The Superior Men Podcast

"The Way of Men" by Jack Donovan

What happens when society falls apart? Men must work together in gangs to survive. In "The Way of Men" Jack Donovan gives us a history of manhood, demonstrating how the Four Tactical Virtues turn chaos into order. What are those virtues? What is a gang? And why is this knowledge critical for modern men? All these answers and much more in today's episode.

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro to "The Way of Men"

What is a man? How do we define manhood?What is a gang and why does it matter for men?

3:15 - How easy is the book to read?

Easy to read, harder to implementPrint: 192 pages (probably 4-5 hours)Audio: 5 hours, read by Donovan himselfDonovan's ideas will be VERY HARD to swallow for anyone who has trouble thinking outside the box of modern cultural norms

4:30 - Reviews and Significance

Well known (676 4½-star reviews on Amazon)Very popular in the Manosphere and The Red Pill community

6:00 - How Matt and Jay discovered book

TWoM referenced continuously - often reverently - throughout Manosphere

8:00 - Bio of Jack Donovan

Writer, blogger, podcaster (Jack-Donovan.com)Written several books, including “A More Complete Beast,” “A Sky Without Eagles,” and “Becoming a Barbarian” Guest on many podcasts: AoM, Order of Man, Art of Charm, Mating Grounds, etc.TheCut.com - Profile of Donovan’s history, sexuality and politicsRaised by conservative blue-collar parents in rural Pennsylvania. Left home to explore the world and study fine art in New York. Then dropped out of school to study MMA, live off the land and found his own theories of independence, masculinity and a gang/warrior ethos.Part of the “Wolves of Vinland,” a neo-pagan group practicing masculine rituals, “Fight Club”-style skirmishes and promoting various alt-right theories and beliefs

11:00 - Major themes

History of Masculinity from the beginning of time until nowFour Tactical Virtues: Strength, Courage, Mastery & Honor

14:00 - Jay's perspectives

So good it's worth re-reading multiple timesDonovan's ideas on manhood are critical for modern menManhood is neither good or or bad - It's a tool that can be used for eitherQuestion for Donovan: How does Donovan's ideal world look like?Also read: "The Way of the Superior Man" by David Deida

20:00 - Matt's perspectives

Donovan taps into Zombie Apocalypse, raw lifeThe importance of resetting society back to what matters mostBeing a "Good Man" vs "Being good at being a man"The Four Pillars of Manhood are criticalQuestion for Donovan: How did you distill down these questions in this book?Also read: "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk

26:00 - Final Thoughts

"Women can demonstrate strength, but strength is a quality that defines masculinity….There is no human culture where men who are weak are considered manlier while women who are more muscular are considered more womanly."

Matt's favorite quotes from "The Way of Men"

"Being good at being a man is about being willing and able to fulfill the natural role of men in a survival scenario. Being good at being a man is about showing other men that you are the kind of guy they’d want on their team if the shit hits the fan. Being good at being a man isn’t a quest for moral perfection, it’s about fighting to survive."

Jay's favorite quotes from "The Way of Men"

“Masculinity is about what men want from each other...When someone tells a man to be a man, they are telling him to be more like other men, more like the majority of men, and ideally more like the men whom other men hold in high regard.”

“Courage in its highest and purest form involves the willful risk of bodily harm or death for the good of the group. Lesser risks require greater dilutions of courage."

