Why Are Liberals More Depressed Than Conservatives? - Destiny - #618
Modern Wisdom
04/22/23
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Destiny is a streamer and a YouTuber.
The clash between left and right has reached unprecedented levels and the divide continues to widen. With increasing confusion and despair among young people, blurred identity lines, and individuals grappling to find their place, mental health is in tatters, but for some reason it's much worse for liberals than conservatives.
Expect to learn Destiny’s thoughts on his debate with Milo Yiannopoulos, his best tips to beat someone in a debate, why the landscape of political back-biting has changed, why liberals are so much more unhappy than conservatives, the societal implications of women out-earning men, what mistakes young people when judging what will make them happy, whether AI will take my job and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro (02:50) Destiny’s Debate with Milo Yiannopoulos (13:03) Why Are Groups Falling In On Themselves? (19:43) Are Liberals Less Happy Than Conservatives? (30:17) The Problem with Too Much Freedom (39:30) How to Overcome Difficulty without Meaning (44:30) The Future of the Progressive Left (52:08) Will the Trad Movement Succeed? (1:06:00) What Young People Misunderstand About Happiness (1:13:20) The Gap Between Opinions & Actions (1:23:35) How Worried Should Creators Be About ChatGPT? (1:38:55) What’s Next for Destiny? (1:39:32) Where to Find Destiny
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Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - #617
April 20, 2023
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Dr Bjorn Lomborg is an environmental economist, Copenhagen Consensus Center president, public speaker and an author.
Over the past two decades, the media has made some alarming predictions about the imminent end of the world due to global warming. But is this the priority that global efforts should be focussed on fixing? Does it have real world benefits, or are there better ways to improve human lives?
Expect to learn why Greta Thunberg had to delete a tweet from half a decade ago, the reason why climate change is a favourite fear tactic in the media, the most cost-effective ways to make the world a better place, why sending kids to school doesn't necessarily mean they are educated, why cold weather is much more deadly than heat, just how inefficient it is to save lives through carbon reduction, how dangerous NetZero is as a policy and much more...
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(00:00) Intro (00:37) Greta Thunberg’s Deleted Predictions (06:14) Why Climate Change is NOT an Existential Risk (10:39) Bjorn’s Cost-Effective Ways to Improve the World (19:49) Is Bjorn’s Work Close to Effective Altruism? (24:36) The Longest Levers for a Better Future (30:00) Why Climate Change Policy is Counterproductive (37:36) Which is Worse: Cold or Heat? (43:14) The Financial Mess of the Green Movement (50:29) Are Climate Alarmists Really Helping the Polar Bears? (1:00:12) Bjorn’s Strategy to Engage Sceptics
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Bootstrapping a company from nothing to a multi-billion-dollar valuation at a young age is not easy. Starting a family, with twins, whilst navigating the changing political landscape and supplier tensions from the East makes this even harder. But there are some principles Ben has developed to survive this chaos.
Expect to learn what 3 traits Ben has observed in all the high performers he's met, how his upbringing helped shape him into a successful CEO, Ben’s thoughts on modern masculinity, how what the world needs from fitness culture has changed, the biggest red flags to watch out for when recruiting new talent, what founders don't know about the challenges of being a CEO and much more...
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