Modern Wisdom

How To Make Life's Biggest Decisions - Abby Davisson - #603

Abby Davisson is an author, social innovation leader and career development expert whose research focuses on decision making in money management and romance. There are some big decisions we all need to make. What job to take, what city to live in, whether to get married or divorced or have kids. Having a prescriptive formula for this might seem impossible, but Abby helped run the most popular course at Stanford on exactly this topic, and today we get to find out what she's discovered. Expect to learn what the most common biggest single mistake that Abby has discovered in her research, how to use logic in romantic decisions without killing the romance, how to speak to your parents about care as they get older, the biggest mistakes that all people make when it comes to major decisions, if you should get a prenup agreement and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:48) What’s Wrong with our Decision Making? (05:02) Making Decisions on Limited Information (09:52) Principles for Effective Communication (15:16) The Financial Aspect of Finding a Partner (23:17) Romantic Decisions in a World of Unlimited Options (35:11) Advice for Couples who Struggle to Communicate (39:20) Most Common Life Decision Regrets (43:47) How to Know if a Relationship Should End (49:45) Choosing Where to Live (53:29) Considering Elderly Care (1:01:01) Where to Find Abby Extra Stuff: Buy Abby's Book - https://amzn.to/3ZU5X44  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

14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature - Gurwinder Bhogal - #602

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn why asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hevy-workout-tracker-gym-log/id1458862350 Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:57) Social Media is Making People Less Sincere (08:18) Instead of Trying to Be Right, Be Less Wrong (13:18) People are More Interested in Criticising than Helping (17:15) Never Take Information at Face Value (20:29) Becoming Trapped in a Purity Spiral (30:47) It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice (45:53) Media is Now ‘Post-Journalism’ (52:51) The Majority of Evil People Had Good Intentions (59:34) Why It’s Easier to Debate Geniuses than Idiots (1:09:16) Don’t Take Social Media Attacks Seriously (1:25:28) Are People Really Judging Us? (1:32:30) The Configuration of Dominant Ideologies (1:47:50) Where to Find Gurwinder Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal 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

Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships - Dr Andrew Thomas - #601

Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University whose research focuses on sex differences and relationship preferences from an evolutionary perspective. Evolution explains a large portion of why we like the things we like. Who we're attracted to, why we fall into and out of love, how our mental state affects our mating strategies. Therefore, if you are a human who ever intends on being in a relationship, this might be useful. Expect to learn the 5 evolutionary theories which explain much of human mating, whether ChatGPT can correctly predict what traits men and women like most in each other, how many previous sexual partners people say they want their current partner to have had, how open men & women in the West are to polyamorous relationships, how sexual arousal can ruin a faithful relationship and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:20) Evolutionary Mismatch (10:18) Evolving Towards Making Small Errors Instead of Big Ones (17:33) Are Men as Picky as Women? (21:55) Is Promiscuity Heritable? (27:32) Humans Engage in Multiple Types of Sexual Strategies (36:49) The Different Levels of Sexual Harassment (46:55) Is Sexlessness in Young Men Caused by Poor Social Skills? (52:56) Attitudes in the West to Having Multiple Sexual Partners (1:04:21) How Many Previous Sexual Partners is Too Much? (1:14:52) What ChatGPT Gets Wrong About Mate Preferences (1:34:31) Where to Find Dr Thomas Extra Stuff: Follow Andrew on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrThomasAG  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

16 Lessons From 600 Episodes - Andrew Schulz, Douglas Murray & Alex Hormozi - #600

To celebrate 600 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes. Expect to learn how to have unlimited charisma, why this might be the best your life ever gets, how to work out if the entire world is a coordinated conspiracy, what Douglas Murray taught me about not having an opinion, why stupid people are more dangerous than evil people, why female self-improvement is patronising, how to gauge the honesty of anyone in your life, the danger of clickbait and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:48) It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice (04:49) Original Thinkers Are Rare (09:30) The Problem of Presence (11:58) These Are the Golden Years (21:38) Your Life Should be Led by Design, Not by Default (26:42) Mastering First Impressions (32:26) If You Can’t Live Without Caffeine, is Really Helping You? (35:24) Difference Between Male & Female Self-Improvement (42:30) Gauging the Honesty of Creators (48:22) Loneliness Comes With a Higher Complexity of Mind (50:20) How Audience Capture Has Distorted Media (53:43) Be Clear About What You Want (56:30) The Trap of Defensiveness Being Proof of Guilt 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

15 Harsh Psychology Truths - Adam Lane Smith - #599

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author. Adam has helped thousands of patients and couples to deal with problems from childhood, their relationships and their sex lives. He also writes amazing Twitter threads filled with insights from his time as a therapist and today we get to go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn the common trend Adam saw in every couples' therapy session he conducted, the biggest differences between male and female communication styles, why so many young girls are on depression medication, why the female sex drive switches after 6 to 12 months into a relationship, what mistakes all women wish guys would stop making on the first 3 dates and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://hevyapp.app.link/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:52) Is Couple’s Therapy Pointless? (09:59) The American School System Treats Boys Like Defective Girls (12:46) People Take Comfort in Diagnosable Labels (21:38) Why Men Skip Therapy (30:10) Helping Men Detox from the Red Pill Community (44:23) The Need to Understand the Female Sex Drive (52:51) Most Struggling Couples Actually Have Attachment Issues (58:57) The Problem of People Who Need Therapy but Refuse (1:00:09) Women’s Need for Validation Over Solutions (1:05:49) Dealing with Women’s Lowered Sex Drive in a Relationship (1:09:29) Do You Need Sex Before Marriage? (1:17:02) The Dumbest Mistakes Guys Make on the First Date (1:29:09) Where to Find Adam Extra Stuff: Check out Adam's website - https://adamlanesmith.com/ Follow Adam on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheBrometheus  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

