Modern Wisdom

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September 16, 2024 12 Raw Truths About Gaining Power & Respect - Robert Greene - #839
Robert Greene is an author and historian.
Robert is one of the most legendary writers in the world on human nature and today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him on seduction, confidence, happiness, masculinity, Machiavelli and more.
Expect to learn the biggest problems with modern philosophy, why acquiring knowledge and skill are always the most important thing, why you must protect your reputation at all costs, why you are so often your own worst enemy, which lessons from Machiavelli most people miss, advice for young men wanting to make it in the world and much more….
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Robert’s First Appearance on Modern Wisdom
(02:48) The Problem With Modern Philosophy
(10:21) Knowledge & Skills Are Like Gold & Silver
(20:25) Why You Shouldn’t Be Cynical
(24:52) Stupid People Are More Dangerous Than Evil People
(30:19) The Power of Your Reputation
(44:39) Your Weirdness is Your Strength
(01:06:48) How to Stop Wasting Your Time
(01:18:11) The Curse of Immediate Success
(01:30:53) Why You Should Relish Being Attacked
(01:34:57) Use Absence to Increase Respect
(01:44:49) Most Important Lesson From Machiavelli
(01:52:36) Advice for Young Men Who Feel Lost
(02:00:26) Robert’s Forthcoming Book
(02:04:54) Where to Find Robert
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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
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2 hr 7 min
September 14, 2024 What Do People Really Want In A Partner? - Dr Paul Eastwick - #838
Dr Paul Eastwick is a psychologist, professor, and a researcher.
What do people actually want in a partner compared to what they say they want? Paul is the lead author on largest study of its kind which was just released breaking down exactly this question.
Expect to learn the #1 trait people actually look for in a partner, how well people know what they want, what Ideal Partner Preference-Matching is, the biases that affect mate evaluation, the sex differences in stated vs. revealed preferences, whether big data could improve dating app matching and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Do People Know What They Want in a Partner?
(03:40) Distinguishing Stated & Revealed Preferences
(13:52) Biggest Discrepancies in Preferences
(18:21) Sex Differences in Preferences
(22:03) Black Pills & White Pills of the Study
(31:32) Why People Secretly Want a Good Lover
(38:59) Unanswered Questions From the Study
(42:42) Biases in Selecting a Partner
(48:18) The Unexplainable Sense of Falling in Love
(51:38) Traits of People Who Can’t Retain a Partner
(54:45) Have Mate Preferences Changed Over Time?
(01:00:52) How We Actually Think About Our Partners
(01:05:29) Where to Find Paul
Extra Stuff:
Read Paul's Study: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/fe56h
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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
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1 hr 7 min
September 12, 2024 The Truth Behind The Fall Of The UK - Rory Stewart - #837
Rory Stewart is a British academic, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and former diplomat and politician.
From riots to stabbings, useless politicians to corrupt businesses, all wrapped in terrible weather and high taxes, the UK is not having a great time right now. Perhaps Rory can help explain what is going wrong.
Expect to learn what Afghanistan is like under new Taliban control, what the real problems in the UK are, why politicians are so reliably stupid, whether immigration really is breaking Britain just how bad extreme poverty is around the world, the latest updates with the Royal family and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Current Atmosphere in Afghanistan
(04:27) The Incompetence of Western Leaders
(15:36) What’s Happening to the UK?
(19:53) Do Politicians Only Care About London?
(33:06) The UK’s Biggest Problems
(37:26) Should We Be Worried About Free Speech?
(45:37) How Bad is Extreme Poverty in 2024?
(51:38) The Pitfalls of Organised Charities
(58:02) Why Poverty Hasn’t Improved in Africa
(01:03:23) How Effective Altruism Impacted Charity
(01:07:23) Where to Find Rory
Extra Stuff:
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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
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1 hr 9 min
September 09, 2024 The New Science Of Longevity, Resilience & Breaking Bad Habits - Dr Andrew Huberman - #836
Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster.
