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August 20Jocko Willink, Matt McCusker & Jeff Dye - Mostly Wise #3 - #1139
In the third episode of Mostly Wise, we explore:
If Matt and Jeff could survive Navy SEAL selection, training and hazing.

Whether the Navy actually has trained animals like killer assassin kamikaze dolphins.

How the guys deal with their own versions of sobriety.

Why Love on The Spectrum is potentially problematic.

What it was like for Jocko to be in the Military on 9/11.

The story of the gun no manufacturer dared to make after testing it.

And much more...
Guests
Jocko Willink is a retired United States Navy officer in SEAL Team 3, an author and a podcaster.

Matt McCusker is a comedian, writer, author and podcaster.

Jeff Dye is a comedian, actor, television host and podcaster.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Can You Be Openly Gay in the Military?
(02:26) Are Women’s Sports as Good as Men’s?
(08:19) What It Really Takes to Become a Navy SEAL
(20:17) The Most Uncontrollable Navy SEALs
(24:35) Do Dolphins Work for the Navy SEALs?
(37:08) Could You Run a Marathon in Wheelies?
(38:34) Is Climbing Everest a Good Idea?
(44:32) The Privacy Problem With High-Rise Living
(51:14) How Embarrassment Pushed Jeff Into Sobriety
(01:01:12) Why Men Can’t Win During Labour
(01:05:32) Why Jocko Didn’t Have a Batchelor Party
(01:07:39) Is Sober Dating Like Love on the Spectrum?
(01:17:47) Do Single Guys Go Crazy After 7pm?
(01:23:00) Why Social Dating Is Too Complicated
(01:30:27) Are Women Trying to Reset Their Body Count?
(01:34:22) Why Weed Affects Everyone Differently
(01:46:23) Why a 25mm Sniper Rifle Should Never Exist
(01:52:46) The Best Perks of Being a Veteran
(01:58:31) The Reality of Waking Up to the Iraq War
(02:01:07) How 9/11 Changed the World Forever
(02:10:00) Why War Never Goes to Plan
(02:12:48) How the Russia/Ukraine Conflict Changed Modern Warfare
(02:20:27) Is the Military Already Enhancing Soldiers?
(02:27:40) Would Veterans Do One More Tour?
(02:31:59) Where to Find the Guys
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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2 hr 34 min
August 17AI DEBATE: “Most People Have No Idea What’s Coming” - #1138
In this AI debate, we explore:
Whether humans will exist in 2040.

What will happen once we reach AGI.

Whether AI gets smart enough to act malevolently or benevolently towards humans.

If AI will grow powerful enough to be out of human control.

and much more...
Guests
Zack Kass is an AI futurist, advisor, speaker, and author.

Liv Boeree is a physicist, science communicator, podcaster and former professional poker champion.

