Conversations with Tom | Nicholas Christakis on Why You Should Feel Optimistic About The Future of the World
Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory
07/09/20
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In this conversation with host Tom Bilyeu, the best-selling author of “Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society” discusses everything from grieving elephants to colonies on Mars and future sex robots. He explains why good human impulses are eventually more powerful than antagonism and division, describes experiments where interaction with artificial intelligence improves peoples’ behavior towards each other, and expresses hopeful optimism about our ability to constantly expand the moral sphere and upgrade the social contract.
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SHOW NOTES:
Why are we cultural animals in the first place? What is the capacity for culture? [1:00]
Nicholas advocates that there is more that unites humanity than there is that divides us [4:43]
People don’t really think that their life experience is dictated by their group membership [7:12]
When travelling, at first people seem so different, but soon it’s clear how similar we are [9:38]
Nicholas discusses the ability of elephants to feel grief, and why faces are different [13:35]
Elephants will teach each other how to raid human crops [18:11]
Nicholas explains the power of grief, and the way it is so different from other emotions [20:26]
Nicholas talks about the rituals surrounding grief, and how they reconnect people [24:20]
Nicholas uses whaling to describe how the human moral sphere has expanded [28:28]
Nicholas shares stories of being a hospice doctor [30:33]
Nicholas talks about how important active listening is, especially as a hospice doctor [37:49]
Nicholas explains how to talk to someone who is dying [41:55]
Nicholas then explains the basic principles on how to break bad news [46:21]
Nicholas discusses colonizing Mars and why he thinks it is inevitable [49:43]
Nicholas and Tom discuss Shackleton and shipwrecks [53:11]
How does artificial intelligence change the way humans interact with each other? [56:43]
Nicholas talks about sex robots, and how we may need a new social contract [1:01:15]
How will we program AI, and how will it affect human society? [1:04:27]
Nicholas describes an experiment where robots encouraged human sociality [1:13:47]
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SHOW NOTES: Emotions are data but they are not directives [1:33] How we approach our thoughts, emotions and stories determines our quality of life [3:48] What do you do when you realize the stories you tell yourself no longer serve you? [6:26] Our culture tells us some emotions are bad, so we get in conflict with our emotions [11:50] Only dead people never feel stress, anger, agitation or fear [14:15] How do you uncover what your emotions are really trying to tell you? [17:35] Technology has outstripped our ability to thrive [20:32] Susan explains how to understand your emotions in a more specific way [22:53] Our minds can convince us that we are right, even if it destroys our relationships [28:04] Susan describes the process of recognizing our emotions and stories for what they are [31:39] Even if the gods tell you that you’re right, you still have to decide who you want to be [33:46] Being seen and belonging are core human needs [36:35] Tom and Susan discuss the “tyranny of positivity” [38:30] Success is living a life concordant with your values [41:43] Susan shares the impact she wants to have on the world [47:08] FOLLOW: WEBSITE: susandavid.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3eyCLaP FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2ZMoP9d TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2XdezFp Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? If you’re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you. 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Visit audible.com/impact or text IMPACT to 500-500 SHOW NOTES: Marc credits his attitude of “billions or body bags” with his success [2:26] Tom and Marc discuss having your back against the wall and being aggressive [5:16] Marc hires self-motivated people and then makes sure he doesn’t micromanage them [7:55] Marc looks for traits instead of experience for start-up companies [8:58] Never ask a question in an interview that someone could have prepared for [10:52] People who went to really good schools have a hard time taking risk [14:15] Marc shares the story of applying to a business school he had almost no chance at [15:48] Marc never accepts that something is impossible unless it literally has a 0% probability [18:48] Marc believes that you are born and raised with some traits, but most can be developed [20:19] Marc focuses on caring, kindness and empathy when raising his kids [22:27] When Marc was a kid he was quite entrepreneurial, and got into stocks at 10 years old [23:26] Marc talks about why his first investors were willing to take a risk on him [26:21] Tom and Marc discuss how to help someone build desire [27:48] Marc explains how he deals with doubters [31:04] Great execution is better than great ideas [33:35] The way to deal with failure is not to dwell on it, but be objective about progress [35:49] People want to be understood, and empathy is the most important leadership quality [37:23] Entrepreneurs should be thinking about vision, capital and people over 80% of the time [39:18] For core values to be core, there have to be 3 or less [41:29] Marc shows how he raised money in the beginning [43:18] Marc shares the impact he wants to have on the world [46:23] FOLLOW: TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2PJmaXU Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? 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