From personal dramas to scientific uproars, it's been a wild year for the biggest health & fitness podcaster in the world. And today we get to discover his biggest new insights about life, relationships and protocols.
Expect to learn whether you actually should drink coffee within 90 minutes of waking up, how to get the best sleep of your life according to the latest science, how to become a morning person, what Andrew has learned about the perils of fame and public scrutiny, what new research says on the world of longevity supplements, why you should always do your research when testing with peptides and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Adenosine in the First 90 Minutes of the Day
(12:15) Why Jocko Never Gets Tired
(23:59) How to Become a Morning Person
(35:05) Andrew’s New Daily Routine
(43:39) Mentally Dealing With a Rapid News Cycle
(53:46) Why Stories Are More Powerful Than Statistics
(01:04:46) The Tim Kennedy Alarm Clock
(01:09:55) Dissecting the Story You Tell Yourself
(01:21:28) The Blessing & Curse of Good Memory
(01:31:48) How Andrew Deals With Public Scrutiny
(01:42:53) What it Was Like to Wake Up to the Hit Piece
(01:55:28) Advice to People Going Through an Intense Time
(02:04:50) The Lonely Chapter
(02:14:28) Thoughts on Bryan Johnson
(02:20:50) Current State of Longevity Research
(02:32:00) Thinking About Your Long Arc
(02:44:18) Using BPC-157 to Recover Faster
(02:53:30) Why Andrew is Teaching an Undergraduate Course
(02:57:47) Being a Researcher & Influencer
(03:06:38) How to Follow Your Intuition More
(03:24:41) What’s Next for Andrew
Extra Stuff:
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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
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3 hr 27 min
September 07, 2024 2.5M Q&A - Naval Ravikant, Quitting Alcohol & Having Kids - #835
I hit 2.5 million Subscribers on YouTube!!
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible.
Expect to learn who I’m thinking of bringing on as guests on the left and right, how to learn to trust your decisions and how to be aware of the biases that can influence them, my advice for getting out of a Rut, how to ask critical questions, what it’s like living with a giraffe and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Appreciating Traditional Journalism
(02:28) People Who Said Chris Wouldn’t Make it
(03:44) How to Support Chris Better
(04:39) How Much of the Show is Edited?
(05:55) Wearing Shorts With Tulsi Gabbard
(06:47) Living With Zack
(07:40) Engaging With the Mainstream
(09:28) Does Chris Pay Guests?
(12:17) Getting Better at Asking Questions
(14:31) Has Chris Shaved His Head Completely?
(14:52) When is Chris Having Children?
(16:05) Dreaming Big Without Fear of Failure
(17:38) Was Chris the Secret Donor of CJI
(18:28) More Thoughts on No Alcohol
(22:11) Has Chris Read All of Red Rising?
(23:08) Being Adopted By Mike Israetel
(23:49) Anxiety About Getting Olde
(24:49) Having Progressives on the Sho
(25:45) Has Chris Hired New People?
(26:26) What Are the Podcaster’s Podcasts?
(28:36) Visiting Florence
(28:53) Does Being Articulate Come Naturally?
(30:41) Sports Mode or Regular in Crocs?
(31:10) Experience With Lasik
(32:19) When Chris Works Out
(32:52) Cricket in Australia
(33:44) Should Alex O’Connor Shave His Moustache?
(34:38) Ben Shapiro on the Show
(34:50) Would Chris Still Be Doing the Pod If it Wasn’t Successful?
(36:40) Naval on the Sho
(37:30) Tim Dillon on the Show
(38:06) When to Have a Drink & When to Say No
(39:40) How is Chris Doing?
