Stop Being Shamed Out Of Your Competitive Edge - Mark Bell - #549

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11/07/22

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Mark Bell is a world record-breaking powerlifter, owner of Super Training Gym and inventor of the Sling Shot.

A lack of support killed more dreams than a lack of competence ever did. There's a modern trend that trying hard at things and taking them seriously is uncool. Disincentivising excellence is one of the worst habits a society can have and it's time to put a stop to it.

Expect to learn why taking a compliment is a skill that many of us don't have, why there is no growth without having a goal you're working toward, why Mark has never had a bad day, what it was like to train under the legendary Louie Simmons at Westside Barbell, how crucial the story you tell yourself about life is and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (03:37) Surrounding Yourself with Success-Minded People (14:03) Awkwardness in Receiving Compliments (19:41) Unexpectedly Creating Negative Environments (26:39) Can You Be Selfless Without Being Selfish? (30:49) Power of Having an Abundance Mindset (38:31) Mark Has Never Had a Bad Day (45:47) Results of Younger People Being Exposed to Self-Development (1:01:09) Practices to Reframe a Negative Situation (1:16:10) Where to Find Mark

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Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult? - Tim Harford - #548

November 5, 2022

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72m

Tim Harford is an economist, associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a journalist and an author.

Humans need to be able to accurately judge the world around them. With more information than ever, this should be getting easier by the year and yet clear thinking seems to be ever more elusive. Why are we so prone to biases and what are some of the biggest rationality blunders from history?

Expect to learn why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle got obsessed with photos of fairies, what everyone misunderstands about inflation, the danger indiscriminate doubt and reflexive cynicism, the similarities between magic and misinformation, why smart people get hijacked by ideology and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (02:00) Innovations from Seth Stephens-Davidowitz & Rory Sutherland (11:50) What People Get Wrong About Inflation (17:40) The Laziness of Toxic Cynicism (25:05) How the Pandemic Impacted Trust in Experts (30:08) Negative Consequences of Growing Skepticism (34:39) How Magic Links with Misinformation (39:55) Effectiveness of Using Intuition & Feeling (51:13) Lessons from the Invention of the Bicycle (1:00:31) Introducing Tax Incentives for Having Babies (1:11:44) Where to Find Tim

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The World Of Unusual Sexual Orientations - Dr James Cantor - #550

November 10, 2022

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108m

Dr James Cantor is a clinical psychologist and sexologist specialising in hypersexuality and paraphilias.

There are a broad range of things that turn humans on. Some are common, some are uncommon and some are very illegal. James' study of paraphilias exposes him to some of the world's most interesting and unusual sexual desires with the goal of working out why they exist.

Expect to learn how asexuality could evolve at all, why some able-bodied people feel that they should be amputees, why adults like to be dressed up as babies, the link between left-handedness and child abuse, what James thinks about depression in the trans community, why it's become increasingly impossible to have conversations about dangerous sexual desires and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:20) What is Paraphilia? (09:34) The Existence of Homosexuality (14:32) Lesbians are Complex (21:01) What We Get Wrong About Paedophilia (28:50) Correlation of Handedness & Sexuality (34:01) Do We Have Control Over Arousal? (43:43) How to Reframe the Debate around Sexual Orientations (56:50) Different Types of Paedophilia (1:06:17) Are Child Sex Dolls Ethical? (1:12:22) The Transgender Debate (1:24:36) Correlation of Transgenderism & Autism (1:32:14) Suicide in the Trans Community (1:41:19) Consequences of a Commercial Health System (1:47:37) Where to Find Dr Cantor

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