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Robin Dunbar - Optimizing Human Connection (Dunbar's Number) - [Invest Like the Best, EP.367]
April 08, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourInvest Like the Best Key Takeaways Dunbar’s number suggests that humans can maintain about 150 relationships at a given time Humans have spent most of our lives in smaller, hunter-gatherer groups; existing together in large cities is a relatively new thing for the species The best predictor of your mental and physical health – in addition to how long you are going to live into the future – is the number and quality of your closest relationships There is a correlation between the numb...
Mitsubishi Corporation: A Japanese Trading Company - [Business Breakdowns, EP.156]
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutesBusiness Breakdowns✓Claim Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org This is Zack Fuss. Today we are breaking down the Mitsubishi Corporation. In Japan, the business model of a trading company is prominent. The big five trading companies caught the attention of global investors in 2020, when Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a major stake in all of them: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Itochu, Marubeni, and Sumitomo. Today's Berkshire stake is nearly 10%. I'm joined...
Follistatin & Klotho Gene Therapy, Stem Cells In Mexico, NK Killer Cells, Advanced Age Reversal Tactics & More With Adeel Khan
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBBen Greenfield Fitness Key Takeaways The future is now with stem cell treatments for longevity – stem cell treatments can be targeted, dosed, and have predictable outcomes like pharmaceuticals In early trials, stem cells transplanted into the brain created new dopamine neurons and put Parkinson’s disease into remission To tackle longevity, we need to go back to first-order principles of wellness: muscle, inflammation, oxidative stress Tip: have an accountability system, whether it’s a he...
Selects: How Dyslexia Works
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBStuff You Should Know✓Claim Key Takeaways Check out these Podcast Notes on Stuff You Should Know About Manhunts Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org For a learning disability that everyone seems to know about, dyslexia is maybe the most commonly misunderstood and controversial cognitive difficulty there is. Some people think it’s a gift, some people think it doesn’t even exist. Learn more in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#764 - Cal Newport - The Delicate Art Of Mastering Work-Life Balance
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourModern Wisdom Key Takeaways The key question to consider about work and productivity: “How do we produce stuff, and be proud and ambitious about what we are doing, but also not burn out?” Pseudo-productivity places too great an emphasis on looking busy but not creating anything of value; it is busyness for the sake of busyness because measuring productivity any other way in the knowledge work sector is too difficult Do not shatter your day into fragments so small that you get nothing ...
Freaky Eclipse Rituals, Cosmic Serendipity, Solar Mysteries
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 45 minutesThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week Key Takeaways A common interpretation across civilizations is that solar eclipses happen when the people on earth have done something bad Another popular interpretation of solar eclipses is that when humans were fighting too much on Earth, the sun and the moon would begin to fight in the sky In ancient civilizations, evidence of human sacrifices is common in places where eclipses occurred Today is the most cosmically perfect time in the history o...
Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBStuff You Should Know✓Claim Key Takeaways The Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York was the site of the worst environmental disaster involving chemical waste in U.S. history The site was eventually filled in, and years later after selling the land to the City of Niagara for $1, housing developments and a school were built on top of it In just a few years after people started living in the area, some people began developing horrible physical defects, and the rate of birth d...
Elon Musk on AGI Safety, Superintelligence, and Neuralink (2024) | EP #91
March 29, 2024 00:00 - 31 minutesMoonshots and Mindsets with Peter Diamandis ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Get Peter’s new Longevity Practices book for free Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org In this episode, recorded during the 2024 Abundance360 Summit, Peter and Elon discuss super-intelligence, the future of AI, Neuralink, and more. 01:01 | The Power and Perils of Superintelligence 16:58 | Neuralink: Merging Humans with Technology 24:31 | A Step Closer to Multiplanetary Life Elon Musk is a businessman, founder, inves...
Dr. Jack Kruse and Bill Gifford
March 25, 2024 00:00 - 2 hoursTetragrammaton with Rick Rubin ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Your eye is like a clock, telling the time through light exposure; the light that comes into our eyes is seen by a lot of the processes going on inside our body The defect is not solely in your genes, it’s in your environment The organization of the melanin inside your body contributes to chronic disease Be an observer of nature – never stop asking questions Think in a decentralized fashion, not a reductionist Melanin allows us to k...
#342 The Lessons of History (Will & Ariel Durant)
March 25, 2024 00:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBFounders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org What I learned from reading The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube ---- (1:00) This is a 100 page biography of the human species (1:00) The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant (Full Set) (2:30) Generations of men establish a growing maste...
