Modern Wisdom

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• We are not just biological beings, we are also cultural beings
• Give up the idea of seeking a final perfect state
  • For such a thing to exist, we would need to be in an absolute unchanging environment (not desirable or possible)
  • We can shift what’s meaningful to us from the ideal of perfection to an ongoing evolution
• Becoming comfortable with our lack of wisdom
  • The task of a philosopher (lover of wisdom) is to turn this lack into receptivity to wisdom
• “Know thyself” is about knowing your operating manual
  • How do I function?
  • How am I ignorant?
  • How am I self-deceptive?
  • You often need the help of others to answer these questions
• There is no political solution to the meaning crisis, it must be cultural
• Develop an ecology of practices to cultivate meaning
  • Each practice has strengths and weaknesses
    • You can combine them to complement each other
  • Mindfulness, Psychophysical practices, Dialogic practices, Serious Play
• Personal growth can lead to losing some relationships
  • The quantity of relationship may decrease, but their quality improves
  • At the same time, you’ll gain virtuosity
    • To discern what new relationships to get into
    • To attract like-minded people

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John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto.

There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt to understand themselves and connect with the world around them. John joins me today to try and give us a route out of this trench.

Expect to learn the different types of learning, how John would construct a person who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practises that John uses to continue to grow every day, what the relation is between being too cerebral and lacking wisdom and much more...

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Mike Maples of Floodgate talks to Mark Cuban about a wide range of topics with a common theme...you have to go after opportunities where the stakes are high enough that when you win, you can win BIG. And as a corollary, you have to anticipate that giant competitors will try to stop you because otherwise, you are thinking too small.

Huberman Lab

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Dopamine is involved in wanting – not having – the excitement or anticipation about something increases dopamine firing 30-40x
• Dopamine motivates you to take action toward the thing you want
• Novelty is the number one trigger of dopamine release
• A subtle feature about the dopamine system: for every bit of dopamine that’s released, there’s a crash associated when prolactin is released
• Prolactin is behind the feeling of “what’s next” or letdown after a big goal
• Dopamine make us focus on things outside of us that we have to chase; serotonin makes us content with the here and now
• To maintain high levels of motivation, try intermittent reward: celebrate successes every other time, every tenth time, etc. to blunt dopamine response, prevent a crash, and keep you on the path to bigger goals

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This episode explains the science of motivation and drive. I describe how dopamine-- a chemical we all make in our brain, underlies our desire for and pursuit of our goals, as well as our capacity to move and experience pleasure. I describe how we can leverage specific behaviors, reward schedules and dopamine-prolactin balance to help ensure we can maintain motivation and capacity for pleasure over the long term. I also discuss dopamine in the context of ADHD, craving and addiction, and some absolutely amazing results about specificity of drug effects based purely on belief.

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Timestamps below.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:04:22 Announcement: Spanish Subtitles
• 00:05:06 Emotions, Addiction & Mindset
• 00:06:22 Motivation & Movement: The Dopamine Connection
• 00:07:29 A Double-Edged Dopamine Blade
• 00:08:56 Dopamine Fundamentals: Precursor to Adrenalin
• 00:10:15 The Reward Pathway: An Accelerator & A Brake
• 00:12:10 Motivation= Pleasure Plus Pain
• 00:14:14 The Dopamine Staircase: Food, Sex, Nicotine, Cocaine, Amphetamine
• 00:16:15 Subjective Control of Dopamine Release
• 00:17:40 Social Media and Video Games
• 00:18:15 Addiction & Dopamine: Progressively Diminishing Returns
• 00:18:48 Novelty, Sensation-Seeking & Anticipation
• 00:20:15 Craving: Part Pain, Part Pleasure & Pain Always Prevails
• 00:23:11 Desire Scales With Pain: The Yearning Function
• 00:24:43 The Croissant Craving Circuit
• 00:25:45 “Here and Now” Molecules: Serotonin, Bliss & Raphe Nucleus
• 00:26:26 In Your Skin Or Out In the World
• 00:27:25 Cannabinoids Lethargy & Forgetfulness
• 00:28:15 The Almond Meditation
• 00:29:30 Drugs That Shift Exteroception Versus Interoception
• 00:30:36 Emotional Balance, Active & Passive Manipulation
• 00:32:36 Procrastination: Leveraging Stress, Breathing, Caffeine, L-Tyrosine, Prescription Drugs
• 00:37:04 When Enough Is Never Enough; How Dopamine Undermines Itself
• 00:38:58 Dopamine-Prolactin Dynamics: Sex, Reproduction & Refractory Periods
• 00:40:30 The Coolidge Effect: Novelty-Induced Suppression of Prolactin
• 00:42:22 Vitamin B6, Zinc As Mild Prolactin Inhibitors
• 00:43:25 Schizophrenia, Dopamine Hyperactivity and Side Effects of Anti-Dopaminergic Drugs
• 00:45:08 Prolactin, Post-Satisfaction “Lows” & Extending the Arc of Dopamine
• 00:48:00 The Chemistry of “I Won, But Now What?”
• 00:49:00 Healthy Emotional Development: Child and Parent
• 00:50:03 Never Say “Maybe” (Reward Prediction Error)
• 00:52:02 Surprise!
• 00:52:59 Are You Suppressing Your Drive and Motivation By Working Too Late?
• 00:54:50 Disambiguating Pleasure and Drive: Dopamine Makes Us Anti-Lazy
• 00:58:00 Beta-Phenylethylamine (PEA), & Acetyl L-Carnitine
• 01:00:00 Attention Deficit Disorders, Cal Newport Books, Impulsivity & Obesity
• 01:03:55 Leveraging Dopamine Schedules
• 01:05:22 Subjective Control of Dopamine and Drug Effects: The “Adderall” Experiment
• 01:09:03 Caffeine May Protect Dopamine Neurons, Methamphetamine Kills Them
• 01:10:57 Nicotine: Dopamine, Possible Neuroprotection, Prolactin Increase
• 01:11:53 Gambling, Intermittent Reinforcement, & Persistent Goal Seeking (Bad and Good)
• 01:14:14 Intermittent Halting of Celebration; Enjoy Your Wins, But Not All of Them
• 01:18:38 A Story Example of Intermittent Reward to Maintain Long-Term Drive and Motivation
• 01:21:25 Corrections & Notes About Spanish Captions & Other Languages Soon
• 01:24:00 Synthesis & Framework, Zero-Cost Support & A Note About Sponsors

