The Conversation Lab

In this episode we talk about values and Reed's next project. We talk about what our personal values are, dissect an idea Reed has for his next project after the Ironman, and think about what fulfillment means to each one of us.

In this episode, we dive into a couple of things. We talk about Paul Graham's upper and lower bounds for defining success, jam to drivers license, and introspect about failing together/winning together and why the spirit of camaraderie is so great.

In this episode, we ask ourselves how much of our identity is tied to our productivity and "success." We think about the narcissism of small differences and the value of being blunt and straightforward with people. Reed also explains "the problem with problematic."

In this episode, we talk about many unrelated topics. We start talking about intuition, discuss an article about treating your career as an experiment, think about the mental model of the "map is not the territory", and finish off by looking at objectives vs. constraints.

In this episode, we cover a variety of topics. We talk about Amir's post trending on Reddit, why we should share failures more often, journey before destination, pursuing things purely for joy, and mistake theory.

In this week, we discuss what Amir called a "2 week spiritual journey." We talk about some of his self-reflections about the type of person he wants to be, how to build your own worldview, and the difficulty of being honest with yourself.

In this week, we discuss what Amir called a "2 week spiritual journey." We talk about some of his self-reflections about the type of person he wants to be, how to build your own worldview, and the difficulty of being honest with yourself.

In this episode, we try to dissect social status. We talk about what we think brings about social status, how most things in life are in pursuit of social status, and some of our honest reasons for doing things we claim to care about.

In this episode, we discuss various tidbits related to school and parenting. We start talking about school and learning from first principles. We then then pivot to talking about parenting and its effects on the motivation and worth ethic of children growing up.

In this episode, we talk about what we want to get out of 2021. We talk about our goals, what we want to work on and improve in, and how we'd like to grow in the new year.