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