The Wild Ethics Of Human Genetic Enhancement - Dr Jonathan Anomaly - #598

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher who writes about the social implications of emerging biotechnologies, teaches classes in ethics and game theory, and helped design the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at Duke University. The ability to select from potential embryos is already here. Soon, we will be able to select for height, intelligence, personality types, moral disposition, athletic ability and maybe even enhance traits which aren't present. This creates a vortex of complex ethics around one of the most contentious topics on the internet - genetics. So I decided to dive in. Expect to learn just what the current technology of embryo selection can achieve right now, whether opting to not genetically enhance your child is an unethical practise, the dangers of creating massive societal inequality, why you are already a eugenicist, whether genetic interventions are morally different from environmental ones and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:40) What We Misunderstand About Eugenics (08:58) The Difference Between Eugenics & Genetic Enhancement (17:43) The Morals of IVF & Genetic Variants (28:18) Societal Objections to Eugenics (33:21) Are Genetic Interventions Morally Different to Environmental Interventions (38:37) What Are Our Current Genetic Enhancement Capabilities? (42:50) Are Human Males Redundant? (54:54) The Most Desirable Characteristics to Enhance (1:04:50) Will People Be Able to Select for Attractiveness? (1:17:16) Possible Negative Impacts of Eugenics on Society (1:28:43) Will Eugenics Create a Higher Class? (1:35:35) The Reality of Behavioural Genetics & Heritability (1:39:47) Is it Our Moral Obligation to Have Children? (1:51:39) Where to Find Dr Anomaly Extra Stuff: Check out Dr Anomaly's website - https://jonathan-anomaly.com/ Read Dr Anomaly's papers - https://philpapers.org/  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

How To Defeat Your Self Doubt - Lewis Howes - #597

Lewis Howes is a former professional athlete, podcaster and an author. Many people are wildly uncertain that they can achieve the things they want in life. If a lack of confidence killed more dreams than a lack of capability ever will, how can we get past this self-doubt and find a place of genuine, positive reassurance to start working from? Expect to learn why your heroes aren't gods, where self doubt comes from, how to discover your mission in life, what you can learn about positivity from an army veteran who had his face blown off, how to stop negative self-talk, what to do if you don't have a support group around you, whether greatness begins with an action or a mindset first and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:37) What People Misunderstand about Greatness (06:23) Learning Positivity from an Injured Veteran (10:30) How to Find Your Personal Mission (21:10) Discovering the Source of Your Self-Doubt (33:38) Turn Fear of Failure into Action (40:38) The Balance Between Feeling Enough & Staying Hungry (43:57) The Need for a Strong Support Network (1:00:03) Powerless Mindset Vs Greatness Mindset (1:08:18) Finding The Thing that Fuels You (1:18:36) Practical Tips to Build a Greatness Mindset (1:21:20) Where to Find Lewis Extra Stuff: Buy The Greatness Mindset - https://amzn.to/3J5ThS5  Subscribe to Lewis' YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowes  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

Feminism Is No Longer Helping Women - Mary Harrington - #596

Mary Harrington is a contributing editor at UnHerd and an author. Women have been subject to a lot of changes over the past 200 years. Liberated first from the land, then from the house, then from the womb, and finally even from their own nature. But has it actually helped? Has modern feminism been for the best or has it made women's lives more confusing than ever? Expect to learn why feminism might not have delivered on the promises it made to the world, why there is a war on relationships between the sexes, Mary's guess on why there are so few families getting together, how women's liberation has only worked for a small number of women at the expense of many others, why abortion and birth control actually led to more single parent households and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:33) What Qualifies Mary to Critique Feminism? (09:00) Hasn’t There Been Progress for Women Since the Industrial Revolution? (21:28) Feminism After the 1800s (25:50) When Men ‘White-Knight’ for Women (30:20) The Impact of the Sexual Revolution (39:02) What are the Motivations Behind Modern Feminist Progress? (58:25) The Worrying Rise of 'Transhumanism' (1:11:21) Society’s Need to Abolish ‘Big Romance’ (1:25:02) Is the Sexual Revolution Sidelining Men? (1:32:16) The Feminist Case for Not Taking the Pill (1:38:24) How People Can Help to Abolish ‘Big Romance’ (1:43:26) Where to Find Mary Extra Stuff: Buy Feminism Against Progress - https://amzn.to/3YUNkfY  Subscribe to Mary's Substack - https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/  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

