Modern Wisdom

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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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

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Joe Hudson is a coach, entrepreneur and a podcast host.

Expect to learn how important it is to develop the skill of decision-making, why intelligent people often struggle the most with making decisions, how to spot the biggest indicators you are about to make a terrible decision, the things that separate someone who makes decisions quickly from someone who agonises over everything, how to distinguish genuine intuition from fear masquerading as intuition, and much more…

Learn more about Joe and his upcoming course on decision-making: https://s.artofaccomplishment.com/MWdecisions

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Timestamps:

(00:00) How Your Decisions Shape Your Life

(02:27) Can You Train Yourself to Be More Decisive?

(03:34) Why Some People Struggle to Make Decisions

(04:30) Emotion vs Information: What Drives Our Decisions?

(11:03) The Secret to Making Great Decisions

(16:52) How Fear Holds Us Back

(25:43) Why You Should Trust Your Brain’s GPS

(29:27) Is Courage the Key to Better Decisions?

(32:36) The Hidden Trap of Audience Capture

(39:31) Why Your Principles Matter More Than You Think

(44:04) The Emotions That Control Your Decisions

(53:27) How to Make Conscious Choices

(01:03:43) How to Face the Biggest Decision of Your Life

(01:09:44) Why Change Feels So Scary

(01:12:47) What Actually Makes a Decision Bad?

(01:18:16) Is Seeking Reassurance a Form of Self-Abandonment?

(01:20:46) Is Decisiveness Just Confidence in Uncertainty?

(01:24:48) Does Regret Paralyse Our Ability to Make Decisions?

(01:28:30) What Are the Costs of Indecision?

(01:29:47) How to Take Back Control of Your Choices

(01:37:05) How to Distinguish Real Intuition From False Instincts

(01:38:06) Joe’s Recent Retreat

(01:41:50) Where to Find Joe

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James Smith is a podcaster, author, personal trainer, and co-founder of the world's greatest clean energy drink, Neutonic.

Expect to learn why solving your problems never leaves you with fewer of them, why more money buys less happiness than you’d expect, how James got arrested at 13 for shooting a stranger, why it's important to gamify your life, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Why You’ll Never Have Fewer Problems
(5:34) You Can’t Speed-Run Hedonism
(8:00) The Danger Of Waiting To Have Kids
(12:41) Why You Still Feel Like A Teenager
(14:12) Crazy Experiences In Asia
(24:25) Manipulative But Loving Dating Advice
(30:21) Getting Kicked Out Of School
(34:31) When James Shot Someone In The Face
(44:36) Mumps, Parties & Dropping Out Of Uni
(51:16) Early Outcomes Don’t Predict Your Future
(58:28) Why You Can’t Speed-Run Success
(1:07:52) Your Worth Is Not About Performance
(1:12:37) The 3 Paths For People Who Still Aren’t Happy
(1:14:10) Why Life Needs To Be Gamified

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

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Rob Kurzban is a psychologist and an author.

Expect to learn why we should view emotions through the lens of evolution, the hidden reason why humans aren’t filled with existential anxiety at all times, what happens to your brain when you don’t express gratitude often, the secret message depression might be trying to communicate to your subconscious, what the most difficult emotions to explain are, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(00:00) How Evolution Explains Our Emotions

(01:21) Why Do Humans Need Emotions at All?

(03:44) How Emotions Measure and Motivate

(08:09) The Hidden Intelligence of Body Maintenance

(11:17) Why Humans Are So Good at Pooping

(13:24) How the Body Uses Nausea as a Tactical Response

(17:31) The Evolutionary Reason We Fear Small Spaces

(21:21) Why You’re Not Attracted to Your Siblings

(30:59) The Most Surprising Thing About Anxiety

(35:46) How Much Anxiety Is Actually Normal?

(39:37) Why Everyone Feels Overstimulated

(40:44) Can Panic Actually Be Useful?

(42:53) Are Aesthetic Pleasures Different From Sensory Pleasures?

(45:10) Why Humans Love Grooming Each Other

(51:57) Where Does Our Spice Tolerance End?

(55:40) What Is Fun and Excitement?

(58:01) Is Music Just Sexual Signalling?

(01:03:35) How Hunger Can Work Against Us

(01:09:44) Which Emotions Are Uniquely Human?

(01:18:01) Nature vs Culture: Where Do Emotions Come From?

(01:20:22) Why Jealousy Is So Unflattering

(01:26:58) Is Evolutionary Psychology Accurate?

(01:33:54) Is Empathy Really Investment Advice?

(01:37:19) Why Gratitude Is More Powerful Than You Think

(01:49:22) Does Clinical Psychology Actually Work?

(01:50:55) What Depression Does to Your Behaviour

(01:57:06) Contempt vs Resentment: What’s the Difference?

(02:00:13) What Embarrassment Does to Your Body

(02:05:22) Why Do We Feel Shame and Guilt?

(02:09:28) The Personal Relationship to the Mind and Attention

(02:11:45) The Emotions Robert Has Changed His Mind About

(02:14:04) The Hardest Human Emotion to Explain

(02:15:21) Which Emotion Causes the Most Damage Today?

(02:20:57) How to Use Your Emotions to Improve Your Life

(02:27:20) Where to Find Robert

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Episodes You Might Enjoy:

#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠

#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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