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Matt and Jay discuss the counter-intuitive theory that we enjoy life more when we choose to experience less overall pleasure. Also on today’s pod: Our favorite shows to binge watch, some very depressing statistics, 10 ways to be happier by reducing pleasure, the impressive work ethic of serial killers – and a lot more! Listen to this episode in your favorite podcast player: iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher For faster access, tell your mobile assistant or smart speaker “Play ‘The Superior Men Podcast’!“ Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show “The Superior Men Bookcast” coming June 11! Episode 23 Notes 2:45 – Happiness = Jet skis? 4:45 – How many people do family dinners every night? 6:30 – Kids want constant stimulation – but in the 21st century it’s very different 9:00 – The average person consumes 11 hours of media per day (Nielsen) / Teen depression statistics on the rise for the last 80 years / 26 million Americans with severe depression in 2016 / 20 million with a substance abuse problem 12:00 – Hyper-stimulating our emotions 14:00 – Game of Thrones, Maury Povich and being grateful for someone else’s misery 17:30 – Why Facebook reduces happiness 21:00 – How are YOU framing YOUR reality? 22:00 – 2018 study by health insurer Cigna: 40% of Americans say they “lack companionship,” their “relationships aren’t meaningful,” and that they feel “isolated from others.” 23:00 – How to break this cycle? Jordan Peterson says: “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday not to who someone else is today.” 27:30 – Even evil bastards still have to work their asses off to accomplish big things 30:00 – What media are you absorbing? Is it helping you – or hurting you? 31:30 – 10 Steps to Reducing Pleasure and Increasing Happiness 32:00 – Step 1. Start Noticing What You’re Doing 35:30 – Step 2. Appreciate the Little Things / Start a Gratitude List 37:30 – The value of savoring really good beer 40:30 – 6 Habits to improve every day: Jay recommends Hal Elrod’s excellent book The Miracle Morning. 42:30 – UC Berkeley Gratitude List study: Research showed making a gratitude list had significant psychological benefits for counseling patients. Even better? Those benefits lasted for months afterwards. 43:00 – Step 3. Reduce Multiple Good Experiences Into Singular, Excellent Experiences 49:00 – Step 4. Meditate / Actual meditation or doing high-focus activities (motorcycles / skydiving / lifting heavy weights) 51:30 – Old people being grateful even if they’re doing nothing 53:00 – Darth Maul vs Jedi – The Power of meditation and silence in the middle of chaos 55:30 – Step 5. Start Fixing Your Problems / A powerful book to help: Athol Kay’s The Mindful Attraction Plan 58:00 – Step 6. Make Progress On Your Projects Every Day / Dr. Phil’s one simple thing everyone needs to do improve their lives: “If you want to start having a better life, finish what you start.” 1:03:00 – Steps 7 & 8. Make It a Habit To Do the Uncomfortable Things / Start with Making the Bed and a Cold Shower 1:10:00 – Step 9. Accept What Is Happening Right Now / Regardless of good or bad 1:12:00 – If it’s a fun experience, it’s great; If it’s a horrible experience, it will be a great story 1:15:00 – Step 10. Find Pleasure Where You Are / Start looking for what’s interesting, curious or valuable around you everywhere you go 1:18:30 – Gary Vaynerchuk: “Way too many people in this room are going to spend the next 30, 40 years of their lives trying to check the boxes of the things that they’re not as good at, and because of that, you’re going to waste a lot of time. I highly recommend for all you hustlers, that you go all in

Matt and Jay discuss the counter-intuitive theory that we enjoy life more when we choose to experience less overall pleasure. Also on today's pod: Our favorite shows to binge watch, some very depressing statistics, 10 ways to be happier by reducing pleasure, the impressive work ethic of serial killers - and a lot more!

Listen to this episode in your favorite podcast player: iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher

For faster access, tell your mobile assistant or smart speaker "Play 'The Superior Men Podcast'!"

Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show "The Superior Men Bookcast" coming June 11!

Episode 23 Notes

2:45 - Happiness = Jet skis?

4:45 - How many people do family dinners every night?

6:30 - Kids want constant stimulation - but in the 21st century it’s very different

9:00 - The average person consumes 11 hours of media per day (Nielsen) / Teen depression statistics on the rise for the last 80 years / 26 million Americans with severe depression in 2016 / 20 million with a substance abuse problem

12:00 - Hyper-stimulating our emotions

14:00 - Game of Thrones, Maury Povich and being grateful for someone else’s misery

17:30 - Why Facebook reduces happiness

21:00 - How are YOU framing YOUR reality?

22:00 - 2018 study by health insurer Cigna: 40% of Americans say they “lack companionship,” their “relationships aren’t meaningful,” and that they feel “isolated from others.”

23:00 - How to break this cycle? Jordan Peterson says: “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday not to who someone else is today.”

27:30 - Even evil bastards still have to work their asses off to accomplish big things

30:00 - What media are you absorbing? Is it helping you - or hurting you?

31:30 - 10 Steps to Reducing Pleasure and Increasing Happiness

32:00 - Step 1. Start Noticing What You’re Doing

35:30 - Step 2. Appreciate the Little Things / Start a Gratitude List

37:30 - The value of savoring really good beer

40:30 - 6 Habits to improve every day: Jay recommends Hal Elrod’s excellent book The Miracle Morning.