(42:52) A Dark Matter, Alternate Chris
(43:27) Hardest Part of Being Chris
(47:14) Mel Robbins on the Sho
(47:44) Being Newly Single
(49:07) Why Chris Respects Dan Bilzerian
(50:19) Chris’s Biggest Music Recommendations
(52:34) Being a Better Decision-Maker
(56:52) Current Gym Goals
(58:10) How to Get Out of a Rut
(01:01:58) Advice to Rising Public Figures
(01:03:44) Raising the Bar When Life Feels Good
(01:07:41) Favourite Cologne to Wear
(01:08:45) Feeling Well-Rested in the Morning
(01:10:20) Balancing Grind Mode & Zen Mode
(01:13:38) Why Chris Didn’t Release the Andrew Tate Episode
(01:16:53) Books for Male Adolescent Development
(01:18:39) Chris’s Writing
Extra Stuff:
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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
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1 hr 21 min
September 05, 2024 Why Is Everyone Having Fewer Children? - Lyman Stone - #834
Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer.
It wasn't long ago that everyone was worried about the population bomb and within a few short decades global birth rates are now declining. What's going on? What is driving such a rapid change in the number of children people are having and should we do anything about it?
Expect to learn the best explanations for why birth rates are declining, whether declining birthrates are downstream from declining marriage rates, what winning the lottery does to marriages for both men and women, Lyman's controversial perspective on the impact of sperm count and testosterone levels on fertility and much more….
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Fertility Rates Over the Last Few Years
(05:51) Lessons We Can Take From the 1900s
(09:22) The Impact of Finances on Having Kids
(16:44) Our Modern Obsession With Parenting
(27:23) New Research on Universal Basic Income
(37:16) How Many Kids People Want Today
(43:28) Why Lyman Remains Positive
(53:09) Does Marriage Have an Impact on Fertility?
(59:21) Shifting Attitudes Towards Contraception
(01:08:43) Political Tension in Mate Selection
(01:21:30) The Future of Western Birth Rates
(01:30:46) What Lyman is Studying Next
(01:31:59) Where to Find Lyman
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp
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1 hr 33 min
September 02, 2024 Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution? - Eric Weinstein - #833
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former Managing Director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.
It feels like the world is reaching a fever-pitch. From deep fakes to cheap fakes, AI girlfriends to senile presidents, we've never had more access to information, and yet it's never been harder to work out what is true. So, what do we do?
Expect to learn Eric’s thoughts on the 2024 presidential election, whether we are being gaslit on a global scale by the media, the future of string theory and what's next for theoretical physics, why we have canned humour and what that means as a society, Eric’s thoughts on Joe Rogan, what my biggest weaknesses as a human are and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Will Trump be Allowed to Become President?
(12:02) MSNBC’s Editing of Joe Rogan to Support Kamala
(16:48) The Media’s Gaslighting of Modern Politics
(31:07) Is Google Influencing the Election?
(43:03) How Physics Became Boring & Safe
(52:40) Is String Theory Just a Shiny Distraction?
(01:03:44) Why String Theory Still Gets Funded
(01:07:41) Science’s Big Problems
(01:13:45) The Danger of Criticism Capture
(01:26:19) Eric’s Antidote for Cancelling People
(01:36:15) Why Having Public Opinions is so Exhausting
(01:53:21) What Chris Gets Criticised for Most
(02:06:10) The Dynamics of Interviewing & Conversation
(02:16:18) Trying to Become a High Agency Person
(02:25:53) Eric’s Advice for People Who Don’t Fit in
(02:33:38) Overcoming Impossible Situations
(02:38:17) 4D Complex Shapes, Geometry & Dimensions
(02:49:09) The Internet is Destroying the Sacred
(03:02:44) Reacting to “What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been”
(03:19:06) Eric’s Thoughts on JD Vance
Extra Stuff:
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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
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3 hr 30 min
August 31, 2024 Is This The Most Absurd Time In History? - Rudyard Lynch - #832
Rudyard Lynch is a YouTuber and a historian.
Is the modern world weird? Whether it's incels, brat summer, a broken media landscape, godlessness or a decline in institutional trust it seems like lots of modernity is kind of odd. From the fall of empires to the rise of new world orders, how does our current timeline compare to the rest of recent history?
Expect to learn whether we are actually living in a unique time in history, what a far-right backlash might look like, why the left is seen as more feminine, what would have happened if Trump actually had been killed, what it will take for young men to feel happy and fulfilled again and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) How Unusual is the Time We’re In?