 

Please note that The Huberman Lab Podcast is distinct from Dr. Huberman's teaching and research roles at Stanford University School of Medicine. The information provided in this show is not medical advice, nor should it be taken or applied as a replacement for medical advice. The Huberman Lab Podcast, its employees, guests and affiliates assume no liability for the application of the information discussed.

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MInd Pump

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Hack squats are good for people with poor ankle mobility and will help build quads faster than leg press
• Movements for biggest gains in quads: barbell squats; Bulgarian split squats; deep, full range of motion squat; sets of high reps at 12-20
• To help sore muscles, nothing beats moving – try deep stretching, mobility work, resistance bands
• Diet is not one size fits all but in general, stop a reverse diet when hormones feel back in balance, sleep is good, and you’ve reached a caloric intake you can cut from
• Adding running to a weightlifting routine depends on which exercise you prioritize: if endurance is more important, run first; if weightlifting is more important, lift first

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In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the best exercises to build mass in the quads, the quickest way to recover from soreness, when to stop a reverse diet, and how to add running to a weightlifting routine.

• The ultimate pro douchebag move. (3:43)
• How Butcher Box has the best customer service, hands down! (11:32)
• The inconvenient truths surrounding men’s versus women’s sports. (13:50)
• Mind Pump Recommends, The Last Blockbuster on Netflix. (28:32)
• Justin is looking good in his Felix Gray’s. (38:39)
• Is the human reproductive system declining? (39:54)
• #Quah question #1 – What are the best exercises to build mass in the quads? (50:28)
• #Quah question #2 – What's the quickest way to recover from soreness? (59:03)
• #Quah question #3 – How do I know when to stop a reverse diet? (1:03:11)
• #Quah question #4 – I want to add running to my weightlifting routine. I was thinking of running a mile or 10 minutes before lifting. My goal is to keep and improve on gains, but also weave in some endurance training. Is it better to run after weights or on my days off? (1:05:55)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger joins us for a special Live edition of Business Lunch with Roland Frasier podcast. His official bio is 'Austrian American actor, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder, and former politician who served as the 38th governor of California'. You may know him as 'The Terminator'. However you know him, Arnold has a lot to offer anyone looking to realize their dreams and goals.

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Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss:

0:45 Shaan breaks down why and how Clubhouse will fail (although he wishes it won't)

17:10 How to go viral and also improve your writing

27:07 How to win (and make millions) in the content game

36:22 How 'The Hustle' finds its talent

38:44 A simple startup idea with huge potential

50:38 How Shaan's tweet became a meme

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Luke Burgis (@lukeburgis), author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life joins Erik on this episode to discuss:

- How he’s making the audience for Rene Girard’s work bigger.

- Why innovation became high status while imitation was high status earlier in history.

- What is most often misunderstood about mimetic desire.

- The difference between internal and external mediators.

- What all this has to do with entrepreneurship.

- How leaders can manage mimesis in their company.

- The difference between mimetic and objective value.

- The founder’s mythology and mimetic theory.

- Why Nietzsche was right about resentment.

- Luke’s relationship with Tony Hsieh.

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Rich Gaspari has long been known as one of the pioneering modern day bodybuilders, who set the conditioning standard for the 90's era bodybuilder - to this day considered the best era of bodybuilding. But, other than striated glutes, for what else is Rich credited? You'll be surprised when you find out.

Many people know Bruce Lee as a martial artist and film star. But he was also a  philosopher, who articulated principles that apply beyond engaging in artful combat, to grappling with life itself.

Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, caretaker of his legacy, and author of Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee, unpacks those principles on today's show. We begin our conversation with what Shannon remembers of her late father, and how she discovered the power of his philosophy after sinking into a depression following the death of her brother, Brandon Lee. We then dive into some of the sources of Bruce Lee's philosophy, his reading habits, and what books he kept in his extensive library. Shannon shares the story behind how her father first started formulating his ideas around becoming like water, how he engaged in forms of moving meditation, and what you can learn from his journaling practice. We end our conversation with the resilient, proactive way Bruce Lee responded to a potentially crippling back injury. 

Great inspiration in this show on what should be every man's ideal: the combination of contemplation and action.

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