Aric Floyd is an AI writer, and video producer.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Will Humans Still Be Around in 2040?
(08:20) What Jobs Will Be Protected From AI?
(14:22) Finding Meaning in a Post-Work World
(23:13) Technology Is Pulling Us From Our Purpose
(27:12) Where Do We Draw the Line With Outsourcing Thinking?
(39:58) Is AI Unlocking Human Potential?
(42:28) Refusal or Obedience: What’s More Dangerous?
(46:01) The AI Attack That Should Worry Everyone
(54:44) Should We Slow Down Advanced AI?
(56:41) Does Recursive Research Actually Work?
(01:10:52) How Safe Is AI?
(01:14:01) Can We Reach a Peace Deal for a Superintelligent World?
(01:22:38) Why AI 2040 Got So Much Right
(01:26:21) Is AGI Inevitable?
(01:30:39) Could Techno-Pastoralism Be the Future?
(01:37:16) Is AI Replacing Human Connection?
(01:45:36) How Do We Navigate the Purpose-Friction Problem?
(02:00:50) Why Data Centre Policy Matters More Than Ever
(02:05:56) The Concentration of Power Concern
(02:11:39) Is the Frontier Strategy the Winning Condition?
(02:18:17) Will AI Weaken Democracy?
(02:29:11) How We Can Limit the Concentration of Power
(02:31:45) Is ChatGPT Pessimistic About the Future?
(02:37:54) What Should We Be Focused On?
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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2 hr 43 min
August 15 Harvard Professor: “I Tried Every Diet. This Is By Far The Worst.” - Daniel Lieberman - #1137
Daniel Lieberman is a Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology, paleoanthropologist, and author.
What is the best diet for peak human health? From vegan and carnivore to Mediterranean and raw food, how do you know which approach is right for you? And are diet and exercise still the keys to good health—or does modern science offer another solution?
Expect to learn why nutrition and diet feel much like a religion, which diet is healthier: Vegan or Carnivore, why the Blue Zone science might be one big scam, what the best and worst diets are for your health, why most diets stop working after a certain period, if GLP-1s are the artificial solution to a real problem and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) How Diet Shapes the Way You Think About Food
(02:12) Diet Through the Lens of Human Evolution
(02:55) Do We Look for Meaning Through Diet?
(05:56) Are Plant-Based Diets Actually Better?
(11:30) Why the Carnivore Diet Is Taking Off
(14:04) The Truth About Proteinmaxxing
(19:50) Is There Really One “Best” Diet?
(24:00) Can We Trust Epidemiological Studies?
(31:46) Why the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning
(34:36) The Blue Zones Myth Explained
(42:18) Can You Lose Weight Without Cutting Carbs?
(51:57) Why Dieting Is Simpler Than You Think
(54:00) Is Calorie Restriction Worth It?
(01:02:35) What’s Special About Intermittent Fasting?
(01:06:15) Breaking Down the Paleo Diet
(01:11:13) The Truth About Antinutrients
(01:12:45) Why the Raw Food Diet Is So Hard
(01:15:48) What Cooking Really Does to Digestion
(01:19:38) Did Farming Make Humans Healthier?
(01:24:58) What’s the Real Story With Gluten?
(01:27:51) Why Are So Many People Overweight?
(01:32:16) Why We Crave Balanced Flavours
(01:38:41) Food Labels Don’t Tell the Whole Story
(01:43:06) “Healthy” Foods That Could Be Making You Worse
(01:51:40) Do Diets Stop Working Eventually?
(01:54:08) The Biggest Concerns About GLP-1s
(01:59:40) The Principles Behind Every Healthy Diet
(02:07:35) Where to Find Daniel
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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2 hr 9 min
August 13Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136
I spent a really long time putting this together, I really hope you enjoy it! In this second episode of Mostly Wise, we explore:
Hunter's true version of the laptop story

The best conspiracy theories that are (maybe) real.

If it was Hunter's bag of cocaine that was found in the White House.

What the next two years for the Democratic Party will look like.

Hunter's unfiltered thoughts on the Trump family.

Matt gifts a ceremonial "pipe" to Hunter

And much more...
Guests
Hunter Biden is an artist, former attorney, and the son of former US President Joe Biden.

Matt McCusker is a comedian, writer, author and podcaster.

