Chuck Palahniuk: On Life or Death, Fight Club Wisdom, How to Become A Great Writer & More
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12/09/21
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Too often people have experienced life in a way that shapes their nature, their responses, and how to perceive life as it comes. Having your mind stretched and bent beyond its normal world view is scary but a treat worth exploring with guest Chuck Palahniuk. Last time he joined Tom to discuss life, death and finding meaning in your life. In this episode, we’re deep diving into how Chuck pursues new ideas, stretches himself beyond the outcomes, and allows the magic of connection to take place through the process of creating stories. Chuck discusses his new essay, People, Places, and Things, and shares the juice of how he’s able to compel such strong reactions from stories that make most people uncomfortable.
Check Out Chuck’s Short Stories on Substack: https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/
Chuck’s Latest Essay, People, Places and Things: https://try.scribd.com/palahniuk60/
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction Chuck Palahniuk
1:28 | Shaped Inside Out
4:28 | Mental Breakthroughs
9:46 | Pursuing Creative Ideas
17:12 | Validating New Ideas
25:04 | Surprising Outcomes
29:58 | Mutual Consciousness
36:35 | Freedom at Ground Zero
40:39 | What Scares You Has Meaning
49:16 | Life Influences & Performance
1:00:35 | Allow Silence, Look for Patterns
1:07:31 | Bathos, Comic Tragedy
1:17:19 | Sincere, Not Offensive
1:32:01 | Motivated by Meaning
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Most of us believe that a good way to arrange our lives is by minimizing suffering for ourselves and for those around us.
In his latest book, Paul Bloom lays out an argument that human beings aren’t exactly wired that way - and that this may actually be a good thing.
Human beings will often choose their own suffering (even extreme forms of it) in order to gain everything from control over our environment to visceral pleasure.
In today’s conversation, Paul and Tom dive deep into the evolutionary underpinnings of chosen suffering, the biological roots of human morality, the relationship between sex and religion, how to live a meaningful life, and much more!
You can learn more about many of the topics covered in today’s conversation in Paul’s new book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning.
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SHOW NOTES:
00:00 | Introduction - Paul Bloom
06:54 | Darwinism and Control Over Pain & Pleasure
13:24 | Meditation & Getting Outside of Yourself
24:30 | Mastery and Self-Control
28:38 | Against Empathy
30:29 | Meaning and Purpose
41:12 | Developing the Skill of Willpower
48:54 | Calibrating our Self-Esteem to the World Around Us
58:19 | Emotions, Depression, and Neurochemistry
1:09:58 | Nature, Nurture, and Morality
1:18:59 | Morality and Sexual Behavior
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The meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies over the past years just goes to show that even something as ubiquitous as money is ripe for disruption.
And even though crypto is a space that many of us are just beginning to understand, its principles call into question the validity of the existing fiat monetary system.
In his latest book, The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization, Dr. Saifedean Ammous sets out to do just that.
Using the first principles thinking that he used to write his bestselling book, The Bitcoin Standard, Dr. Ammous analyzes the history of fiat currency, the shift away from the gold standard, and the economic, social and political fallout that came as a result.
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SHOW NOTES:
00:00 | Introduction
01:28 | What is Fiat Currency?
05:57 | How Types of Money are Created
14:25 | Fiat, Self-Correction, and Hyperinflation
18:10 | What is Hard Money?
23:48 | The Transition to Universal Debt Slavery
27:54 | Fiat vs. Hard Money
33:10 | Deflation vs. Inflation
43:22 | Why the Wealthy Hold the Most Debt
46:23 | Has Fiat Currency Ruined the University?
1:01:34 | Bitcoin vs. Central Planning
1:05:26 | Why Printing Money is Destructive
1:19:28 | Bitcoin vs. Gold Standard
1:24:18 | How Bitcoin Will Consume the Bond Market
1:28:06 | Transitioning to a Crypto Economy
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This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day.
Subscription Benefits:
- Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more
- New episodes delivered ad-free
- Exclusive access to Tom’s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list
- You’ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more:
- Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement
- Money Mindset: Business & Finance
- Relationship Theory: Relationships
- Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health
- Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes
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