The Science Of Personality Change - Dr Christian Jarrett - #523

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09/08/22

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Dr Christian Jarrett is deputy editor of Psyche and an author.

Most people believe that they are their personalities. That it's an immutable, unchanging, central part of them as a person. But psychologists and neuroscientists have been studying the science of personality change for many years and have uncovered strategies to nudge your personality in the direction you want.

Expect to learn why most personality tests are basically useless, how genetically heritable our personalities are, just how much of a change we can make from where we start off, how to stop being shy or introverted, the best strategies to become more ambitious and conscientious, the most effective ways to maintain personality change and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (03:26) The Problem with Personality Quizzes (07:46) Physiology of Personality (16:10) Can Personalities Truly Change? (23:59) Developing Different Admirable Traits (33:21) Extraversion v Introversion (39:07) How Life Events Impact our Personality (48:17) Making a Personality Change (1:02:02) Becoming Emotionally Stable (1:06:10) Improving Confidence (1:12:47) Where to Find Christian

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Is Social Justice A Religion? - Andrew Doyle - #522

September 5, 2022

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78m

Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, host of GB News, a comedian and a writer.

There are some new puritans in town. They have their own sacred texts, their own high priests, blasphemy, unspeakable words, rites of passage, heathens and practises of sacrilege. So much so that the behaviour of many social justice activists in 2022 seems to echo very closely the behaviour of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.

Expect to learn why Ben Shapiro is a terrifying man, whether not calling me hot makes you a bigot, why social justice captures smart people just as much as stupid people, why tyrannies are particularly dangerous when they claim to help the oppressed, whether it's accurate to characterise the culture war as left vs right and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:27) Redefining Hotness (08:45) Ben Shapiro’s Presence is a Terror (19:47) The Salem Witch Trials (33:14) Promoting Victimhood (41:10) Are We Past Peak Woke? (50:02) Social Justice as a Religion (59:12) Trans People in Female Prisons (1:04:48) Where are the Intelligent People? (1:13:58) How Andrew Stays Positive (1:17:08) Where to Find Andrew

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Next Episode

A Russian Adventure, During Wartime - Charlie Walker - #524

September 10, 2022

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59m

Charlie Walker is an explorer, writer and public speaker.

What happens when the Russian government catch you taking photos and writing articles shortly after a war breaks out? Very little that is good. Unfortunately Charlie stumbled into precisely this situation, but thankfully he got out too so he can tell us what happened.

Expect to learn what it feels like to travel over 50,000 miles by bicycle, foot, horse, raft, ski and dugout canoe, how close Charlie came to spending his life in a Russian prison, how long a triathlon needs to be in order for it to takes 4 months to complete, why distinctions between European and Asian people makes no difference to anyone on the border and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:25) Motivation for Charlie’s Pursuits (05:05) Charlie’s 4-Month Triathlon (12:26) Experiences into Dicey Places (28:40) Finding Assistance in the Middle of Nowhere (35:52) Conflict Within Russia (42:00) Re-adjusting to Normality (46:37) Travelling 43,000 Miles on a Standard Bicycle (55:04) Lessons Taken from Charlie’s Travels (58:37) Where to Find Charlie

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