How Long Could Humanity Continue For? - Will MacAskill - #512

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08/13/22

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Will MacAskill is a philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the Effective Altruism movement.

Humans understand that long term thinking is a good idea, that we need to provide a good place for future generations to live. We try to leave the world better than when we arrived for this very reason. But what about the world in one hundred thousand years? Or 8 billion? If there's trillions of human lives still to come, how should that change the way we act right now?

Expect to learn why we're living through a particularly crucial time in the history of the future, the dangers of locking in any set of values, how to avoid the future being ruled by a malevolent dictator, whether the world has too many or too few people on it, how likely a global civilisational collapse is, why technological stagnation is a death sentence and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:25) Introduction to Long-Termism (07:35) Why Our Present Choices Matter (15:13) Possible Futures of Technology & Morals (23:49) Will’s Problem with ‘Happy Birthday’ (34:35) Preventing Human Extinction (42:50) Is Earth Over-Populated? (48:25) Risks of Technological Stagnation (59:17) The Current Focus on Climate Change (1:07:19) Extinction Vs Collapse (1:22:04) Our Goal for the Future of Humanity (1:31:42) Where to Find Will

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Does Anyone Care About Male Loneliness? - Max Dickins - #511

August 11, 2022

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Max Dickins is a comedian, writer and a mental health advocate.

Loneliness is as dangerous as smoking. And men are suffering worse than ever. This is bad for them, it's bad for their partners, it's bad for their employers, their children and society at large. Men are struggling to toe the line between manning up and opening up and many of them are doing neither.

Expect to learn what Max learned from having no best man to choose for his wedding, how men's loneliness differs from female loneliness, the evolutionary explanation for shallower male friendships, how being in a shed can help you bond, why contributing to a project and doing things is crucial for bonding amongst men, whether the manosphere is helping and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (02:43) Difference Between Man Up & Open Up (08:48) Why is Male Loneliness Unique? (19:49) Fundamentals of Friendship (25:56) How Treatment for Men & Women Should be Different (33:24) Defining Masculinity (40:21) Is this a British Problem? (50:55) Emotional Labour & Marriage (57:52) Importance of Bonding Through Doing Things (1:06:29) Max’s Thoughts on the Manosphere (1:14:07) How to Prevent Male Loneliness (1:16:45) Where to Find Max

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450k Q&A - Joe Rogan, NoFap & Andrew Tate vs Jordan Peterson - #513

August 15, 2022

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87m

I hit 450k Subscribers on YouTube!!

To celebrate, I asked for questions and got nearly 1000 this time, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As usual there's some very cool questions in here about my experience on Joe Rogan's podcast, dating advice for young people and my thoughts on masculinity.

Expect to learn whether I think Jordan Peterson should debate Andrew Tate, how to become a better speaker, whether I would rather fight Joe Rogan or Mike Tyson in an MMA match, if TikTok is a harbinger of the apocalypse, whether I'm worried about too much fame, my favourite supplements to stay sharp, how to make friends when you're growing as a person, how to succeed in dating without using apps and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:07) NoFap Thoughts (01:48) Audience Capture (03:30) What Chris Invests In (04:33) Joe Rogan Experience (06:01) Lex Fridman (06:57) Austin Meet-Ups (07:54) Speaking & Conversation Skills (09:41) Is Chris a Geordie or a Texan? (10:45) Rogan vs Mike Tyson (11:51) Are Looks a Disadvantage? (13:23) Insights from Joe Rogan Podcast (14:59) Information Retention (17:23) Growing Modern Wisdom (19:05) Gaining More Followers (20:55) TikTok (22:42) OnlyFans (23:49) The Manosphere (25:51) Jordan Peterson vs Andrew Tate (26:38) Preparation for Rogan (29:45) Fame (32:12) Clothing Brands (33:21) Bitcoin (33:37) Being British (33:48) Chris’s Age (34:10) Chris’s Bugatti (34:21) Creepy Club Promoter (35:00) Russell Brand (36:17) Is Youth Culture Suffering? (39:42) New Subs after Rogan (40:32) Love Island 2022 (41:48) Episode with Rogan (42:11) Clothes Shopping in America (42:30) Senegalese Pirates (42:56) JRE Aspirations (43:41) Hiring People (46:43) Rogan Episode (47:07) When Lambo? (47:58) Club Promoting (49:07) Reading List 2.0 (50:17) Sam Harris (50:52) Simulation or God? (50:59) Goal Anxiety (51:55) Nutritional Supplements (53:16) Michael Malice (53:54) Austin Dislikes (54:29) Fatherhood (54:59) Feeling Understood (56:30) Surprises about Rogan Episode (57:20) Advice for Making Friends (59:10) Balancing the Inner Critic (1:01:01) Relating to Younger Generations (1:03:25) Finding Balance (1:07:11) Dating Offline (1:08:39) Becoming a Club Promoter (1:10:50) Creating Passion Projects (1:13:09) Jocko Willink (1:14:54) FOMO (1:18:43) Satisfaction from Rogan (1:21:08) Calm in Confrontation (1:23:03) Dating in Difficult Circumstances (1:25:25) Self-Love (1:25:43) Motivation

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