The 5 Most Effective Techniques To Hack Your Habits - Spencer Greenberg - #705

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11/11/23

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Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, a writer and the founder of ClearerThinking.org

First we make our habits, and then our habits make us. But what is the best way to step into this recursive loop and take charge of the most powerful force in our lives? Thankfully Spencer just completed a huge new study testing tons of different techniques.

Expect to learn how useful personality tests are, Spencer’s biggest insights from 450 people trying every habit strategy ever invented, how you can better integrate your subconscious into decision making, why becoming wise is genuinely important, how useful intuition really is, when you should trust your gut and when you should override it and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) How Useful Are Personality Tests? (07:18) The HEXACO Model For Testing Personality (12:40) The 5 Best Techniques For Creating Habits (23:49) Techniques From the Survey Which Failed (27:13) Clarifying Your Personal Values (34:27) Can We Actually Choose Our Values? (45:57) How Useful is Intuition in Decision-Making? (57:04) The Importance of Becoming Wise (1:04:27) Is Goodness a Vital Part of Wisdom? (1:13:25) The Traditional View of Wisdom (1:17:09) Why Perspective is So Important (1:21:14) Where to Find Spencer

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Are Relationships Supposed To Last For Life? - Mads Larsen - #704

November 9, 2023

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106m

Mads Larsen is a Norwegian author and journalist whose research focuses on the history of human mating ideologies.

The narrative of human romance is an ancient story. But that story has not always remained the same, the last 10,000 years has been a crazy journey through different beliefs on why we should find and stay with a partner and today we get to hear about all the fascinating details.

Expect to learn why it's so illuminating to study the story of mating ideologies across time, how our modern beliefs about finding a partner are historically very unusual, why having a daughter as a farmer could be a useful addition to your farming strategy, why Incels are so unhappy, why old people are the happiest despite evidence to the contrary in the past and much more...

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(00:00) Why Does Mating Need an Ideology? (03:09) Our Ancestors’ Typical Mating Strategies (12:33) The Oldest Mating Ideology (18:52) Why Churches Imposed Monogamy (23:20) When Courtship Was Introduced (34:33) The Basis For Our Current Mating Ideology (42:39) The Post-1750 Sexual Revolutions (48:38) Did the Church Lose Control in 1750? (55:48) Impact of Introducing Contraception (1:01:30) What is Causing Today’s Mating Dysfunctions? (1:10:27) Are We On the Verge of a New Mating Era? (1:23:11) Why Are People So Unhappy? (1:34:27) How Comparison Can Impact Wellbeing (1:45:19) Where to Find Mads

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We Need To Stop Listening To These People - Douglas Murray - #706

November 13, 2023

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120m

Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and associate editor of The Spectator.

As the turmoil of global events dominates the media, it can feel as though the world is spiralling into chaos. If we can't agree on what's happening, how can we make sense of the world? What's the solution in a post-truth world?

Expect to learn how Victoria’s Secret betrayed the body positivity movement, why people are struggling to agree on what's true anymore, how the “Gays for Gaza” movement will get on, whether we are past peak wokeness, why there is such a huge increase in conspiratorial thinking, what the most recent South Park episode has to say about our culture and much more...

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(00:00) Have Douglas’s Predictions Come True? (01:55) Victoria’s Secret Revert Back to Sexy (07:01) Society’s View of Having Children (12:03) Why Can’t We Agree on Truth? (17:24) Did New Atheism Actually Work? (24:31) How Celebrities Use Causes to Look Good (27:18) Why Women Support Body Positivity (30:13) The Negative Impacts of Low Self-Esteem (35:52) Who Actually Was George Orwell? (40:14) How K-Pop Is Causing Female Mental Health Issues (46:38) How Successful Will Gays For Gaza Be? (55:01) Is Douglas a Conspiracy Theorist? (1:03:10) The West’s Move Beyond Peak-Woke (1:12:40) People Who Have the Same Opinions on Everything (1:25:25) Humans Are Supposed to Be Resilient (1:37:23) HSBC’s Reimagined ‘Fairer’ Tales (1:45:33) Creating a Positive Vision For the Future (1:59:56) What’s Next For Douglas

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