42:30 - UC Berkeley Gratitude List study: Research showed making a gratitude list had significant psychological benefits for counseling patients. Even better? Those benefits lasted for months afterwards.

43:00 - Step 3. Reduce Multiple Good Experiences Into Singular, Excellent Experiences

49:00 - Step 4. Meditate / Actual meditation or doing high-focus activities (motorcycles / skydiving / lifting heavy weights)

51:30 - Old people being grateful even if they’re doing nothing

53:00 - Darth Maul vs Jedi - The Power of meditation and silence in the middle of chaos

55:30 - Step 5. Start Fixing Your Problems / A powerful book to help: Athol Kay’s The Mindful Attraction Plan

58:00 - Step 6. Make Progress On Your Projects Every Day / Dr. Phil’s one simple thing everyone needs to do improve their lives: “If you want to start having a better life, finish what you start.”

1:03:00 - Steps 7 & 8. Make It a Habit To Do the Uncomfortable Things / Start with Making the Bed and a Cold Shower

1:10:00 - Step 9. Accept What Is Happening Right Now / Regardless of good or bad

1:12:00 - If it’s a fun experience, it’s great; If it’s a horrible experience, it will be a great story

1:15:00 - Step 10. Find Pleasure Where You Are / Start looking for what’s interesting, curious or valuable around you everywhere you go

1:18:30 - Gary Vaynerchuk: “Way too many people in this room are going to spend the next 30, 40 years of their lives trying to check the boxes of the things that they’re not as good at, and because of that, you’re going to waste a lot of time. I highly recommend for all you hustlers, that you go all in on your strengths. Find the thing you are good at, and you love and you want to improve on.”

Email us and let us help support you in your goals! [email protected]

Read the latest and greatest at www.wearesuperiorm

Matt and Jay discuss victim mentality, me first politics, the history and abuse of US government aid programs, the dangers of using welfare, and how to break the cycle Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show “The Superior Men Bookcast” coming in June! Episode 22 Notes 6:25 – “Me First” Politics 7:00 – Matt and Jay’s political backgrounds / Matt and Victimless crimes 9:30 – Jay meets the Armed Forces 11:00 – Individual Freedom vs Selfishness 13:00 – A very brief intro to “Me First” politics 15:30 – 1933-36, FDR’s “New Deal” and how boring it was in American History class 22:00 – The cycles of history / Economics and War 25:00 – The difficulties you live through influence your economic perspective / Reusing your paper towels 28:30 – Social safety nets and “Entitlement Programs” 30:00 – The dangers of Social Security, aka “Gam Gam, you’re 95. Why don’t you just die?!” 31:30 – Medicaid enrollment: 1966: 4 Million people, 1976: 20M, 1990s: 30M,  2017: 73.8M Over 125% increase in Medicaid in the last 20 years 35:30 – John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address – Whether you’re from the US or anywhere else in the world: Focus on serving others, not yourself 39:00 – America used to be the self-sufficient, hard-working, independent cowboys 42:00 – Dictators are always good…at first 44:00 – Government assistance programs and politics: “Vote for me and I’ll give you free stuff” 48:00 – Getting free stuff make us believe we need to keep getting free stuff / Creating victim mentalities 49:00 – There is no such thing as “free”; one person’s assistance program is another’s taxes 52:00 – Working the govt system: Do no work and get more $$ from the state than you would from an actual job 55:00 – Safety Net OR Better Lifestyle? 59:30 – How to break your addiction to government assistance 1:02:00 – Push yourself – If necessary use extreme motivation 1:04:00 – Becoming harder / Becoming a Superior Man Email us and let us help support you in your goals! [email protected] Read the latest and greatest at www.wearesuperiormen.com/featured-articles/ Thanks to the great music by: Disconnected by Alex (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/55012 Ft: ducket and Super Rich by Alex (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43346 Ft: Hans Atom & Faded Millions

Matt and Jay discuss victim mentality, me first politics, the history and abuse of US government aid programs, the dangers of using welfare, and how to break the cycle

Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show "The Superior Men Bookcast" coming in June!

Episode 22 Notes

6:25 - “Me First” Politics

7:00 - Matt and Jay’s political backgrounds / Matt and Victimless crimes

9:30 - Jay meets the Armed Forces

11:00 - Individual Freedom vs Selfishness

13:00 - A very brief intro to “Me First” politics

15:30 - 1933-36, FDR’s “New Deal” and how boring it was in American History class

22:00 - The cycles of history / Economics and War

25:00 - The difficulties you live through influence your economic perspective / Reusing your paper towels

28:30 - Social safety nets and “Entitlement Programs”

30:00 - The dangers of Social Security, aka “Gam Gam, you’re 95. Why don’t you just die?!”

31:30 - Medicaid enrollment: 1966: 4 Million people, 1976: 20M, 1990s: 30M,  2017: 73.8M

Over 125% increase in Medicaid in the last 20 years

35:30 - John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address - Whether you’re from the US or anywhere else in the world: Focus on serving others, not yourself

39:00 - America used to be the self-sufficient, hard-working, independent cowboys

42:00 - Dictators are always good...at first

44:00 - Government assistance programs and politics: “Vote for me and I’ll give you free stuff”

48:00 - Getting free stuff make us believe we need to keep getting free stuff / Creating victim mentalities

49:00 - There is no such thing as “free”; one person’s assistance program is another’s taxes

52:00 - Working the govt system: Do no work and get more $$ from the state than you would from an actual job

55:00 - Safety Net OR Better Lifestyle?

59:30 - How to break your addiction to government assistance

1:02:00 - Push yourself - If necessary use extreme motivation

1:04:00 - Becoming harder / Becoming a Superior Man

Email us and let us help support you in your goals! [email protected]

Read the latest and greatest at www.wearesuperiormen.com/featured-articles/

Thanks to the great music by:

Disconnected by Alex (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/55012 Ft: ducket

and

Super Rich by Alex (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43346 Ft: Hans Atom & Faded Millions

Matt and Jay talk with special guest Rainier Wylde on Tribal Initiation, Becoming a Man and How to Find (or Build) Your Tribe Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show, “The Superior Men Bookcast,” coming in June! Rainier Wylde Bio Rainier is a Masculine wholeness Coach, working with men to discover who they are, what their purpose is and how to build their tribe. He holds a Masters degree in Community Counseling and has spent decades as a spiritual guide, professor at graduate school in evolutionary and developmental psychology, community consultant, counselor and skills trainer working with men. Rainier’s new six-week intensive called INITIATION draws on traditional cultures and wisdom streams to help men radically progress in life. INITIATION is available now on EvolvingWild.live. For more great content also check out Rainier’s podcast “Lost Man Standing” on iTunes and Google Play. Make sure to listen to the end of today’s show for access to a free 10-day challenge on EvolvingWild.live and a special discount offer for Rainier’s six-week course INITIATION! Episode 21 Notes 7:00 – Rainier pursues the Superior Men 9:00 – What is tribal initiation? Latin root similar to “origin” or “beginning” 13:30 – What is a tribe? Your group – the group you would fight to defend 15:00 – Three parts of tribe: Resource Sharing, Defense and Identity 17:00 – Why is Tribe important for modern men? 18:30 – The consequences of Isolation and Loneliness: Stress, Sickness and Death! 20:00 – Study: Orphan infants without touch and connection die more often 21:30 – Hikikomori – Modern Japanese men who never leave their houses 22:30 – Modern Western culture needs more strong individualism AND more tribe 26:30 – The difference between a few strong, connected personal groups and many superficial pseudo-groups 30:00 – How social media is replacing actual social connection 34:00 – William Carlos Williams said “I am lonely…and I am best to be so.” Is this correct? 35:00 – How do you find a tribe? 36:00 – The Norse origins of the “Lazy Boy” 37:30 – The brutal tribal initiations that transformed boys into men 41:00 – Pornography, shame and the male “Shadow Initiation” 44:00 – A lack of formal initiation turns into repression and darkness 46:30 – “Cult” and “Culture” share the same root 49:30 – 7-year old Soccer players taken from their parents to live in other countries and become the best in the world 53:00 – Why Men need to break the connection with their “Mother figure” at an early age 55:30 – Men-Boys are vampires of the Feminine energy 58:00 – Willpower and Men 1:01:00 – Getting laid doesn’t equal being a man 1:04:30 – How to create a tribe? Men need to interact physically with each other (working out, martial arts, etc) / Create rituals / Create unsafe spaces (places men can be offensive and offended and work through those feelings) 1:08:00 – Wrestling – or fighting – through your offenses without giving up 1:11:00 – Why you need to start giving a fuck

Matt and Jay talk with special guest Rainier Wylde on Tribal Initiation, Becoming a Man and How to Find (or Build) Your Tribe

Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show, "The Superior Men Bookcast," coming in June!

