Truth Island

Daniel and I continue our discussion on why we as a society have stopped caring about learning and education in general.

Topics

What the data says about income and educational outcomes.

The ugly truth...are we all meant to be philosophers and high thinkers?

Is it possible to value smart people just for being smart?

Are the affluent hoarding the keys to success?

Parenting 101.

What can be done to make learning and education sexy again?

Joe and I discuss the dangers of only knowing how to do one thing and how it is not only damaging our economy but stunting human growth and potential.

Topics

A leftover byproduct of the industrial age.

Employers seeing workers as a means to an end.

Oh no...here comes the automation and new platforms.

What is the individual's responsibility in developing new skills?

What is the role of employers and the government in retraining people?

Employee rotation...a possible solution?

Even the highly educated are not immune...

Always stop and evaluate what exactly is it that you are being asked to do.

Kenny and I discuss that as time passes, the decent among us seem to be growing more and more invisible!

Topics:

The two missed calls dilemma.

Find why can't we find happiness in our respective social hierarchies?

The sex and money endgame.

Bad energy tends to roll down the pyramid.

Good people remind us of our deficiencies.

The good has now become society's new sacrificial lamb.

Should the good people start speaking up?

The artificial versus the organic good.

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Sam shares his experience travelling America with just a handful of clothes and what lessons we can all learn from this and some of the more serious concerns of this lifestyle.

Topics:

The 3 Robe System.

How having less can free us from fear of loss.

How we project material desires onto others.

Respect for different people's lifestyle.

How to show gratitude and exercise mindfulness when relying on the generosity of others.

The power of the left behind shaving razors...

Christopher and I discuss why exactly the things that we think that we need aren't so important and how we can begin training ourselves to live without the latest and greatest.

Topics:

Your possessions may come to posses you.

How certain goods simply satisfy the ego.

Why the cheap version of things can be just as good.

The old coffee can method of saving.

The importance of mattress money.

All the things you could be doing...other than shopping.

Overcoming the stigma of where you shop.

How to overcome other people's criticisms of your material choices.

Old is not a synonym for broken.

I am joined with Jeff Nugent, as we discuss if anyone can become a leader and if so, what qualities comprise a good leader?

Topics Explored:

Unexpected leadership in a supermarket.

A leader...not with an agenda but an agenda to listen.

A great leader gives birth to many other leaders.

Leaders should be judged on legacy.

Simple steps that parents can take to raise healthy and successful children.

Jeff Augustin and I discuss if it is ever right to charity shame and some of the factors that go through our head when we make the decision to give or not to give.

Topics:

Tipping

Tales from the subway.

How do we know someone asking for help is being authentic?

Are we allowed to have choices in where we choose to help?

Should the rich be more charitable....with charities...at the dinner table?

I compare my notes as both a student and teacher in the U.S. with Daniel who grew up in Toronto, Canada. Our discussion dives into some of the things that are missing from the U.S. education system...and perhaps a thing or two that Canada can learn from us.

Topics:

It varies from place to place.

A brief look at Montessori

Can high and average kids be taught together?

Should we be training everyone to attend University?

Low expectations...the real death bullet of education.

Navigating child psychologist Piaget's hierarchy of human development, Joe and I discuss the differences between abstract thinkers and those that think concretely.

Topics Covered:

The boy and the messy kitchen.

Does punishment and reflection, induce abstract reasoning?

Is abstract reasoning above concrete as Piaget suggests?

The ideal is both!

Possible solutions and hurdles in getting these minds to work together.

Do concrete thinkers have the final laugh?

Thinking about that annoying tendency of philosophers to speak up and tell the truth at the most inopportune times, Kenny and I try and figure out key rule for when one is morally obligated to speak the truth and when one should bite their tongue for the time being.

Topics:

Timing...Timing...Timing.

Friends who don't really want to hear the truth.

Sometimes truth takes years to process.

Rules for how to take advice from someone you don't respect.

Honor versus Truth...which is more honorable?