700k Q&A - Negative Self-Talk, Upcoming Live Tour & Ray Dalio - #595

I hit 700k 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 Ray Dalio is coming on the podcast, how to overcome negative self talk and whether I'll be doing a live tour soon. Expect to learn how I deal with nerves before big podcasts, my very simple memorisation tactic for the books I read, whether I class myself as anti-woke, if I think young men should leave the dating market all together right now, why I stopped working as a model, what t-shirts I always wear, whether I'm worried about EMFs from AirPods, my favourite chest day routine and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 7 days free access and 25% discount from Blinkist at https://blinkist.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $250 discount on Sacred Hunting’s trips at https://www.sacredhunting.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:10) Caring About What Others Think (02:07) Getting Nervous Before Podcasts (03:05) Concern About Burnout (05:25) Chris’s Book List (07:50) Why the Goggins Episode Had Ads (09:59) Modern Wisdom Merchandise (10:56) Cosmic Skeptic’s Meat Confession (13:07) 1 Million Subscriber Episode (13:44) Improving the Podcast (14:50) Naval or Curtis Yarvin on the Podcast (15:42) How to Ask Great Questions (18:18) Is Chris Anti-Woke? (20:02) Opinion on UK Tap Water (21:43) Why Chris Quit Modelling (22:47) Meditation for Beginners (23:58) Opinion on Decoding The Gurus (26:14) Staying Impartial as an Interviewer (28:11) Outsourcing Your Self-Worth (30:23) Modern Wisdom Live Shows (31:58) Will Chris Play Cricket Again? (32:11) The Podcast Intro Song (33:16) Important Changes in the World (34:01) Guesting on the Joe Rogan Podcast (34:40) Is Dating Worth the Sacrifices? (36:39) Tips to Increase Vocabulary (38:09) Chris Needs More Subscribers (38:17) Book-Writing in the Time of AI (39:58) Keep Going (40:08) Thank You Chris (40:17) How Chris’s Parents Feel About His Success (41:02) Does Chris Miss the UK? (42:25) Chris’s Haircut (42:49) Diary of a CEO (43:09) Does Chris Keep All the Books He Reads? (43:44) Ray Dalio on the Podcast (44:05) Avoiding Negative Self-Talk (46:03) What Would Chris Do Differently? (46:38) Baccarat Rouge 540 (47:43) What Brand are Chris’s T-Shirts? (48:25) Why Chris was Bullied at School (50:01) Recording with Cameron Hanes (50:55) Is the Mating Crisis That Bad? (52:59) Meeting People Who Have Been Impacted by the Podcast (54:47) Peter Attia on the Podcast (55:20) Does Chris Only Wear Vans? (56:32) Concern About EMFs (57:29) Do Men Care About Female Pubes? (58:26) Where Did 600K Subscribers Go? (58:39) Chest Day at the Gym (1:00:15) Life Advice (1:02:18) Will the Podcast Always Be Fulfilling? (1:04:55) Update on Stell Cem Treatment (1:06:29) Chris’s Process for Scheduling Episodes (1:08:17) Insights from Quitting Caffeine (1:10:26) How to ‘Do The Thing’ (1:13:57) How Chris Remembers Quotes (1:14:50) Should You Quit Soda or Booze? (1:15:15) Advice for Aspiring Podcasters (1:17:11) Over-Correcting Your Self-Improvement (1:19:58) Important Lessons from the Last Year (1:20:46) What Chris Looks for in a Podcast Guest (1:22:45) Gratitude Practices (1:24:07) Relationship Advice to 20-Year-Old (1:26:46) 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

The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence - Dr Richard Wrangham - #594

Dr Richard Wrangham is an anthropologist and primatologist, a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and an author whose research focuses on ape behaviour, human evolution, violence, and cooking. Humans have the capacity for incredible benevolence and kindness, but also are able to be execute other members of our species with a uniquely effective ruthlessness. Why would evolution give us such differing capacities to chimps and apes and what can this tell us about our nature? Expect to learn the fascinating evolutionary story of human aggression through the ages, how humans actually selectively bred ourselves to become less aggressive, how our capacity for violence informed the evolution of morality, the true reason for why humans might have a sense of right and wrong, what would have happened to a hyper aggressive male ancestrally and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Are Humans an Aggressive Species? (06:38) How Human Violence Evolved (21:08) The Self-Domestication of Man (24:33) Understanding Psychological Changes Through Bones (27:47) Has Female Aggression Evolved? (39:12) Did Violence Influence the Development of Morality? (52:26) How Much of Mythology is Justification for a Male Bias? (56:19) Evolution of Kin-to-Kin Aggression (58:44) How Sex Ratios Impacted the Local Ecology (1:06:03) Humanity’s Approach to Male Aggression in Today’s Society (1:19:17) Where to Find Dr Wrangham Extra Stuff: Buy The Goodness Paradox - https://amzn.to/3YVQz6Z  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

Why Is No One Having Sex? - Alex DatePsych - #593

Alex DatePsych is a Neuroscience and Behavioural Science researcher whose work focuses on attractiveness and dating. We are in a new age of sexlessness. It could be that right now, the human race is having less sex than ever before. Given the rise of dating apps, the sexual revolution and hormonal birth control, how is this happening? Expect to learn what the science says about whether girls find it creepy to be approached, whether dating is harder for young men now than in the past, why women's sexual desire declines at twice the rate of mens' in marriages, why there is a PUA to Incel Pipeline, if it's true that women's standards have risen over the last few decades, whether inceldom is all about looks and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:31) How to Approach Women Without Feeling Creepy (16:19) What is Causing the Rise in Sexless Men? (22:32) The Rising Standards of Women (27:34) Does Being Single for a Long Time Impact Happiness? (31:42) What It’s Like to Be in the Top 20% of Men on Dating Apps (36:40) Are Attractive Women Having More or Less Sex? (46:44) What Guys Get Wrong About What Women Find Attractive (58:12) The Origins of Inceldom (1:08:09) Do Men Really Want to Cheat? (1:16:03) Decline in Sexual Desire over Length of Relationship (1:23:42) Why People Accuse Alex of Pro-Feminist Dating Views (1:29:42) Where to Find Alex Extra Stuff: Check out Alex's website - https://datepsychology.com/  Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/datepsych  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

8 Fascinating Psychological Biases - Richard Shotton - #592

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, Founder of Astroten and an author. This might not be news to you, but the human brain isn't designed to be rational. There are cheat codes to get the brain to believe strange things, do strange things and change in ways you might not anticipate. Richard has one of the best insights into this world of mental models, psychology, consumer behaviour, principles for advertising and social change. Expect to learn the marketing secret about behaviour change that everyone forgets about, how to make habit formation absolutely seamless, why IKEA is so successful even though they don't make your furniture, a hack that any advertising campaign can use to make it stick in people's minds, how to fix the problem of choice paralysis and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get 7 days free access and 25% discount from Blinkist at https://blinkist.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:34) Why You Should Care About Behavioural Science (05:55) Stated Vs Revealed Preferences in Human Behaviour (09:48) Making Habit Formation Seamless (16:12) Are Loyalty Schemes & Incentives a Scam? (23:27) Using Ease to Change Behaviour (33:50) Increasing the Perceived Value of Something (49:29) The Generation Effect in Behavioural Science (57:55) The Behavioural Science of YouTube Thumbnails (1:04:10) Explaining the Keats Heuristic (1:12:54) The Power of Concreteness (1:17:30) Are Stories Better than Statistics? (1:28:56) Psychology Behind Precise Pricing (1:36:24) Where to Find Richard Extra Stuff: Buy The Illusion Of Choice - https://amzn.to/3XDakP7 Follow Richard on Twitter - https://twitter.com/rshotton  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

Hollywood’s Message Is Dead - Critical Drinker - #591

Critical Drinker is a movie critic, an analyst of modern entertainment media and a YouTuber. Cinema is no longer just about entertainment, it's now a platform for social and cultural ideologies to be pushed through. If you don't like what Hollywood's execs tell you to like? Too bad, that's your prejudice showing, you bigot. Expect to learn why there are no more positive heroic role models in movies, the problem with Velma getting naked on a cartoon, why Rotten Tomatoes reviews are diverging more than ever before, why Matt Damon was always right, just how destroyed Rick & Morty is as a franchise and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:30) Critical Drinker’s Background (03:04) The Gap Between Rotten Tomatoes Critic & Audience Reviews (10:16) How Marvel is Patronising Women (16:56) Why Does Hollywood Hate Men So Much? (22:28) The Current Trend of Movie Remakes (29:56) Why A Stoic Man Is a Toxic Man in Hollywood (35:24) Explaining ‘Fan-baiting’ (38:46) Will the Market Show Hollywood that People Want Better Movies Again? (44:42) Why Aren’t More Films Optimistic & Positive? (51:09) Is House of the Dragon Redeeming the Game of Thrones Franchise? (55:19) What Went Wrong with Jurassic World: Dominion (58:30) The Story of Superman’s Lips (1:06:45) Rick & Morty Co-Founder’s Downfall (1:09:09) What is Critical Drinker Looking Forward To? (1:14:28) Where to Find Critical Drinker Extra Stuff: Subscribe to Critical Drinker on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCriticalDrinker  Follow Critical Drinker on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2  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

When Will You Learn To Grow Up? - Mark Manson - #590

Mark Manson is a best selling author, blogger and a movie star.  You're not supposed to just get older, you're supposed to mature as well. You're supposed to leave the juvenile patterns and beliefs and behaviours behind as you shed your past self like a wise awakened crab. So why do so many people get stuck in old habits, and how can they get out of them? Expect to learn what most people don't understand about how relationships work, why so many men are enticed by Andrew Tate's message, what Mark thinks about the modern era of men's advice after being in the industry for over a decade, why he got depressed after a smash hit best selling book, how to deal with high standards for yourself and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 10% discount on all Optimal Carnivore’s products at www.amazon.com/optimalcarnivore (use code: WISDOMSAVE10) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:45) What People Don’t Understand About Success (06:26) Methods to Ground Yourself (11:21) Choosing Your Struggles (15:57) Why Mark Got Depressed After His First Book (22:06) Experience of Quitting Alcohol (33:05) Why Gen-Z are Impressive (45:15) Mark’s Hierarchy of Audience Capture (49:31) Thoughts on the Modern Era of Men’s Advice (1:04:13) How #MeToo Affected Dating Approaches (1:12:15) What Men Need to Focus On After Their Twenties (1:18:45) Where to Find Mark Extra Stuff: Check out Mark's website - https://markmanson.net/ Buy The Subtle Art - https://amzn.to/3YdEBVB  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

14 Lessons from 5 Years Of Modern Wisdom - #589

It's Modern Wisdom's 5th birthday!! 5 years ago on February 12th 2018 I launched this podcast with a conversation in my old company's office in the North East of England. Over the last 589 episodes, 1000+ hours and nearly 2000 days of working away on this project I've learned a lot, and today I'm going through some of the most important lessons and insights I've picked up. Expect to learn the importance of a wide vocabulary, why all amateurs are narcissists, why learning about the reasons for your actions can liberate you or destroy you, whether you should trade youth for money, if you should be known for your takes or your work, why envy not greed drives the world, how to stop getting stuck in old patterns and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:00) A Richer Vocabulary Means a Richer Life (06:10) The Tension Between Success & Desire to Feel Like You’re Enough (13:12) The Danger of Believing Your Limitations (20:00) The Vestigial Pattern Bias (27:48) Envy Drives the World, Not Greed (31:25) Do You Want to be Known for Your Work or Your Takes? (39:20) Would You Trade Money for Youth? (47:13) Proximate & Ultimate Reasons for Human Behaviour (54:31) Don’t Outsource Your Self-Worth (59:11) The Tocqueville Paradox (1:03:55) Don't Underestimate How Normal the Normies Are 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

