Modern Wisdom

Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney are American country music singers, songwriters, and Grammy Award-winning artists.

Expect to learn the biggest differences between being on the come-up to worldwide fame as artists, whether it’s harder to get your first hit or following it up, what it was like to perform the national anthem at the World Cup, why Dan + Shay are moving away from “wedding” music, why people connect more deeply with pain than happiness in music, the lowest points in Dan & Shay’s lives and how they came back from rock bottom, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(00:00) How Did Dan + Shay Meet?

(04:17) Does Success Kill Drive?

(15:43) Is Staying Successful Harder Than Getting There?

(26:27) The Moments That Defined Dan + Shay

(28:32) The Pressure of Performing the National Anthem

(37:07) How Dan + Shay Reinvented Their Writing Process

(40:17) The Story Behind Say So

(47:10) Why Humans Should Never Stop Making Art

(49:57) Experience vs Imagination: What Makes Better Music?

(54:03) Why Pain Connects More Deeply Than Happiness

(57:40) Why Aging Is Hard to Navigate

(01:06:58) Can Authenticity Be Manufactured?

(01:08:52) How Dan + Shay Found Their Way Back

(01:18:40) What Makes a Great Business Partner?

(01:22:54) Should You Always Listen to Criticism?

(01:33:04) Where to Find Dan + Shay

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Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster.

Expect to learn what shifts happened in Alex’s thinking these past few years, why you actually would ever want to time travel, why so many people are moving away from atheism, why consciousness is the biggest hole in the atheist argument, what meditation really does to your conscious mind, if there is a practical point to prayer, if watching porn is considered cheating, and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Should We Debate With Compassion?

(03:00) Is Philosophy Bringing People Back to Religion?

(13:05) Are We Becoming Kinder in Our Criticisms?

(19:34) Did Religion Exist 150,000 Years Ago?

(27:54) Is Consciousness Impossible to Define?

(42:24) Will Science Ever Answer These Questions?

(50:12) Is Consciousness Evidence of God

?(53:52) What Really Happens When You Meditate?

(01:00:17) How Our Senses Construct Reality

(01:13:47) What Lies at the Foundation of Reality?

(01:22:05) How Are Consciousness and Religion Connected?

(01:26:42) What Is Prayer Actually For?

(01:31:36) Is Genetically Engineering Traits Unethical?

(01:42:37) Does Fantasising About Someone Else Count as Cheating?

(01:54:08) Where to Find Alex

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#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠

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Bugzy Malone is a British rapper, actor, and entrepreneur from Manchester, England.

Expect to learn what the difference between “making it and maintaining it” is, the childhood experiences that shaped Bugzy, and why it’s important to be ultra vulnerable, if you can ever have mastery without tapping into your darkness, how to handle uncertainty, why you must be ruthlessly accountable to yourself, and much more…

Listen to Bugzy's new album, "Make It Maintain It Pt. 1" here: https://bsomebody.lnk.to/makeit

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Timestamps:

(00:00) The Cost of Making It

(12:06) How Bugzy’s Childhood Shaped His Success

(19:43) Can You Ever Truly Heal From Childhood Trauma?

(25:17) Why We Believe in Everyone But Ourselves

(33:56) Don’t Listen to Those Trying to Discredit You

(40:21) Why It’s Tough Being a Rapper

(42:58) Don’t Let Vulnerability Suffocate You

(52:01) How to Turn Dark Influences Into Positive Change

(54:08) Is Pain the Greatest Teacher?

(55:13) How Does Bugzy Handle Fear?

(59:15) Is Progress Irreversible?

(01:04:30) The Key to the Pursuit of Mastery

(01:16:48) How Bugzy Is Changing the Rap Game

(01:21:42) Can You Chase Greatness Without Pain?

(01:38:53) Why You Should Try Find Beauty in the Darkness

(01:40:59) When Was Bugzy Most Uncertain?

(01:47:24) Why Family Is the Ultimate Freedom

(01:57:04) Can Money Really Buy Happiness?

(01:59:31) The Line Everyone Needs to Hear

(02:05:49) Where to Find Bugzy

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Michael Feldstein is the founder of Jaspr, an air education company featuring the Jaspr air scrubber.

Expect to learn how the air in your home could be affecting your sleep and brain function, the everyday household products that might be making your air worse, why a home that smells clean might be anything but, what most people misunderstand about air purifiers, the simplest ways to improve your air quality for free, and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) How Michael Got Into the Air Quality Business

(07:04) The Hidden Dangers of Poor Air Quality

(09:51) What Bad Air Is Doing to Your Health

(17:35) What’s Really Polluting the Air in Your Home?

(22:11) Where Does Your Indoor Air Actually Come From?

(23:47) Why Air Quality Matters More Than You Think

(31:54) Where Has the Cleanest and Most Polluted Air?

(37:18) Are These Products Damaging Your Air Quality?

(44:36) Are Scented Candles Bad for Your Health?

(46:37) Who Is Most Vulnerable to Air Pollution?

(48:52) How to Improve Your Home’s Air Quality for Free

(50:38) Is AC Actually Doing Anything?

(55:59) The Biggest Warning Signs of Poor Air Quality

(58:57) How to Test the Air Quality in Your Home

(01:03:35) The Science Behind Jaspr Air Scrubbers

(01:10:09) Where Should You Place Your Air Purifier?

(01:16:18) Find Out More About Jaspr

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#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠

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Dr David Geary is an evolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, professor at the University of Missouri, and author.

Expect to learn the disturbing reasons why humans are so intelligent, why men are obsessed with status, money, and power, the biggest differences between male and female competition, why human progress comes at the cost of bloody battles and war, why violence is an inevitability of man, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(00:00) What Makes the Human Mind So Unique?

(08:58) Where Did All the Men Go 7,000 Years Ago?

(16:45) How Evolution Shaped Male and Female Reproductive Competition

(18:47) Is Male Ambition Driven by Reproductive Competition?

(21:11) Why Men and Women Compete Differently

(26:31) Did War Help Build Civilisation?

(29:38) How Civility Keeps Humanity From Chaos

(31:42) Why Humans Evolved to Imagine the Future

(37:40) Does Thinking About the Future Make Us Miserable?

(40:37) What Makes Human Babies So Unusual?

(43:49) The Modern Behaviours Only Evolution Can Explain

(49:05) Why Humans Crave Control

(53:20) Will We Ever Be Satisfied With the Control We Have?

(59:21) Would Modern Success Attributes Make Us Successful in the Past?

(01:06:05) The Most Important Principle for a Better Life

(01:08:21) Where to Find David

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#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠

#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠

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