15 Harsh Psychology Truths - Adam Lane Smith - #599
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03/09/23
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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...
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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
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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...
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(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
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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
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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...
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(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
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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
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