Why Would Any Man Choose To Be Cucked? - Dr David Ley - #588

Dr David Ley is a clinical psychologist and a board member of the Sexual Health Alliance whose research focuses on issues related to sexuality, pornography and mental health. Your partner being intimate with another guy should evolutionarily be one of the biggest fears of a man's life. Actually encouraging this behaviour seems almost unthinkable, and yet cucking is becoming a much more common pursuit and one of the most popular categories of online porn. Expect to learn the stats around how common cuckolding actually is, whether cuckolding could cover up a husband's desire to be with another man, how often this goes wrong and destroys a relationship, whether sex addiction is an actual thing, some surprising research around porn addiction, how religiosity predicts dysfunction with porn and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Why Dr Ley Studied Cuckolding (04:23) How is it Possible for Men to Find Pleasure from Cuckolding? (15:13) Is Cuckolding Repressed Homosexuality? (22:17) The Weird Dynamics of Female Cuckolding (29:00) Wider Implications of Cuckolding & Porn Use on Society (34:24) How Should Children Be Taught About Sexuality? (42:31) Role of Shame in Men’s Relationship with Porn (49:10) How Porn Use Impacts Motivation to Find a Mate (53:43) Advice for People Who Want to Improve their Relationship with Porn (58:18) Where to Find Dr Ley Extra Stuff: Check out Dr Ley's website - https://www.davidleyphd.com/ Follow Dr Ley on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrDavidLey  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

19 Of Human Behaviour's Weirdest Quirks - Rory Sutherland - #587

Rory Sutherland is one of the world's leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author. Humans are an odd animal. Our behaviour sometimes makes very little sense, but when we exchange our money for products it can make even less sense. Thankfully Rory has spent decades studying the most fascinating parts of consumer psychology and today gives us some insights. Expect to learn why having a Japanese toilet might change your life, why I've become addicted to first class airline cabin reviews, how ChatGPT will impact the marketing world, how to increase your luck in life, whether vaping should be banned, why VR hasn't taken off, if I'm buying McDonald's grease-proof gaming chair and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Rory’s Thoughts on Liquid Death & Reverse Branding (05:04) Advancing the Ways We Watch Television (16:10) Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (20:20) Why Isn’t VR More Popular? (27:29) A New, Supersonic Jet to Replace the Concorde (35:43) ChatGPT’s Impact on Advertising (50:26) Rory’s New Purchases (1:01:01) The Current State of the Vaping Conversation (1:07:58) How to Increase Your Chances of Getting Lucky in Life (1:14:15) People No Longer Use Nuance (1:24:40) Why We Need to Stop Mono-Thinking (1:35:35) Typos that Turned Out to Be Successful (or Welsh) Extra Stuff: Buy Alchemy - https://amzn.to/3DyaBfo  Follow Rory on Twitter - https://twitter.com/rorysutherland  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

Why Do Women Take Sexy Selfies? - Dr Khandis Blake - #586

Dr Khandis Blake is an Evolutionary Social Psychologist at the University of Melbourne whose research focuses on status seeking, the menstrual cycle & sexual politics. It is no surprise that women try to enhance their beauty, put on makeup, wear high heels and sometimes take off some layers for photos. But what predicts beautification? Is it all a product of the patriarchy or is it something else? Just why are women making all this effort? Expect to learn whether women condemn promiscuity more when they have sons, what predicts a high prevalence of sexy selfies, whether society has an incel problem, the relationship between makeup and female assertiveness, how income inequality motivates some very odd behaviour and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Why Do Women Take Sexy Selfies? (06:55) Predicting Increases in Sexy Selfie-Taking (16:25) How Income Equality Impacts Intra-sexual Competition (22:14) Do Sex Ratios Influence Beautification? (28:51) Causes of Conflict Between the Sexes (35:04) Should We Worry About the Future of the Dating Market? (49:37) Does the West Have an Incel Crisis? (1:02:57) Is it Easier for Men to Self-Improve than Women? (1:10:54) Dr Blake’s Background in Gender Studies (1:18:19) Where to Find Dr Blake Extra Stuff: Follow Khandis on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KhandisBlake  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

Are Smart People Actually Happier? - Adam Mastroianni - #585

Adam Mastroianni is a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia Business School and a writer whose research focuses on how people perceive and misperceive their social worlds. Does being smart make you happy? Does being dumb make you miserable? Why did the guy who created eugenics also get published in Nature for a revolutionary way to cut a cake? Adam is one of my favourite writers so today I get to ask him all these things. Expect to learn why super smart people can be so stupid, Adam's issue with the productivity approach of eating frogs, whether you can learn arithmetic by smell, why humans misjudge what other people want to talk about, why we forget so many of the things that we've learned, how come it's trendy to call the general public stupid and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (05:23) Why Aren’t Smart People Happier? (16:25) Adam’s Issue with ‘Eating the Frog’ (25:12) The Strange Work & Tests of Sir Francis Galton (34:31) How We Misjudge Conversations (38:26) What the Media is Overlooking in Society (41:04) Why We Forget So Much of What We Learn (49:45) How Adam Overcomes Writer’s Block (1:00:30) How We Misperceive the Sanity of Others (1:06:55) Is It Possible to Overcome our Inherent Biases? (1:11:11) Where to Find Adam Extra Stuff: Follow Adam's Substack - https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/ Check out Adam's website - https://www.adammastroianni.com/  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

How To Take Control Of Your Attention - Dr Gloria Mark - #584

Dr Gloria Mark is the Chancellor's professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California and an author whose research focuses on human-computer interaction. Not being able to focus and suffering with distracted attention is one of the most common complaints amongst people in the modern world. The ability to stay focussed on a single task for a long period of time is hugely beneficial and yet has never been more difficult to achieve. Expect to learn what attention actually is and how it works, the average amount of time that people spend on a single task in the modern world, why attention is so easy to distract, whether multitasking is actually a thing, how to take back control from your distractions, how to deal with guilt around being distracted, the best way to design your daily routine for maximum focus and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Is Our Attention Worse Than it Was 20 Years Ago? (05:15) Misunderstanding How Attention Works (10:12) The Basics of our Attention System (17:13) Is ADHD Becoming More Common? (20:37) Seeing Attention as a Precious Resource (24:47) It Isn’t Humanly Possible to Multitask (32:42) Is our Relationship with Technology Addictive? (38:29) The Impact of Algorithms on our Attention (46:52) Developing the Skill of Self-Regulation (58:45) Don’t Use Social Media on Your Break (1:03:12) Designing Your Day for Maximum Focus (1:13:29) Where to Find Dr Mark Extra Stuff: Buy Attention Span - https://amzn.to/3HzL1ZC  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