Rainier Wylde Bio

Rainier is a Masculine wholeness Coach, working with men to discover who they are, what their purpose is and how to build their tribe. He holds a Masters degree in Community Counseling and has spent decades as a spiritual guide, professor at graduate school in evolutionary and developmental psychology, community consultant, counselor and skills trainer working with men.

Rainier's new six-week intensive called INITIATION draws on traditional cultures and wisdom streams to help men radically progress in life. INITIATION is available now on

EvolvingWild.live. For more great content also check out Rainier’s podcast “Lost Man Standing” on iTunes and Google Play.

Make sure to listen to the end of today’s show for access to a free 10-day challenge on EvolvingWild.live and a special discount offer for Rainier’s six-week course INITIATION!

Episode 21 Notes

7:00 - Rainier pursues the Superior Men

9:00 - What is tribal initiation? Latin root similar to “origin” or “beginning”

13:30 - What is a tribe? Your group - the group you would fight to defend

15:00 - Three parts of tribe: Resource Sharing, Defense and Identity

17:00 - Why is Tribe important for modern men?

18:30 - The consequences of Isolation and Loneliness: Stress, Sickness and Death!

20:00 - Study: Orphan infants without touch and connection die more often

21:30 - Hikikomori - Modern Japanese men who never leave their houses

22:30 - Modern Western culture needs more strong individualism AND more tribe

26:30 - The difference between a few strong, connected personal groups and many superficial pseudo-groups

30:00 - How social media is replacing actual social connection

34:00 - William Carlos Williams said “I am lonely...and I am best to be so.” Is this correct?

35:00 - How do you find a tribe?

36:00 - The Norse origins of the “Lazy Boy”

37:30 - The brutal tribal initiations that transformed boys into men

41:00 - Pornography, shame and the male “Shadow Initiation”

44:00 - A lack of formal initiation turns into repression and darkness

46:30 - “Cult” and “Culture” share the same root

49:30 - 7-year old Soccer players taken from their parents to live in other countries and become the best in the world

53:00 - Why Men need to break the connection with their “Mother figure” at an early age

55:30 - Men-Boys are vampires of the Feminine energy

58:00 - Willpower and Men

1:01:00 - Getting laid doesn’t equal being a man

1:04:30 - How to create a tribe? Men need to interact physically with each other (working out, martial arts, etc) / Create rituals / Create unsafe spaces (places men can be offensive and offended and work through those feelings)

1:08:00 - Wrestling - or fighting - through your offenses without giving up

1:11:00 - Why you need to start giving a fuck

We talk about the OMAD diet, other diet experiments and why everyone should try new eating habits Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show, “The Superior Men Bookcast,” coming in June! Episode 20 Notes 03:31 – Intro to OMAD (One Meal a Day) Article: https://www.wearesuperiormen.com/one-meal-a-day/ 04:55 – When blowers attack 06:20 – What is OMAD? 09:10 – Coffee creamer 13:15 – How did I find out about OMAD? 15:10 – What Matt tracked on OMAD 16:51 – How does OMAD work? 20:05 – When is the best time to start OMAD? 21:30 – What did I eat, Example: Gordon Ramsey Scrambled eggs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP7U5vTMM0 25:00 – How many calories on OMAD? 30:10 – Other Fasting diets 33:00 – More Carbs = more hunger 35:10 – Soylent Green is People – https://soylent.com/ 38:00 – Simplicity – but eating real food 38:35 – Cheat meals 42:10 – Social aspect of eating 46:10 – Diet Experiments 49:20 – Stress as weight loss aid 51:45 – Force yourself to lose weight vs healthy lifestyle 55:00 – Juicing 58:30 – Fasting 1:00:05 – Autophagy 1:01:35 – Healthy relationship with food 1:05:01 – Bad Advice – Calories in vs Calories out 1:05:40 – Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes 1:06:43 – Fitness Confidential by Vinnie Tortorich Email us and let us help support you in your goals! [email protected] Read the latest and greatest at www.wearesuperiormen.com/featured-articles/ Thanks to the great music by: Disconnected by Alex (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/55012 Ft: ducket and Super Rich by Alex (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43346 Ft: Hans Atom & Faded Millions

We talk about the OMAD diet, other diet experiments and why everyone should try new eating habits

Make sure to watch for our NEW 30-minute book review show, "The Superior Men Bookcast," coming in June!

Episode 20 Notes

03:31 - Intro to OMAD (One Meal a Day) Article:

https://www.wearesuperiormen.com/one-meal-a-day/

04:55 - When blowers attack

06:20 - What is OMAD?

09:10 - Coffee creamer

13:15 - How did I find out about OMAD?

15:10 - What Matt tracked on OMAD

16:51 - How does OMAD work?

20:05 - When is the best time to start OMAD?

21:30 - What did I eat, Example: Gordon Ramsey Scrambled eggs -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP7U5vTMM0

25:00 - How many calories on OMAD?

30:10 - Other Fasting diets

33:00 - More Carbs = more hunger

35:10 - Soylent Green is People - https://soylent.com/

38:00 - Simplicity - but eating real food

38:35 - Cheat meals

42:10 - Social aspect of eating

46:10 - Diet Experiments

49:20 - Stress as weight loss aid

51:45 - Force yourself to lose weight vs healthy lifestyle

55:00 - Juicing

58:30 - Fasting

1:00:05 - Autophagy

1:01:35 - Healthy relationship with food

1:05:01 - Bad Advice - Calories in vs Calories out

1:05:40 - Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes

1:06:43 - Fitness Confidential by Vinnie Tortorich

Email us and let us help support you in your goals! [email protected]

Read the latest and greatest at www.wearesuperiormen.com/featured-articles/

Thanks to the great music by:

Disconnected by Alex (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/55012 Ft: ducket

and

Super Rich by Alex (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43346 Ft: Hans Atom & Faded Millions

Pleasure Stacking, Old Movies vs New Movies, Why we’re always bored, Eating sugar all day long, The twisted pleasure of controversy, Driving in silence, Leaving your phone at home, Enjoying the little things Episode 19 Notes For instant access to our show, just say “Hey Google, Play The Superior Men Podcast” or “Siri, Play The Superior Men Podcast” and you’ll be up and running! 02:00 – What is “pleasure stacking”? 05:00 – Growing up without electronic entertainment in cars 6:45 – Everyone at restaurant on their phones, even at nice restaurants / Now there’s ALSO a screen for ordering and playing games. WASM Article: Pleasure Stacking: Our New Favorite Poison 9:00 – Millennial pleasure stacking: TV + Laptop + Phone + more 11:00 – Matt’s current office: 3 computer monitors + 2 tablets + 2 phones + 1 smart screen 13:30 – When was the last time you took an entire weekend away from screens? No TV, no phone, no laptop, no movies, nothing? 16:00 – Media Statistics: Television = 35 hours/week, Video games for 35 million Americans = 2.5 hours/day, Total media = 10.5 hours/day 19:30 – How do you respond to TV? Does it stimulate you or make you fall asleep? 22:30 – Why do we stack our pleasures? 26:00 – New movies vs Old movies: Quick cuts, lots of editing, intense vs long, slow takes 31:00 – Why we’re always bored 32:00 – Life is painful, but if you’re distracted enough hopefully you won’t notice 34:00 – Eating a little bit of sugar, all…day…long… 36:30 – Using pleasure to avoid dealing with your problems 40:30 – The power of social media “likes” and comments 44:00 – Controversy = A twisted form of pleasure 48:00 – How to stop pleasure stacking / What does it feel like to turn off ALL of your media and drive in silence? 51:00 – What not to do: Driving and reading novel while on the freeway WASM Article: The Slow Lane 53:00 – Slow down your life / Savor the details 57:00 – Do one thing at a time and nothing else. Stay in the moment. 59:00 – Silence your phone. Or turn it off. Or even leave it home. 63:00 – David Goggins’ advice: Start when you wake up and do physical training. Start with overcoming discomfort every day. Email us and let us help support you in your goals! [email protected] Read the latest and greatest at www.wearesuperiormen.com/featured-articles/ Thanks to the great music by: Disconnected by Alex (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/55012 Ft: ducket and Super Rich by Alex (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43346 Ft: Hans Atom & Faded Millions