some viewers may find offensive.

    Extra Stuff:

    Follow Sienna on Twitter -https://twitter.com/adayinsiennna

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

    -

    Episodes You Might Enjoy:

    This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

    How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


    Get in touch. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr 13 min

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