Renaissance Technologies
March 25, 2024 00:00 - 3 hours - 174 MBAcquired Key Takeaways Check out these Podcast Notes from Charlie Munger’s appearance on Acquired Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time. And yet no one at RenTec would consider themselves an “investor”, at least in any traditional sense of the word. It’d rather be more accurate to call them scientists — scientists who’ve discovered a system of math, computers and artificial intelligence that has evolved...
We Tested Our Grit (And Were Humbled Immediately)
March 24, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutesMy First Million Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Episode 562: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) get into the economics of personality tests–including the most famous one which is used by 89% of Fortune 100 companies. Want to talk to Shaan? Text “hi” to 650-334-0790 Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5 — S...
Peter Schiff vs Raoul Pal Debate: Bitcoin Going To $0 or $1 Million & A Great Depression Coming? PT 2
March 24, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourImpact Theory with Tom Bilyeu Key Takeaways Inflation is a hidden tax on the people; instead of the government openly taking your money with direct taxation, it creates new money out of thin air which robs people of their purchasing power Governments debase their currency because they know there is no other way to pay their existing debts In the United States, houses used to cost about 3x the median income; now they cost about 10x the median income “If it doesn’t have intrinsic value,...
#087 The Science of Magnesium and Its Role in Aging and Disease | Dr. Rhonda Patrick
March 24, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBFound My Fitness - Rhonda Patrick Key Takeaways Magnesium is an essential mineral required for more than 300 metabolic reactions in the body but almost half the U.S. does not have sufficient levels (partly because of poor diet) One theory of aging: when we have suboptimal dietary intake, our body sacrifices the long term for the short term, producing insidious damage overtime that accelerates aging Stress will lower magnesium levels, even for days after stress passes Flaws of supplement ...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
March 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBAcquired Key Takeaways The trick of entrepreneurship is convincing yourself that it is not that hard, even when it is “Your organization should be the architecture of the machinery of building the product.” – Jensen Huang Pave the way to future opportunities; you cannot wait until the opportunity is in front of you to reach out for it Many of the great all-time tech companies began by building products and services for developers You don’t have to be that perfect if you...
#341 Cornelius Vanderbilt (Tycoon's War)
March 15, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBFounders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org What I learned from rereading Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer by Stephen Dando-Collins. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube ---- (0:01) Vanderbilt was only interested in two things: making money and winning (3:00) Cor...
Ep. 290: Financing the Deep Life (w/ Noah Kagan)
March 15, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBDeep Questions with Cal Newport ✓ Claim One of the most common strategies for achieving a powerful ideal lifestyle vision is to leverage entrepreneurial activities to find a stable source of income that allows autonomy and flexibility. To help understand how to succeed in such ventures, Cal interviews the entrepreneur and author Noah Kagan about his new book, "The Million Dollar Weekend." Recording on the road as part of his book tour for "Slow Productivity," Cal also shares some lessons ab...
Devon Eriksen — Theft of Fire (EP. 206)
March 11, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBInfinite Loops Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Devon Eriksen always wanted to be a writer. As a child, he was persuaded to abandon his aspirations in favor of a career in software engineering. Two decades later, he retired to finally fulfil his ambition to write imaginative hard-science fiction in the vein of authors like Asimov, Heinlein and Niven. He self-published his first novel, Theft of Fire, last year to an excellent reception. Devo...
Why You Should Rent Even If You’re A Millionaire
March 11, 2024 00:00 - 51 minutesMy First Million Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Episode 559: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://twitter.com/ramit ) about why buying a house makes zero financial sense. Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5 — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:30) Set your rich life intention (7:30) Don't confuse luck with skill (8:00) Sam...
How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber)
March 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBEcontalk There's often a gap between the textbook treatment of statistics and the cookbook treatment--how to cook up the numbers when you're in the kitchen of the real world. Jeremy Weber of the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Statistics for Public Policy hopes his book can close that gap. He talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how to use numbers thoughtfully and honestly.
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
March 01, 2024 00:00 - 3 hours - 152 MBArtificial Intelligence Podcast Key Takeaways “The best businesses are forever assets.” – Bill Ackman It is optimal to invest in businesses that have a low probability of getting disrupted Price is what you pay; value is what you get In investing, you can do very well if you avoid losing money and have a few great hits Price matters: You can buy the best business in the world, but you will not earn a particularly attractive return if you overpay for it It is best to invest in gr...