(05:37) The Coming Crisis of the 21st Century
(12:55) What Could’ve Happened if Trump Was Shot
(26:04) Why There Will Be a Far-Right Backlash
(32:43) Why People Are So Easily Swayed
(44:40) The Primary Issues of the Left
(48:57) Anti-Human Agenda of Climate Activists
(53:22) How Dangerous is the Declining Birth Rate?
(01:04:53) What is the Right Getting Wrong?
(01:14:39) Why the Left Has Become Feminine
(01:18:29) The Impact of Multiculturalism
(01:25:09) Explaining the Rise of Antisemitism
(01:30:17) Why Nick Fuentes Might Be a Fed
(01:34:34) How Young Men Can Stay Positive
(01:43:04) Rudyard’s Recommended Books
(01:45:27) Where to Find Rudyard
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:
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
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1 hr 46 min
August 29, 2024 How To Stop Wasting Your Time & Money On Things That Don’t Matter - Dan Martell - #831
Dan Martell is an entrepreneur, investor, and author.
The saying “money can’t buy time” is often used to emphasise the importance of not wasting your days. But what if there was a way to actually buy back your time. What if using your money well actually can liberate your life?
Expect to learn what "the bigger it gets, the harder it gets" means in business, why so many successful people suffer with more chaos rather than less as they grow, Dan's framework for outsourcing all the stuff you don't want to do in life, what the buyback principle is, what it means to run your family like a business, how to work out what things you need to let go of and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Does Business Get Harder With Growth?
(09:40) Why Successful People Suffer With Being Too Busy
(13:31) How to Buy Back Your Time
(23:11) Can You Make Business Fun?
(29:44) How to Avoid Being Deep in the Weeds
(34:48) Overcoming the Need to Contribute
(42:57) Knowing When You Need to Change
(48:17) Tactics to Focus Your Time Better
(58:20) Dan’s Inbox Management Process
(01:11:04) Pains of Beginning to Manage More Staff
(01:26:29) Being Comfortable With Letting Go More
(01:34:26) The Peril of Success
(01:46:19) How to Hire the Right Talent
(01:58:38) Run Your Personal Life Like a Business
(02:06:40) Personal Growth Velocity
(02:16:25) Regaining Agency Over Emotions
(02:26:24) Lessons Learned from Rory Sutherland
(02:33:14) Where to Find Dan
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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
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2 hr 35 min
August 26, 2024 24 Controversial Truths About Success & Failure - Alex Hormozi - #830
Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.
Alex’s Twitter has been one of my favourite sources of insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of his best lessons about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. Yet again this is so, so good.
Expect to learn how to stop being indecisive and take action, how to persevere when things get rough, why overnight successes don’t happen overnight, why Alex hates being around negative people, if there is a wrong way to live your 20s, the single most important habit to cultivate in life and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Risks of Distraction
(04:22) Focus on Outcomes
(09:10) Don’t Let Bad Things Rin Everything
(13:15) See Opportunity in Every Failure
(23:48) Enjoy the Life You Have
(31:14) How You Work When Nobody’s Watching
(42:03) How to Get True Revenge
(46:44) People Are Jealous of the Trophy But Not the Work
(53:40) Finding Work That You Love
(01:01:23) Why You Shouldn’t Fear Criticism
(01:08:08) Investing Time More Wisely
(01:20:49) Breaking Down What Confidence Means
(01:26:31) Precisely Defining Terms
(01:31:54) Find the Others
(01:45:35) The Authenticity of Chris Bumstead
(01:52:12) This is the Price of Doing Business
(02:03:45) There’s No Perfect Way to Live Your 20s
(02:16:51) The Way to Solve Most Male Problems
(02:25:01) Go to Bed On Tim
(02:31:59) Having a Clue is Over-Rated
(02:34:27) 95% of Self-Work
(02:44:29) Feelings Don’t Require Action
(02:55:27) How to Not Lead a Toothless Life
(02:59:27) Where to Find Alex
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:
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
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3 hr 3 min

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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…