Is Population Collapse A Real Risk? - Stephen J. Shaw - #583

Stephen J Shaw is a data scientist and filmmaker. Over the last 7 years, Stephen has visited 24 countries and analysed millions of piece of data to work out what is happening with global birthrates and predict the earth's future population. The answer is shocking and literally every person needs to be aware of it. Expect to learn how 70% of countries on earth are below the population tipping point, what the cause of such rapidly changing birthrates can be attributed to, why women seem to find motherhood less attractive in 2023, whether marriage rates need to be raised, if cost of living, hormonal birth control or environmentalism is to blame and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on Cured Nutrition’s CBD at https://curednutrition.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:17) Stephen’s Motivations for Studying Population Collapse (05:04) Whatever Happened to the Population ‘Bomb?’ (11:06) The Deeply Concerning Birth Rate of Western Nations (19:18) Do Women Want to Have Children? (36:07) Do Men Want to Have Children? (44:08) Are Finances Getting in the Way? (56:06) Is it our Moral Imperative to Have Children? (1:02:02) Why Industrialisation Correlates with Declining Birth Rates (1:09:22) Impact of Declining Birth Rates on the Economy (1:17:00) How Nations Can Improve Birth Rates (1:23:19) Where to Find Stephen Extra Stuff: Watch Birthgap on YouTube - https://youtu.be/A6s8QlIGanA  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

TikTok Dancing Through The Apocalypse - Zack Telander - #582

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber. TikTok may be a colossal waste of time, but at least most people consider it to be harmless. A recently blog post made me think differently and today we look at the world's first digital weapon of mass-destruction through pleasure rather than pain. Expect to learn why Digital Dementia is a real phenomenon, how young girls are developing tourettes-like tics from watching videos, the dangers of atrophying focus through watching too much TikTok, why Grammarly and ChatGPT are no longer impartial, the awkwardness of vlogging a day in the life at Google when you get laid-off, whether calling a man bald is sexual harassment and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:22) TikTok Is Destroying the West (20:46) Grammarly Has Turned Woke (24:58) The Political Bias of AI Chat (34:18) Google & Meta’s Adult Daycare Ends (40:41) Calling a Man Bald is Sexual Harassment in the UK (46:21) Floyd Mayweather’s Return to the Ring (51:36) Dick Durbin’s New Supplement Law (1:00:16) Should You Approach Women in the Gym? (1:10:48) What’s Next for Zack? Extra Stuff: Gurwinder’s article - https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/tiktok-may-be-a-chinese-bio-weapon Subscribe to Zack's YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC94_fvLx7abZgs9LIkM7jxw  Get Zack's Program for $1 - https://www.patreon.com/zacktelander Follow Zack on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coach_zt 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

Understanding The Wonders Of Science - Neil deGrasse Tyson - #581

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and science communicator. The universe is filled with mystery. Science has answered a lot and yet there's still so many fundamental questions which we seem no closer to understanding. What is consciousness? Are we alone in the universe? And why do people argue so much on the internet? Expect to learn what would happen if the moon disappeared, how Neil has dealt with the fallout from Patrick Bet David's podcast, why Sir Christopher Wren was an architect troll, Neil's best answer to the fermi paradox, why the world of astropolitics will be very complicated, why your colon bacteria doesn't think very highly of you and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:35) Change the World By Being Effective (06:40) Neil’s Experience with Patrick Bet-David (11:00) Should Kids Study Maths Until They’re 18? (22:05) Society’s Need to Separate Opinion from Expertise (28:12) Dealing with the Harsh Truths of the Universe (30:30) Is There Consciousness Elsewhere in the Universe? (37:03) Should We Fear Living Microbes on Mars? (46:00) The Value of Metals & Rock from Other Planets (50:56) Consequences of our Moon Disappearing (54:13) Why Seasons are so Different in Game of Thrones (57:19) The Habitable Worlds Observatory (1:01:44) What Neil is Working On Extra Stuff: Check out Neil's book - https://amzn.to/3ZDrHlc  Follow Neil on Twitter - https://twitter.com/neiltyson  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

What Use Are Female Friendships? - Dr Tania Reynolds - #580

Dr Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of New Mexico whose research focuses on women's intrasexual competition, biases in moral evaluations and social and sexual selection. Ancestrally, men needed to go to war and hunt. Given this, it would be rather useful to be friends with the spear-wielding bloke next to you so that you know he's got your back. Women's use case for friends is much more subtle and difficult to determine however, and today we try to decipher the underpinnings of female friendships. Expect to learn why women dislike working underneath a female boss, the painful social existence that very attractive women have to endure, why both men and women bias seeing women as victims and men as perpetrators, why women develop opposite-sex friendships, the most common ways women derogate their rivals, why sexual gossip is a ruthless precision engineered tool and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Why Women Don’t Like Female Bosses (09:06) Are Female Friendships More Vicious? (19:04) How People Respond to Male Suffering (28:22) What Women Get From Friendships (32:02) Why Women Develop Opposite-Sex Friendships (45:18) The Useful Weapon of Gossip (55:50) Tania’s Research into Slut-Shaming (1:02:09) The ‘Bless Her Heart’ Effect (1:08:00) How Female Competition Impacts Self-Image & Diet (1:13:22) What is Driving the Increasing Sexualisation of Society? (1:16:40) Where to Find Dr Reynolds Extra Stuff: Follow Tania on Twitter - https://twitter.com/taniaarline  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

