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  • What Will The Future Look Like? - Theo Priestley & Bronwyn Williams - #330

    Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Jones are futurists, trend analysts and authors.

    The future is supposed to be ours to choose, but who is educated enough to tell us if we're going in the wrong direction?

    Theo & Bronwyn brought together the world's leading futurists to articulate, clarify and predict the current trajectories in all the areas of life that you care about, like the future of warfare, education, transport, politics, economics, space travel, relationships and more.

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Is Anarchy The Answer? - Michael Malice - #329

    Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.

    No matter your perspective, politics isn't working very well at the moment. The world is divided along more lines than we can count and the powers that be don't seem to have the electorate's best interests at heart. Is the solution just to tear it all down?

    Expect to learn why Michael refuses to vote, what the hardest question for anarchy to answer is, why a democracy doesn't give you choice, why I've been forgetting words recently, what we're going to do about our cancelled Russia trip and much more...

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    Timestamps:

    (00:00) Intro

    (00:38) The Anarchist Handbook
    (06:17) Why Michael Doesn't Vote
    (08:57) Anarchy & Objective Law
    (16:09) Difficult Scenarios for Anarchists
    (22:52) Creating the Anarchist Handbook
    (36:24) What's Wrong With Democracy?
    (38:24) Giving a Voice to Anarchy's Martyrs
    (45:52) Battling Cognitive Decline
    (54:24) The Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates Break-up
    (57:13) Social Media
    (1:04:21) Differences in UK & US Politics
    (1:21:55) Chris & Michael's Russia Trip

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    1 hr 29 min
  • Visualising Value & Constant Creativity - Jack Butcher - #328

    Jack Butcher is a designer, entrepreneur and the founder of Visualize Value.

    Jack has gone from being a normal agency designer to becoming the one-man-army behind Visualize Value - a business that generates over $100,000 a month at a 99% profit margin.

    Expect to learn how to avoid getting distracted by shiny object syndrome, how Jack prioritises creativity in a hectic business environment, what becoming a father teaches you about algorithms, how to sustain exponential growth and much more...

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


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    1 hr 17 min
  • Defeat Your Limiting Beliefs - Peter Crone - #327

    Peter Crone is a performance coach to athletes, professionals and celebrities.

    The beliefs and subconscious narratives we hold shape our behaviour, health, relationships and performance. But by its very definition, the subconscious is difficult to tap in to.

    Expect to learn how to step into the narrative loop of your self-image, why not feeling like you're enough is such a common occurrence, how to be less hard on yourself, what our most dangerous inner monologues are and much more...

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


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    1 hr
  • Surviving The Great Reshuffle - Jim O'Shaughnessy - #326

    Jim O'Shaughnessy is an investor and the founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.

    Time, space and geography are collapsing. The richest people on the planet are no longer in charge of labour or buildings, they're symbol manipulators. The skillsets we need today are completely different to what was needed 50 years ago, let alone 500. Jim is here to give us some advice on how we can survive this catastrophic reshuffling.

    Expect to learn why 2020 was the best thing to happen to talented people in the developing world, the danger of grade-inflation in top flight universities, why we both have a man-crush on Rory Sutherland, why Isaac Newton was a dick and much more...

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    Rick and Morty and The Meaning Of Life 2 - https://medium.com/@dan.jeffries/rick-and-morty-and-the-meaning-of-life-part-ii-screw-enlightenment-become-an-adult-instead-e1b2ec832e4e

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    Get in touch. 

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    1 hr 22 min
  • The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Athletes - Lauren Johnson - #325

    Lauren Johnson is the New York Yankees ex-Performance Psychologist and a mental toughness expert.

    We all have a lot to learn from people who are performing at the limits of their ability. As the person in charge of the New York Yankees' mindset for 4 years, Lauren has seen first hand just how important mindset and mental toughness are for enabling peak output.

    Expect to learn how we can improve our self talk, how athletes deal with pain & discomfort, Lauren's best advice for dealing with criticism, what the difference is between a good and elite performer, how to avoid being too outcome-focussed and much more...

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


    Get in touch. 

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Can Fossil Fuels Save The World? - Alex Epstein - #324

    Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author.

    During any discussion about fossil fuels, the focus only ever seems to be on the negative side effects, but what about the positives? Alex believes that we need more, not less fossil fuels to improve global human flourishing, and today he makes his case.

    Expect to learn why solar & wind energy can't fix our energy problems, how nuclear plants have become so demonised, why Alex thinks that climate change activists fundamentally hate humanity, his views on Extinction Rebellion, why fossil fuels reduce environmental catastrophes and much more...

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


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    1 hr 28 min
  • Black Holes, Big Bangs & Quantum Theory - Michio Kaku - #323

    Michio Kaku is the Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York, a futurist and an author.

    What happened before the big bang? Is there a white hole on the other end of a black hole? Can time go backwards? Are there other dimensions? Are there other parallel universes? Is there a multiverse of universes?

    These are all questions that are beyond our current understanding and can't be resolved using the Standard Model and General Relativity. Michio Kaku is on the quest for The God Equation - a theory of everything and today, we get to find out how close he is to discovering it.

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    Timestamps:

    (00:00) Intro

    (00:22) Finding the Mind of God
    (05:53) The Standard Model & Quantum Theory
    (11:40) The Theory of Everything: Past & Future
    (14:39) FOMO About Future Discoveries
    (18:51) What Is Pure Mathematics?
    (20:45) Explaining String Theory to a Child
    (22:37) Reaching Higher Dimensions
    (30:54) Why Does the Planck Scale Exist?
    (35:10) Planck’s Attempt to Assassinate Hitler
    (36:40) Why Do We Have Supervoids?
    (39:55) LISA Preparatory Science Program
    (43:49) New Super Hadron Collider Location
    (44:47) Why We Aren’t in a Big Simulation
    (50:39) Ethics of Long-Term Space Experiments
    (57:40) Where to Find Michio Kaku

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    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...

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    59 min
  • Surviving 14 Years In Guantanamo Bay - Mohamedou Ould Slahi - #322

    Mohamedou Ould Slahi is the subject of the film The Mauritanian and has been called "the most tortured man in Guantanamo Bay".

    Mohamedou lived for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay, was subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques, otherwise known as torture, was sexually assaulted by prison officers, was force-fed food, water boarded, subjected to a mock-execution, and spent nearly 20 years away from his home country. Without being charged once.

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    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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    1 hr 31 min
  • The Story Behind Machiavelli's Philosophy - Dr Alexander Lee - #321

    Alexander Lee is a renaissance historian at the University of Warwick and an author.

    Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most famous political philosophers of all time. His work is often considered ruthless, brutal and manipulative, but who was the man behind the words?

    Alexander has just written one of the most insightful and comprehensive biographies of Machiavelli ever, so let's return to 15th century Florence and find out what Niccolo was really like, how he continually failed in his own political career, why he threw up on an old woman after having sex with her, the truth underpinning his views on human nature and much more...

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    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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    1 hr 2 min

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