This episode is discussion about life concepts presented by Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) in his discussion with Dean Baquet of The New York Times, as seen/heard in this Youtube video. This video/audio had concepts about people, vulnerability, truth, fear, pain, compassion, helping, challenging, having a dialogue, and more.
All the times links are to that time in the video, so you can hear him talk about the concepts himself if so desired.
2:57 – goal to live life through your abilities, not to be successful/famous9:31 – having a dialog about a thing is necessary, it happened regardless of if talked about or not (what you reveal you heal)11:15 – Jay-Z doesn’t feel racism until when he challenges the status quo – life shows its cards when you challenge it12:46 – everything is connected13:37 – people on streets asking “what you lookin’ at” because caused fight because person being seen in pain and responding like “oh you see me”19:11 – “I love people” “I want what’s best for people” “without people being rich would be very boring” “then what do you do”20:20 – strongest thing person can do is be vulnerable with their feelings, not guarded21:30 – can’t expose all truths until people around are ready, and they have their truths too25:04 – it’s not about being in the white hot space, it’s really small, but it’s about finding the truth, it’s about the forever27:16 – obligation to further the conversation, it’s okay to be smart29:44 – you don’t turn your back on the community that uplifted you or your time is out32:35 – Kanye is a compassionate person – a lot of times you get in trouble trying to help others34:12 – the best place is right in the middle of the pain, and it’s uncomfortable, most people don’t want to look inside themselves, and so they walk awayI always enjoy conceptual discussion and understanding. If depth is there, I am usually there. Hope you enjoyed episode 31.