1.75M Q&A - Growing Pains, Social Anxiety & Dating Problems - #752

Modern Wisdom

03/02/24

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I hit 1.75 million 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 my thoughts on James Smith's recent video about modern podcasting, why women are so afraid of men now and how to deal with social anxiety.

Expect to learn whether I think Coffeezilla is right that people should only speak on their expertise, my ultimate goal with the podcast, how to balance high standards with gratitude, the plans for Neutonic, what my pickleball rating is, whether I'll start changing the show's content when I have a family and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:51) Chris’s First Job & Missing the UK (03:43) James Smith’s Analysis of Modern Podcasts (14:42) Pickleball Ambitions & Remaining Grateful (20:58) Future Plans for Neutonic (22:02) How Success Impacts Relationships (24:46) Greatest Midwit Memes of Recent Times (26:58) Ads on Modern Wisdom (29:23) If Chris Could Only Keep 10 Exercises (30:55) Most Impactful Life Lessons (33:47) The Risk of Becoming a Meme (36:22) Building an Undeniable Stack of Evidence (38:44) Isolation of Living in Front of a Screen (43:16) If Chris Had Kids Would Modern Wisdom Become More Dad-Centric? (47:13) A Fight Between Squirrels & Beavers (49:43) Chris’s Back Issues & Stem Cell Treatment (53:11) What Chris is Proud of & Ashamed of (57:07) The Mindset of Training Like an Athlete (1:00:15) Pushing Back on Guests & Guest Suggestions (1:06:47) Places Chris Would Like to Visit (1:08:20) Chris’s Spiritual Beliefs (1:09:15) How to Get Great Guests on Your Podcast (1:13:11) Are Podcasts Just Profit-Oriented? (1:17:30) Navigating the Dating Arena in Your 30s (1:22:04) Insights Into Neutonic (1:24:07) Picking Yourself Up When You Lose Steam (1:29:32) Are Women More Anxious About Men? (1:32:02) Closing Thoughts

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What Does Science Say Makes Someone Attractive? - Macken Murphy - #751

February 29, 2024

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122m

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, a writer and a podcaster.

No one has ever said they want to be less attractive. But what does attractive actually mean? What do humans like to look at in other humans, and why? Thankfully science has some insights to help you understand why you like what you like.

Expect to learn the role of symmetry in attraction, why the most average faces are actually the most attractive ones, how important muscles, waist-to-hip ratio, tattoos, beards, eye colour, height and voice are, how to work out what is a stated and what is a revealed preference and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) What Actually Makes an Attractive Face? (05:30) Why Masculine Faces Can Cause Concern for Women (13:56) The Different Signals of Make-Up & Tan (18:17) What Makes an Eye Attractive? (20:20) Why We Are So Drawn to Faces (26:28) Do Women Like Muscular Men? (31:34) Do Men Like Heavier Women? (42:11) Men’s Tastes Are Shaped by Social Ecology (46:10) Is There a Generally Attractive Waist to Hip Ratio? (54:27) What Role Does Height Play in Attraction? (1:02:12) What Happens When the Female is the Breadwinner (1:12:14) Worst Mating & Dating Myths (1:16:00) Are Women Really More Picky Than Men? (1:26:00) Discriminating Based on Hair Colour (1:30:59) Do Men Want Wider Age Gaps as They Age? (1:35:16) How Attractive Are Tattoos? (1:41:20) What You Need to Know About Stated v Revealed Preferences (1:51:37) The Counter-Signal of Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ (2:01:28) Where to Find Macken

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What Went Wrong With America? - Tim Kennedy - #753

March 4, 2024

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168m

Tim Kennedy is a Special Forces master sergeant, former professional UFC fighter, and an author.

There's a lot of doomerism in the world. Assumptions that things are terrible and they're never going to get better. I don't agree, and neither does Tim.

Expect to learn how we can fix the American military’s recruitment problem, Tim’s first hand experience of what’s really going on at the southern border, the wild stories of unknown military heroes that we should know more about, how Tim plans to fix the current education system, the state of veteran mental health, the best preparation routine every tourist needs to know before travelling abroad and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) 77% of Young People Are Unfit for the Military (06:02) The Important Role of Wise Grandparents (09:22) Young People’s Views on Conscription (17:08) The Armed Forces Needs New Messaging (21:20) Is Too Much Freedom Making Us Weak? (27:08) Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (31:25) The State of the US/Mexico Border (41:30) Strategies for Solving the Immigration Crisis (47:53) The Reality of Being in an Armed Conflict (59:29) Men Who Couldn’t Bring Themselves to Shoot in War (1:04:07) A Soldier Tim Wishes Everyone Knew About (1:13:43) When Tim Ran Out of Ammo in a Gun Fight (1:16:24) How Do You Rest During a 5-Day Conflict? (1:21:27) Why Terrorists Use Civilians as Body Shields (1:28:25) What Does it Feel Like to Be Shot? (1:33:54) How Tim’s Experiences Have Shaped Him (1:40:03) Common Recurring Memories of Conflict (1:47:49) The Current State of Veteran Mental Health (1:59:08) What People Suffering With Trauma Need to Hear (2:07:32) Why Smart Guns Are Lame (2:11:02) The Problems Facing Education in America (2:28:06) Greatest Principles for Raising Kids (2:34:41) Why Tim Thought Israel/Palestine Would Have Been Much Worse (2:38:11) Thoughts on Vivek Ramaswamy & RFK Jr (2:42:50) How Much of Political Division is Stoked By External Actors? (2:48:34) Where to Find Tim

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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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