The Hidden Secrets Threatening National Security - Mike Baker - #759
Modern Wisdom
03/18/24
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Mike Baker is a former CIA officer and security expert, Co-Founder of global investigation company Portman Square Group and a podcaster.
We're told that the world is on the brink of a large scale war. That our domestic systems are fragile, and the people in charge are incompetent. After decades in the CIA, Mike should be able to tell us how much truth there is here.
Expect to learn the truth behind the AT&T outage, the problems with Google’s newest AI system, what most people do not understand about the CIA, how history is being rewritten right in front of our eyes, what the future of warfare will look like, why the American border continues to be a huge problem, Mike’s prediction on what will happen in the 2024 election and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Was the AT&T Outage a Cyberattack? (05:19) The Google Gemini AI Disaster (18:45) Is Google Erasing & Rewriting History? (30:19) The Decline of Authentic Content (33:51) What We Learned From Tucker’s Putin Interview (38:11) Is Navalny’s Death Significant? (52:30) Will Putin Rebuild the Soviet Union? (58:14) The End of Manned Warfare (1:08:27) Increased Scrutiny of Collateral Damage in Warfare (1:14:45) The Purpling of the Armed Forces (1:19:20) Will China’s Plans Be Ruined By a Low Birth Rate? (1:31:02) America’s Fentanyl Crisis (1:44:32) Why Americans Love Veterans But Dislike the CIA (1:57:23) What Mike Learned From Churchill (2:07:40) Fascinating Stories From Hitler’s Physician (2:13:02) Do People Care About Travelling to the Moon & Mars? (2:20:04) The Need for More Transparency From the Government (2:34:03) How Mike Emotionally Detaches From Current Affairs (2:42:02) Where to Find Mike
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Everyone wants to become more resilient. To be less perturbed and at the mercy of life, fears, emotions, everything. Thankfully there are strategies we can use to improve all of these and after decades studying the human mind, Orion has accumulated a lot.
Expect to learn if there is ever an external solution to an internal problem, what an emotional gym is, what most people get wrong about how most relationships work, how to hack your motivation, what we can learn from a writer whose servant locked him in his bedroom every night, how we can encourage others to take action in their lives, and much more...
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(00:00) The Importance of Setting End Times (04:04) Creating a Negative Outcome to Motivate You (12:33) Mbappe’s Pursuit of the Simple Life (19:33) How to Find What You Actually Want (23:01) The Power of Being Intentional (25:31) Achieving Success in the Wrong Thing (30:51) Why You Shouldn’t Idolise Your Heroes (33:40) The Person You Become While You Pursue a Goal (38:23) Taking Back Control of Your Life (40:24) Should People Spend Their 20s Grinding? (48:16) Ascending Out of Inceldom (1:00:01) Effectiveness & Challenges of Therapy for Men (1:10:44) Where to Find Orion
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Why Does No One Care About Men’s Mental Health? - George TheTinMen - #760
March 21, 2024
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George TheTinMen is a content creator, a writer and a pro-men’s advocate.
Men's mental health is in the toilet. 80% of 18-24 year old suicides are men and 15% of men say they have 0 close friends to call on in an emergency. So why does it seem like the world doesn't care and just thinks that men are still the benefactors of a patriarchy they no longer feel a part of?
Expect to learn why Drake's dick pic leak was such an important cultural moment, whether Billie Eilish is right that men don't receive criticism for their bodies, the reaction online to a new study saying that men need 2 guys' nights per week, what Are We Dating The Same Guy is, whether men have reproductive rights and much more...
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(00:00) New Study About Guy Nights (06:00) What Do Women Think Guys Are Doing Together? (11:35) Explaining ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ Facebook Groups (16:30) The Path to Becoming a Female Incel (20:19) Women Bragging About Abusing Men (29:09) The Advantage Women Have Over Men (33:13) Hollywood’s Damaging Portrayal of Women (37:40) The Strange Laws Around Female Sexual Assault (47:20) What Are We Misunderstanding About Domestic Violence? (55:10) Do Men Have Reproductive Rights? (1:01:54) Responding to Billie Eilish’s Comments About Men (1:07:34) Men Are Facing Higher Discrimination Than Women (1:16:38) Placing Female Victimhood on a Pedestal (1:20:00) What the Right is Telling Men (1:28:20) Sexual Assault in Male Prisons (1:32:46) The Disposability of Men (1:39:48) The Current State of Men’s Advocacy (1:48:07) Will There Be a Minister for Men? (1:53:04) Where to Find George
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