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• 90. Is excess empathy a big problem? Mentioning Jon Haight, Nassim Taleb, Sam Altman & more

  Jon Haidt three great untruths: (1) “What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker”; (2) “Always trust your feelings”; and (3) “Life is a battle between good people and evil people.” Possible opposites for the three untruths: (1) “What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker” => What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Or post traumatic growth. (2) “Always trust your feelings” => Your feelings are signals that you should always listen to, but not your boss that you must obey. (3) “Life is a battle between good people and evil people.” => This is zero sum fallacy. The world is mainly positive sum, where people work together to get a better outcome. Stephen Fry: - They'd rather be right then effective. Sam Altman: - I believe in techno-capitalism. We should encourage people to make tons of money and then also find ways to widely distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism. One doesn’t work without the other; you cannot raise the floor and not also raise the ceiling for very long. The world should get richer every year through science and technology, but everyone has to be in the “up elevator”. I think the government usually does a worse job than markets, and so we need to encourage our culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. I also believe that education is critically important to keeping the American edge. I believed this when I was 20, when I was 30, and now I am 40 and still believe it. The Democratic party seemed reasonably aligned with it when I was 20, losing the plot when I was 30, and completely to have moved somewhere else at this point. So now I am politically homeless. But that’s fine; I care much, much more about being American than any political party. I’d rather hear from candidates about how they are going to make everyone have the stuff billionaires have instead of how they are going to eliminate billionaires.

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• 89. The media has "the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent" Malcolm X. Mentioning Rupert Murdoch, Isaac Saul, Harleen Kaur (Ground News) & more

  “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” ― Malcolm X https://ground.news/about https://www.readtangle.com/

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• 87. Helpful Support (Independence) vs Harmful Support (Dependence). Mentioning Jon Haidt, Kim Scott,

  Helpful Support = 1. Increased Trajectory + 2. Increase Resilience Harmful Support = 1. No Improvement In Trajectory + 2. Lowered Resilience Support in Different Contexts - Workplace: Managers should focus on developing employees' skills and independence - Parenting: The goal is to raise independent adults, not perpetually dependent children - Friendships: There's a delicate balance between being supportive and becoming a "coach" - Addiction and mental health: Support should aim for long-term recovery and resilience, not enabling destructive behaviors Jon Haidt's Three Great Untruths: - "What doesn't kill you makes you weaker" => What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. - "always trust your feelings" => Feelings should be examined, sometimes immediate responses are counter productive and one should 'think slow, not think fast'. - "life is a battle between good people and evil people" => The world is not zero sum, most things are 'win-win'. Defining Effective Support - Support done well leads to independence and growth, not dependence - The goal is to "teach someone to fish" rather than continuously "giving them fish" - Good support maximizes the trajectory of someone's improvement over time - Effective support may involve allowing someone to struggle or fail in order to learn and grow Challenges in Providing Support - It can be difficult to let someone struggle or fail, especially in personal relationships - There's a balance between intervening and allowing natural consequences - The recipient's mindset (growth vs. fixed) impacts the effectiveness of support - Clear communication about the intention and reasoning behind support is crucial Reframing Support - Support should be viewed as increasing resilience and ability to handle future challenges - It's about being on the same "team" and working together for mutual growth and success - Good support acknowledges feelings without necessarily endorsing them - Support should aim for win-win outcomes rather than reinforcing a zero-sum mentality

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• 86. Things we wish we knew before 18. Mentioning Naval, Alain de Botton, Esther Perel & More

  The main points talked about are: - Teaching kids about the business world. For example, they could learn by trading shares. - Understanding how to build healthy relationships with themselves and others. A way to do this is by exploring philosophy. - Learning how to create things. Instead of focusing on music, we could emphasize entrepreneurship and building projects. If you want to contact us please do so at [email protected]

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• 85. The Rightification Of The Left. Mentioning Elon, Marc Andressen, David Sacks, Tim Urban & more

  - A16Z on why they support Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_sNclEgQZQ - Tim Urban explaining social justice fundamentalist (wokeness): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALdi_MX3bfQ - Nate Silver on election: https://www.natesilver.net/p/nate-silver-2024-president-election-polls-model If you want to contact us please do so at [email protected]

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