425. Negotiating a Raise — and a Better Life | Chris Voss
March 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBJordan B Peterson Podcast Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with author, teacher, and prior hostage negotiator Chris Voss. They discuss the necessity of prioritizing needs and wants, how to navigate the job market to fit your best potential, how and why to go after a raise, the primacy of invitational collaboration over compelled, and how Voss succeeded in many real-world hostage negotiations. Chris Voss has serv...
Harvard’s Dr. Ellen Langer On The Mind-Body Connection, The Power of Mindfulness, & Why Age Is Nothing But a Mindset
March 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourRich Roll Podcast Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Harvard’s renowned “Mother of Mindfulness,” Dr. Ellen Langer offers an insightful assessment: the root cause of global challenges lies in mindlessness. With an illustrious forty-five-year career and the distinction of being the first woman to attain psychology tenure at Harvard. Her extensive work spans diverse topics, including the illusion of control, mindful aging, stress, decision-making...
#48 - Delian Asparouhov
March 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBLaBossiere Podcast Delian Asparouhov is the co-founder, President and Chairman of Varda Space Industries, a company building spacecraft to manufacture materials in microgravity that are difficult or impossible to produce on Earth— starting with pharmaceuticals. He’s also a Partner at Founders Fund. Previously, he was a principal at Khosla Ventures, head of growth at Teespring, and founder of a healthcare company called Nightingale. Delian is Bulgarian, attended MIT, and likes to ski and pla...
#750 - Dr Rhonda Patrick - The Most Important Daily Habits For Health & Longevity
February 27, 2024 00:00 - 2 hoursModern Wisdom Key Takeaways Benefits of adequate omega-3: protects against heart disease, improves cognitive function, delays all-cause mortality Supplement 2g daily (with food for optimal absorption) and/or eat plenty of wild Alaskan salmon (the cleanest food source) Pay attention to protein intake! Revised protein guideline: 1.2g/kg body weight (up to 1.6g/kg body weight for those looking for gains) Tips for time-restricted eating: (1) don’t worry too much about the time but stop eatin...
Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes
February 24, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBDeep Questions with Cal Newport ✓ Claim A deep life requires that you encounter and make sense of a large amount of incoming information, from narrow data relevant to a professional project, to broad insights into your purpose. How do you keep track of all of this? In this episode, Cal proposes a minimalist approach aimed at minimizing the friction required to keep tabs on what matters. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered ...
Israel, The Jews & Sowell. With Dennis Prager.
February 24, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThe Genius of Thomas Sowell Key Takeaways Check out the episode page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org This episode was inspired by the outbreak of war between Israel and the Palestinians which started on October 7, 2023. I explore Sowell's views on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through two columns written by Sowell, one in 2006 and the other in 2014: 2006 Column: “There is no Middle East Peace Process” 2014 Column: "Cease the Cease Fires" Our special guest for this episode is...
E7: The Case For All the Other Energy Sources
February 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour"Age of Miracles" Packy and Julia have spent the first five episodes of Age of Miracles diving into the past and present of nuclear fission—before jumping from the yin to the yang and covering nuclear fusion in the second half of this season, today we wanted to take a step back and talk about all the non-nuclear energy sources out there. We ask this icebreaker question to every guest we bring onto the show: "What does the pie chart of energy sources look like in the US in the year 2050?" Fr...
MrBeast (Interview)
February 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourHow to Take Over the World Key Takeaways Check out Ben’s website Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org To watch this episode on YouTube, tap here: https://youtu.be/xlwwhAeknkA ----- MrBeast joins the podcast to discuss how he trains and manages his employees, why he didn't take Christmas and Thanksgiving off for more than five years, what separates him from other content creators, and more. ----- 00:00 - Introduction 02:30 - Jimmy's obsession with strategy games 05:15 - Did Jimmy...
421. Fitness, Motivation, Mentorship, and Life's Calling | Derek (More Plates More Dates)
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 94 MBJordan B Peterson Podcast Key Takeaways You don’t get to choose your callings; what interests you may be out of your control Mentorship is a manifestation of the instinct for fatherhood; the species would not survive without this instinct If a topic consumes you, use that obsession to your advantage No matter where you are on your path to a goal, some people are behind you and who may benefit from the things that you have learned thus far If you are seeking mentorship, do not just ...
The Fastest Way To Get Promoted (Career Cheat Codes)
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 50 minutesMy First Million Key Takeaways Check out the Episode Page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Episode 547: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping 16 career principles that will get you promoted so fast it’ll make your neck hurt. No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:00) Work WITH not FOR (5:00) Write an internal newsletter (9:...
