Has America Completely Lost Its Mind? - Ben Shapiro - #845

Modern Wisdom

09/30/24

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Ben Shapiro is a political commentator, Co-Founder of the Daily Wire, an author and a podcaster.

Election years are always chaotic, but this one feels particularly spicy. Why is the world at fever pitch and how much is actually going to stop after November?

Expect to learn if the 2024 election is going to be a typical one, why Ben hasn't had Donald Trump on his show, Ben's experience with childhood bullying and how it changed him, what Ben wished more men realised about masculinity, his thoughts on Elon Musk, how to deal with public criticism and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Why This Election is Particularly Wild (04:38) Why Ben Hasn’t Had Trump on His Show (12:43) What if Trump Runs Again in 2028? (16:47) Can America Ever Be United? (19:33) Are Forces Conspiring Against Trump? (28:16) The Media’s Response to Assassination Attempts on Trump (41:50) Ben’s Experience in School (52:42) Advice to People Who Don’t Fit in (58:40) Being a Father & Public Figure (01:04:06) Sympathy for the Insecure Overachiever (01:10:57) How to Pick the Right Partner (01:22:28) What Ben Wishes More Men Knew (01:30:51) The Risk of Becoming a Caricature of Yourself (01:35:17) Does Ben Regret Doing a Daily Show? (01:39:48) Dealing With Intense Public Criticism (01:46:08) Why Scientific American Endorsed Kamala Harris (01:50:22) Keeping Your Sanity During the Election (01:55:05) Elon Musk’s Rise to Prominence (02:01:23) Have We Passed Peak Woke?

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Why Do Humans Actually Have Emotions? - Dr Laith Al-Shawaf - #844

September 28, 2024

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94m

Dr Laith Al-Shawaf is an emotions researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCCS.

Humans have a wide range of emotions. But why do we feel anything at all? Why do we have a felt sense of emotions and how did they evolve?

Expect to learn the evolutionary story of why humans feel stuff, whether some emotions are more basic than others, evolutionary explanations for joy, anger, disgust, envy, awe, happiness and much more...

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(00:00) Why Do We Have Emotions? (06:37) How Our Emotions Advocate For Us (14:02) Emotions From an Evolutionary Perspective (20:54) Are Some Emotions More Basic Than Others? (25:02) Why We Experience Fear & Surprise (28:34) How Shame is Adaptive (36:47) Why Anxiety is So Prevalent in Modern Society (44:59) Explaining the Trait of Need for Cognition (54:14) Feeling Emotions About Emotions (01:03:49) The Difference Between Envy & Jealousy (01:08:33) Emotions That Aren’t Really Adaptive (01:16:26) How Laith Applies His Work to Daily Life (01:32:55) Where to Find Laith

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How Will The 2024 Election Play Out? - Nate Silver - #846

October 3, 2024

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70m

Nate Silver is a statistician, writer of Silver Bulletin, and Founder of FiveThirtyEight.

No one truly knows who will win an election, but if anyone does, it's Nate. He is the man behind the most accurate, sophisticated polling data assessments in America and has an insight into modern culture like no one else.

Expect to learn why this election cycle differs from other ones, just how complex election prediction models are, what the most important topics of this election are, whether there is ever a chance for a 3rd party option to become president, the role of the media in determining who wins and much more...

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(00:00) How Nate Mastered Sports Betting (04:01) Models Used to Predict Elections (08:03) The Way People Vote Today (11:02) Why Kamala Harris Isn’t Appearing on Podcasts (14:54) Do Debates Change People’s Minds? (17:22) The Impact of Running Mates (23:53) Have the Assassination Attempts Impacted the Election? (30:16) The States That Decide the Election (32:50) Likelihood of a Third-Party Candidate Being Elected (37:39) The Power of ‘the Village & the River’ (44:48) Nate’s Experiences With Sam Bankman-Fried (49:24) Why Crypto Investors Are More Likely to Be Scammed (56:29) Psychology of High Risk-Takers (01:01:54) The Price You Pay to Be Nate Silver (01:04:30) Nate’s Core Values (01:10:13) Where to Find Nate

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