The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Performers - Peter Diamandis - #579

Peter Diamandis is an engineer, physician, founder of the X Prize Foundation and cofounder of Singularity University. If you got rid of Elon Musk's money, or Steve Jobs' factories, they would likely still end up in a successful place because of their mindset. Peter has incubated some of the fastest growing and most innovative CEOs, businesses and performers and developed a number of rules around how to optimise your mental state. Expect to learn the practises that Peter teaches his students to maximise their mindset's effectiveness, the most important principles of developing a big vision for life, how to overcome negativity and limiting beliefs, whether Peter believes humans are going to be able to live to 120 soon, what's happening with space tourism and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:59) Peter’s Journey to Where He Is Now (08:48) How Technology Will Help Us to Love Life (13:13) The Source of our Culture of Cynicism (19:40) Steps to Having an Abundance Mindset (26:58) How Our Bodies Are Dealing With Complex Lives (40:54) Experience with Stem Cell Treatment (43:58) Peter’s Supplement Routine (47:06) Should We Eat Less Red Meat? (54:38) Biggest Tips for Longevity (56:20) Where to Find Peter Extra Stuff: Check out Peter's website - https://www.diamandis.com/ Follow Peter on Twitter - https://twitter.com/PeterDiamandis  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

Lessons From The World's Longest Study On Happiness - Dr Robert Waldinger - #578

Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of adult life ever conducted. What makes for a good life? That was one of the main questions I asked myself when I began this podcast. A far easier solution would have been to speak to Dr Waldinger as his team has been researching thousands of the same individuals for 75 years to answer this question definitively. Expect to learn how you operate a longitudinal study that spans more time than any researcher's career, just how in depth this study went with brain scans and blood tests, what the most important factors which determined life happiness were, how many friends people should have, whether being married makes you live longer, what role achievement has on happiness and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:16) Logistics of The World’s Longest Happiness Study (09:09) Why the Study Focuses on Happiness (12:34) Biggest Misconceptions of What Makes a Happy Life (17:42) Defining Happiness (27:14) Why Do Relationships Matter So Much? (35:43) How Self-centred Actions Lead to Lower Happiness (38:02) What to Look for in an Intimate Partner (44:32) Can Friendships Replace Marriage? (47:34) How Relationships Benefit Health (54:49) Influence of Childhood on Future Relationships (57:58) Is Happiness Based on Luck? (1:02:18) Is Current Society Conducive to Happiness? (1:05:34) What’s Next for the Study? (1:07:39) Where to Find Dr Waldinger Extra Stuff: Buy The Good Life - https://amzn.to/3QwWQ5D  Check out Bob's website - http://www.robertwaldinger.com/  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

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577

David Goggins is a retired United States Navy SEAL, ultramarathon runner, triathlete, public speaker and an author.  The ability to overcome challenges in life is one we will all need sooner or later. Make no mistake, discomfort is coming for you whether you're ready or not. Goggins happens to be one of the best individuals on earth at dealing with hard things and after a long time without any podcast appearances, I met him in Vegas to find out what new insights he's uncovered. Expect to learn what most people get wrong about motivation, Goggins' thoughts on claims that SEAL selection is too hard, what the most painful experience of his life was, the danger of success making you soft, why he ran the MOAB 240 twice with no knee cartilage, why he recorded a mixtape of insults from the internet, how to overcome laziness, what David's entire daily routine looks like and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/wisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:33) David's New Career of Smoke Jumping (07:00) The Danger of Success Making You Soft (13:21) Is SEAL Selection Too Harsh? (17:54) Running the Moab 240 (23:40) David's One-Second Decision Theory (32:11) When Moab Round #2 Wrecked David’s Ass (36:03) The Most Painful Pursuit Of David's Life (42:52) Why Make a Mixtape of Hate Messages? (53:33) What People Get Wrong About Motivation (57:49) David’s Daily Routine (1:01:31) How to Build Unshakable Confidence (1:07:52) Sharing David’s Mother’s Difficult Experiences (1:17:57) Why David Went Back to See His Tyrannical Father (1:24:53) Speaking up Against Bullying (1:32:56) What it Was Like Being Studied By Andrew Huberman (1:37:45) The Loneliness of Elite Performance (1:44:45) Being Friends with Joe Rogan & The Rock (1:49:31) What’s Next for David? Extra Stuff: Buy Never Finished - https://amzn.to/3Qvcdvs  Follow David on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidgoggins  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

Does Psychology Have A Negative View Of Masculinity? - Dr John Barry - #576

Dr John Barry is a Chartered Psychologist and Professional Researcher, Co-Founder of The Centre for Male Psychology and a leading expert in men’s mental health. Men and women both need help with their mental wellbeing, now more than ever. Yet there seems to be a particular blindness when it comes to men's psychology and how to treat it, plus how to effectively communicate with men about their issues. Expect to learn why traditional masculinity is seen as problematic by the American Psychological Association, the most important factors that impact the wellbeing of a sample of over 4,000 men, the unique challenges that male psychology poses, how important it is for men to have a partner in life, whether men staring at women should be made illegal and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:18) The Need for a Centre for Male Psychology (08:09) Does Male Gender Blindness Exist? (16:05) What Therapists Are Taught About Traditional Masculinity (22:39) Dr Barry’s Thoughts on the Term ‘Toxic Masculinity’ (29:00) How Society’s View of Masculinity Impacts Male Well-being (40:38) When Did Psychology’s Negative Bias Towards Men Begin? (44:14) Outcome of Boys from Fatherless Homes (47:19) Unique Challenges for Men in Managing Mental Health (57:16) The Rise & Consequences of Loneliness in Men (1:06:59) Where to Find Dr Barry Extra Stuff: Check out The Centre For Male Psychology - https://www.centreformalepsychology.com/ Follow Dr Barry on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MalePsychology  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

Why You Should Take The White Pill - Michael Malice - #575

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster. The 1900s saw some of the worst atrocities in human history. Evil was abound and the bad guys were on top a lot, with the Soviet Union being one of the most brutal examples. Given this, what reason do we have for any hope in the modern world? Expect to learn just how brutal the Soviet jails and gulags were, the torture methods used to extract confessions, how the Western Press were complicit in covering up Russian crimes, the incredible heroism and ingenuity used by people to get through the Berlin wall, why the bad guys don't have to win, Michael's justification for there always being hope and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on Cured Nutrition’s CBD at https://curednutrition.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:13) Do the Public Know Anything About the Cold War? (07:20) Michael’s Message of Hope (12:35) Why is Cynicism So Prevalent in Society? (19:02) Why Ayn Rand’s Speech is Important (24:39) The Inability to Foresee Consequences of Communism (32:12) Political Philosophy at the Start of the 20th Century (39:53) Fundamental Philosophy of the Soviet Union (52:40) Marxism’s Goal of Global Communism (1:00:57) The Most Brutal Aspects of the Soviet Union (1:08:46) Who Was Walter Duranty? (1:13:07) Soviet Tactics to Arrest Innocent People (1:22:03) Soviet Methods of Torture (1:33:10) The Importance of the Berlin Wall (1:40:42) Reasons for Hope (1:53:09) Our Present Fight Against Evil (2:02:47) Michael’s Experience of Writing the Book Extra Stuff: Buy The White Pill - https://amzn.to/3vAtPfH Follow Michael on Twitter - https://twitter.com/michaelmalice  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

600k Q&A - Masculinity Crisis, Overrated Thinkers & Lex Fridman - #574

I hit 600k 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 Lex Fridman is coming on the podcast, who the most overrated thinker is and my plans for 2023. Expect to learn what my thoughts are on masculinity being in a crisis, my best advice for men in their 20's, whether it's possible to have a well meaning conversation about the Left without calling everyone woke, where I buy my t-shirts from, who I want to bring on the show in 2023, my biggest tips for starting a YouTube channel, why it's a good thing that Newton didn't have Twitter and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:02) Chris’s Spotify Listenership (02:03) Returning to College Later in Life (03:05) Changing Opinion on Birth Control (04:56) Recommended Books (05:20) Micro-dosing Mushrooms in Vegas (06:12) ‘Does Bruno Mars Is Gay?’ (06:24) Writing a Book (08:26) Hitting 600K Subs (09:41) Back Troubles (10:47) January Special Guest (12:24) Chris’s Uni Accommodation (13:02) Foregoing Relationships for Self-Improvement (15:00) Who in Self-Help is Overrated? (15:58) 2 Million Subscribers? (16:29) Chris’s Relationship with Alcohol (18:03) Are We in a Masculinity Crisis? (22:00) Why Chris Cut His Afro (22:59) Obsession with Evolutionary Psychology (25:11) Advice for a Party-Hard Guy (27:58) Spaghetti Fingers or Lasagne Feet? (28:59) Sam Harris (29:57) Stupid Guests (31:00) Would Chris Be Successful if He Was Ugly? (33:55) A Dream Guest for 2023 (35:56) F***, Marry, Kill: Rogan, Schulz, Peterson (37:00) Justin Timberlake Hair (37:15) Influence of Andrew Huberman (38:36) Abstaining from Alcohol (38:52) Is Athletic Greens Worth the Hype? (39:25) How Careful is Chris About Guest Selection? (41:54) Most Under-appreciated Modern Thinker (42:53) How to Find Good Friends (45:29) Chris’s Involvement in the Nightclub Business (46:36) Will Chris Host Rogan? (47:00) Greatest Achievement (48:14) Tips for Starting a Channel (50:47) Difference Between the Radical & Sensible Left (53:57) Origin of Bro Science (55:15) Being Surrounded by Negative People (56:20) Do You Need a Platform to Start a Podcast? (58:25) Is Chris Still Hungry? (1:00:41) Marriage & Children (1:01:30) Continuing to Find New Content (1:03:08) Popularity of Dating Shows (1:05:11) Matthew Walker (1:06:11) Was Jocko Difficult to Deal With? (1:07:33) Favourite Evolutionary Psychology Books (1:08:15) Is it Safe to Workout Commando? (1:08:24) Avoiding YouTube Censorship (1:09:12) Chris’s Background Lights (1:09:39) Number 1 Life Hack (1:09:53) Best Advice for Guys in Their 20’s (1:10:22) Adapting YouTube Styles for 2023 (1:11:43) Having Direct Conversations in the Manosphere (1:13:09) Avoiding Controversy (1:14:14) Collaborating with Lex Fridman (1:14:48) Does Chris Meditate? (1:15:34) Where Does Chris Buy His T-Shirts? (1:16:08) Becoming a Better Mother (1:16:33) How to Settle Down Young (1:17:35) Favourite UK City (1:17:40) Is Chris on TRT? (1:17:49) Opinion on Andrew Tate (1:18:02) Trimming Pubes (1:18:18) What Chris Thinks of WEF & Jews (1:18:47) Did Historical Figures Benefit from Not Having the Internet? (1:19:41) Seeking Progression (1:20:50) What Trait Should Bring a Higher Status? (1:21:56) End of Year Review (1:22:36) Michael Malice 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