#742 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 17 Shocking Lessons About Human Psychology
February 12, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourModern Wisdom Key Takeaways Cynicism is not a sign of intelligence, but a substitute for it and a way to shield oneself from betrayal and disappointment without having to actually think More data does not make us more informed, but more confused People define uncertain outcomes as less tolerable than bad outcomes Punishing speech in the form of censorship is ultimately a request to be deceived Many people would rather be hated than unknown Appearing to do good has become more impo...
Synopsis of The Saylor Series with Michael Saylor (WiM221)
February 11, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBThe "What is Money?" Show ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Money is energy; a monetary system is an energy system “The civilization that channels energy most effectively wins.” – Michael Saylor Debasing the currency is equivalent to energy leaking out of the system; at a 7% debasement rate, half of the energy leaks from the system every ten years Engineers design systems with the laws of thermodynamics in mind, but economists do not You cannot cheat mother nature; an ener...
420. What Moves You Will Move the World | Jocko Willink
February 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBJordan B Peterson Podcast Key Takeaways “If you take care of your people, your people will take care of you.” – Jocko Willink Learn from the past, but dwelling too much on it can be counterproductive Relaxation is not the ultimate reward for success In the book of Abraham, the conception of God is the voice that calls you to adventure; the most devout path is the path with the highest adventure “The safest place to store your wealth is in your reputation, and the most effective way...
Alex Telford - Unlocking Innovation in Pharma - [Invest Like the Best, EP.360]
February 09, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutesInvest Like the Best My guest today is Alex Telford. Alex is the founder of Convoke, a software platform to help streamline drug development and commercialization. He also has been writing frequent blog posts on the biotech industry since 2019, keeping a pulse on the direction of innovation. He joined me today to talk about the history of the pharmaceutical industry and what’s becoming possible in medicine in the coming years. Alex helped break down the complexities of investing in new drug ...
Tyler Cowen - Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, Animal Spirits, Anarchy, & Growth
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBThe Lunar Society Key Takeaways The study of economics is a way of carrying forward big ideas about the world The best economists have real depth and breadth in their work Risk aversion is context-dependent The emergence of AI agents will show that Hayek was right about how decentralized systems evolve When a nation allows for free trade, a shockingly high percentage of the productivity gains come from the worst firms being bankrupted by the free trade “My worry is that energy be...
423: Your Personality May Keep You From Surviving. "Psychological Aspects of Survival"
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBJocko Podcast Key Takeaways Your survival may depend more on your personality than upon danger, the enemy, the weather, the terrain, or the nature of the emergency Survival depends a great deal on your knowing and facing the situation, but you are part of the situation Taking action reduces fear; there is nothing that makes fear worse than hesitation Survival requires the ability to detach from the situation “You can only improve your weaknesses if you’re humble enough to admit them...
How To Become A Strong Family, Turning Hard Hikes Into Teachable Moments, Raising Confident And Resilient Children & More With Joe And Mell Hashey
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBBen Greenfield Fitness Key Takeaways Joe noticed his oldest son was struggling with communication They created games and activities to fill in the gaps “Popsicle stick game”: Pick out someone’s name and a topic and then you have to keep eye contact and have a conversation about that topic for 60 seconds Ben suggests Rhetoric, a great game to make you speak but also to get to know better your friends and family “We need to take the best practices that a lot of people put into major orga...
#9 - Joe Lonsdale on Everything
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThe Network State Podcast ✓ Claim Key Takeaways The United States of America is the greatest startup in world history As an entrepreneur, your social role is to make profits, but you also need to ensure that socialists do not take over your country “Every founder starts as lead engineer and ends up as Chief Psychologist.” – Balaji There is light in the world and there is darkness; accelerationism want light and the decels want darkness A world of degrowth is a world that is full o...
#739 - Dr Robert Glover - The Lifetime Problem With Being A “Nice Guy”
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourModern Wisdom Intro Check out the Modern Wisdom Episode Page Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Dr Robert Glover is a therapist, coach and an author. Being nice is something many of us aspire to become. After all, who doesn't want to be nice? Well Nice Guy Syndrome has been ruining the lives of many men for decades, so perhaps we should aspire to be something else. Expect to learn what is actually wrong with being a nice guy, why men become so afraid of putting their needs first, ho...
A Guide to Protecting Yourself Against Unexpected Violence
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBArt of Manliness When Sam Rosenberg was 20 years old and working as a bouncer in a bar, a disgruntled patron pointed a gun directly at his chest and told him: “Now I’m going to kill you.” Sam survived the incident but it caused him to question what he thought he knew about self-defense and sent him on a decades-long quest to figure out how people can best protect themselves and others. Today on the show, I talk to Sam, an expert in personal protection and the author of Live Ready: A Guide ...
#50 - Anthony Pompliano
February 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBLaBossiere Podcast Key Takeaways Qualities such as stickiness, gravity, and permanence are common among companies that have durable revenue Just because a company is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company does not mean that it has durable revenue Products with durable revenue streams tend to become deeply integrated and entangled within an organization Net dollar retention rate (NRR) is not an indication of anything; it is a manifestation of the business in its current state Conceptu...
#6 - Chris Dixon on Read Write Own
February 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBThe Network State Podcast ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Blockchains provide the societal benefits of protocol networks but with the competitive advantages of corporate networks “Come for the tool, stay for the network.” – Chris Dixon If every command line tool becomes an app, does every protocol become a blockchain? Distribution was so scarce in the early days of the internet that Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) killed for it The Web3 version of a given Web2 app adds balances and the abilit...
Robert Greene
February 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourTetragrammaton with Rick Rubin ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Today, people play the same power games that were played in the times of Napoleon and Machiavelli Seduction is opening up doors in people that are normally closed Mastering your craft is the ultimate form of power We tend to distance ourselves from anything that might alter our sense of self Letting go of your sense of self can be scary because it might churn up parts of yourself or the world that you do not want to confront “If...
The Deutsch Files II
January 31, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBNaval's Podcast and Periscope Sessions Key Takeaways Can’t get enough Naval Ravikant? Check out our guide packed with Naval’s greatest advice Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org The universality of computation and explanation 0:00 The growth of knowledge begins with problems 4:56 Problems are clashes between ideas 9:57 Evolution is not the survival of the fittest 14:50 Bad philosophy in quantum theory 26:46 Free will is intimately connected with knowledge-creation 33:41 Wea...
363: Debunking Netflix's New Vegan Documentary Series, 'You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment' | Max Lugavere and Luke Cook
January 31, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBGenius Life Key Takeaways Check Out the Doctor’s Farmacy Episode Page & Show Notes Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org Luke Cook is an actor, comedian, content creator, health science enthusiast, and former podcaster. 15 Daily Steps to Lose Weight and Prevent Disease PDF: https://bit.ly/46XTn8f - Get my FREE eBook now! Become a Genius Life Premium Member! Learn more: http://thegeniuslife.com This episode is proudly sponsored by: HOPWTR is a delicious, non-alcoholic sparkling h...
#737 - Dr Karan Rajan - Debunking The Internet’s Biggest Health Myths
January 31, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourModern Wisdom Key Takeaways There’s a big rise in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) likely from increased consumption of processed foods, less sleep, more stress Your gut produces 80% or more of the serotonin in your body but that serotonin doesn’t cross the blood-brain barrier and doesn’t directly influence your mood Food you eat positively or negatively influences your microbiome and gut microbes Those microbes can release certain neurotransmitters that can induce certain neurochemical si...
Edward Norton
January 27, 2024 00:00 - 3 hoursTetragrammaton with Rick Rubin ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Acting is seeking a deep understanding of another person’s experience Do not let self-consciousness and ego take you out of the present moment Your strength – taken to excess – can become your weakness It is difficult to wrangle the ideas that circulate in your head; they become what they become The challenge in life is recovering simplicity After exhausting your wave of creative work, you have two choices: either repeat that wo...
The Fitness Scientist: "Even A Little Alcohol Is Hurting Your Health!", "Late Night Screen Time Linked To Cancer!", "Working Shifts Kills You 15 Years Early!" - Kristen Holmes
January 27, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett Key Takeaways Light is the signal our brain uses as a master clock, regulating our circadian rhythm – we have to sleep at the right time, view light at the right time, and be in darkness at the right time “Our relationship to light will directly influence the trajectory of our health. There’s just no question about that.” – Kristen Holmes “Sleep is the greatest natural performance enhancer we have on this planet.” – Kristen Holmes Tips for deeper ...
Ep. 281: Learning Hard Things
January 21, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBDeep Questions with Cal Newport ✓ Claim One of the more important abilities to cultivate for the year ahead is comfort learning complicated (and therefore valuable) new things. In this episode, Cal tackles the myths surrounding mastery and presents a new mental model for internalizing non-trivial information. As he elaborates, there is both good news and bad news when it comes to this topic: you can learn almost anything, but you can’t learn everything. Below are the questions covered in t...