Duncan Trussell is a comedian, actor, writer and podcaster.
Sponsors:
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Is Peter Thiel in League With the Anti-Christ?
(03:10) Are Robot Dogs and Delivery Drones Taking Over?
(06:50) Shaking the Shame of Addiction and a Leaked Laptop
(15:37) How Much Power Does a President Really Have?
(23:38) Living Through the Hunter Biden Laptop Controversy
(33:40) What Stopped Hunter From Relapsing?
(38:07) Would Hunter Be Pardoned If His Dad Had Won?
(40:00) Was Joe Biden Fit to Run Again?
(50:17) Was Joe Biden America’s Poorest President?
(52:56) Is Hunter Cage-Fighting Donald Jr. and Eric Trump?
(54:00) The Secret Doors in the Presidential Residence
(56:58) Is the White House Actually Haunted?
(59:57) How to Hide D***s in the White House
(01:05:37) Why Hunter Packs His Bags With a Witness
(01:09:26) Will Hunter Ever Run for President?
(01:10:24) What’s Next for Hunter?
(01:13:10) Why Are C***k Addictions So Shocking?
(01:17:52) Was the CIA Behind JFK’s Assassination?
(01:26:10) The Flex of Avoiding the Epstein Files
(01:27:00) How Hunter Joined the Board of Burisma
(01:36:42) Don’t Let Addiction Define You
(01:43:56) We Need to Get Money Out of Politics
(02:00:45) What’s Driving Political Violence?
(02:10:23) When Did Politics Become So Confrontational?
(02:13:56) Are We Ready for Superintelligence?
(02:25:02) Is AI Creating Viruses?
(02:28:51) Why Anthony Fauci Keeps Pleading the Fifth
(02:32:18) The Greatest Danger to America
(02:39:18) The Catalyst of the Iran War
(02:51:12) What If Hunter Had Never Been Pardoned?
(02:55:33) What It’s Really Like Talking to Nick Fuentes
(03:01:21) You Have to Play the Game to Win
Extra Stuff:
Check out Hunter's Substack: https://hunterbiden.substack.com
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Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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3 hr 7 min
August 10 “We’re At The Beginning Of A Revolution” - Jimmy Carr - #1135
Jimmy Carr is a comedian, television host and an author.
From razor-sharp jokes to hard-earned life wisdom, Jimmy Carr can do it all. Whether he’s explaining how he’d fix Britain or revealing the secrets it takes to become a better comedian, Jimmy is back with brilliant insights, unforgettable one-liners, and a few laughs along the way.
Expect to learn why your life doesn’t need to be easier but simpler, if you’re actually depressed or your life is just depressing, why favourable conditions never come and you should probably act now, how to use your unfair advantages to your benefit, what to do when you catch yourself overthinking, if Jimmy Carr will run for PM and much more…
Sponsors:
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Timestamps:
(00:00) How Many Shows Has Jimmy Done This Year?
(00:43) Why Jimmy Never Gets Stressed on Tour
(03:57) Why We’ve Become So Anxious
(18:47) Is Optionality Making Us Miserable?
(23:52) Why Broken Promises Keep Costing You
(27:45) The Power of Unshakeable Self-Confidence
(29:43) Jimmy’s Relationship With Gratitude
(33:29) Give Your Brain Better Problems to Solve
(39:53) How Comedy Shows Expand Conversations
(48:14) Is Social Media Stealing Our Souls?
(52:52) Stop Waiting for the Perfect Conditions
(57:22) Are We Living in the Good Old Days?
(01:00:17) Can the UK Be Fixed?
(01:06:53) Address the Problems Whilst They’re Small
(01:14:08) Why Anyone Can Be a Comedian
(01:20:27) The Science of Why Jokes Work
(01:22:34) Why Great Comedy Breaks the Rules
(01:24:12) Can You Teach Someone to Be Funny?
(01:26:23) The Oldest Joke Formula Still in Use
(01:27:27) How Podcasting Is Influencing Comedy
(01:33:17) Let Your Obsession Become Your Advantage
(01:43:27) How Do We Solve the Drug Crisis?
(01:56:33) What British People Still Don’t Understand
Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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1 hr 59 min
August 08 Q&A: Becoming A Dad, Favourite Peptides & Red Rising - #1134
I hit 4.3 million YouTube subscribers!
As usual, I celebrated by collecting questions from across social media and answering them directly.
Expect to learn my thoughts on having kids in the near future, what my time with the Night Wolf Hawk was like, a quick health update, why I keep changing my hairstyle, reflections from a one-week silent meditation retreat, and much more...
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Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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1 hr 47 min
August 06 The New Science Of Female Attraction - Psychology Roundtable - #1133
In this evolutionary psychology roundtable, we explore:
- If 20% of the men actually get 80% of the attention.
- The biggest red and green flags to look out for in the dating pool.
- Why women's sexual desire fades faster than men's.
- and much more…
Guests:
- Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster.
- Steve Stewart-Williams is an evolutionary psychologist, a professor, and an author.
- Rob Henderson holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
Sponsors:
See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠
Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Is This the Most Attractive Dance Move?
(3:14) Does Looksmaxxing Give Women the Ick?
(13:07) Why Do We Get the Ick?
(16:52) Are Chads Stealing All the Women?
(25:23) Is Marriage Affirmative Action for Men?
(31:00) Are Humans Meant to Be Serial Monogamists?
(34:52) How Rich Women Change Men’s Resourcefulness
(44:18) Abundance vs Scarcity: What’s More Attractive?
(55:34) Do High-Earning Women Have Higher Standards?
(01:05:03) Can Surveys Accurately Measure Sex Differences?
(01:10:36) Are Dating App Users Worse Partners?
(01:16:53) What Matters More: Height or Looks?
(01:20:46) Why Male Beautification Is Exploding
(01:31:27) Do Women Prefer Formidable Men?
(01:35:22) The Rise of Female Teacher Sex Scandals
(01:42:56) Is Being Desired What Women Want Most?
(01:47:32) The Dangers of Minimising Sex Differences
(01:50:46) The Latest Evidence on Mate Switching
(01:52:20) Why Marriage Kills Women’s Sex Drive
(01:56:40) How Do We Determine Human Nature?
(02:03:34) What Do Lesbians Find Attractive?
(02:05:57) Where to Find the Guys
Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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2 hr 7 min
August 03 Who You Meet Down America’s Forgotten Backroads - Peter Santenello - #1132
Peter Santenello is an independent journalist, YouTuber, & author.
Who are the forgotten people of rural America? The country’s political and moral divisions may stem not only from disagreement, but from distance, countless communities and subcultures living entirely separate lives, with little understanding of one another. So what is life really like in these overlooked towns, who still calls them home, and do they represent a version of the “real America” the rest of the country has forgotten?
Expect to learn what Peter learned about America from traveling to 85 different countries, what’s actually going on in rural America nobody really sees or has forgotten about, what’s actually going on in the drug crisis in America, Peter’s biggest lessons from the Amish, the most misunderstood community in America and much more…
Sponsors:
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Extra Stuff:
Check out Peter's book: https://tinyurl.com/4bnxpjpz
Peter's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/petersantenello
Peter's Website: https://petersantenello.com/
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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1 hr 58 min
August 01 Ex-Military Hacker: The Secret World Of Government Surveillance - Bill Thompson - #1131
Bill Thompson is a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer and a former military intelligence specialist.
Is your private life actually private? As AI rapidly outpaces our privacy protections, everything from your personal data to your deepest vulnerabilities is becoming easier to exploit. So what can be hacked, how exposed are you, and is even your mind still safe?
Expect to learn what the government can and can’t actually see of yours, why companies actually try to hack their own systems, how AI is supercharging espionage in various nation states, who the most surveyed people in the world are, if there is any hope for real privacy in the age of AI and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Why Bill Doesn’t Trust Apple
(03:35) How Is Information Collected and Distributed?
(09:13) Can Humans Keep Up With Technology?
(11:21) Why Companies Hack Their Own Systems
(17:05) The Biggest Exploitation Hack
(20:48) Why Threats Are Constantly Changing
(25:17) Is DOGE Really a Mess?
(32:03) How AI Is Supercharging Hacking
(36:58) Do Intelligence Operators Know You Better Than You Do?
(47:15) Who Is the Most Surveilled Person in the World?
(54:39) Is the Bad Outgrowing the Good?
(01:03:59) How Bill Built Spartan Forge
(01:13:16) Where to Find Bill
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July 30 Proof That The Lonely Chapter Works - Jett Franzen - #1130
Jett Franzen is a writer and YouTuber.
What holds people back? Is it their mindset, environment, or circumstances? One overlooked factor is the ability to be alone. Solitude can build clarity and resilience, but too much can be destructive. So when is being alone a superpower, and when does it become dangerous?
Expect to learn the pitfalls of taking too much medication, why being lonely and/or isolated for a period of time is a superpower, why the most dangerous are ambitious but lazy people, the mentality that is keeping people stuck in a terrible mindset, how to escape the hedonic treadmill, why the incel community came after Jett and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Why You Need to Confront Your Shadows
(10:09) Make It Until You Believe It
(22:19) Why Success Demands Real Work
(34:36) Can Anyone Go From Nothing to Something?
(39:19) Don’t Let Empathy Hold You Back
(52:39) Are We Addicted to the Next Win?
(56:31) Progress vs Position: What Matters More?
(01:08:59) Why Happiness Comes From Acceptance
(01:14:05) Escaping the Victim Mindset
(01:19:54) Protect What Makes You Unique
(01:29:40) How to Use Ego as a Strength
(01:36:57) Don’t Let the Fear of Having Self-Belief Hold You Back
(01:51:31) Does True Authenticity Really Exist?
(01:58:00) Where to Find Jett
Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠
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Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko…