500k Q&A - Casual Sex, Political Idiots & Dealing With Depression - #525

About this episode

I hit 500k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some great questions in here about whether Andrew Tate should have been banned, whether I'm autistic and my views on casual sex. Expect to learn how long I spend reading each day, how rarely I drink alcohol and caffeine, whether I think the Red Pill is positive for young men, how to avoid the gravitational pull of mediocrity, how I dealt with depression in my 20's, whether I'll be writing a book and doing live events, whether I'd bring Peter Thiel on the show and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 15% discount on all VERSO’s products at https://ver.so/modernwisdom (use code: MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:01) Chris’s Filming Stance (01:39) Recommended Books (02:29) Gary Vaynerchuk (02:55) How Much Does Chris Read? (04:27) Andrew Tate’s Cancellation (05:31) Meditation (06:58) Autism (08:28) Video on Spotify (10:02) Would Chris Like to Quit? (11:18) Different Formats of Interviews (13:03) The Cobble Wobble (14:13) Drinking Alcohol (16:25) How to Stay Positive (18:04) Productivity Software (20:39) Podcast with Hamza Ahmed (22:11) Feeling Different After 500K (24:50) Dinner (25:10) Finding Guests (26:44) Writing a Book (28:20) Liberal or Conservative? (29:31) How to Survive Uni (31:16) Does Chris Eat Junk Food? (32:45) Modern Wisdom Nation (33:19) Peter Thiel (34:15) Club Promoting Anthropologist (35:29) Chris’s Manifesto for Men (38:05) Advantage of Loving your Work (39:28) Mediocrity (41:38) Going to a Longhorns Game (42:16) Red Pill Community (45:39) Support from Chris’s Family (46:45) Alcohol & Caffeine Usage (49:30) Investing for Beginners (50:37) Motivation to do Hard Things (52:35) Views on Casual Sex (54:04) Finding Serendipity (55:29) Advantages of Attractiveness (57:34) Arguing with Conspiracy Theorists (59:48) Olivia Wilde (1:02:41) Having Meaningful Conversations (1:04:29) Has Chris Ever Lost Hope? (1:07:50) Working on Insecurity (1:12:48) Roe vs Wade (1:15:50) Autism (1:16:58) Healthy v Casual Relationships (1:19:23) Struggling to Get Out of Bed (1:24:30) Losing Attention in an Interview (1:26:30) Conclusion Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices