Podcast appearances and mentions of Tim Urban

“Two men looked out through prison bars. One saw mud. The other, stars.” This edition of Doing What Works is an ode to Maureen's penchant for stargazing.Here are your show notes…Seth Godin, Tim Urban, and Scott Adams are a few of my favorite people to keep up with.Jane Brody says people often look at questions as attacks.The Let Them Theory is a useful way of looking at the world.It was never between you and them.

Step into a very special episode of Trending in Ed, where host Mike Palmer reunites with fellow co-founders Brandon Jones and Dan Strafford! Since its inception in September 2016, Trending in Ed has been a consistent voice in education, and this reunion delivers a nostalgic yet forward-looking take on education trendspotting. Catch up with Brandon and Dan, discover what they've been doing, and hear their and Mike's reflections on the podcast's journey and the evolving landscape of education over the past 8+ years. Here's the link to Tim Urban's What's Our Problem? which Brandon refers to in the conversation. Key Takeaways The Enduring Relevance of Early Discussions: Even before the pandemic, the "OG" hosts were discussing virtual learning, distance models, and the role of smartphones in the classroom, topics that remain highly relevant today. The Nuanced View of Elon Musk: The hosts reflect on their past fascination with Elon Musk's expansive thinking and ability to apply systems thinking across various domains, while also acknowledging the shift in public perception and the potential for too many ventures for one individual, not to mention the troubling devolution of his public persona. AI as a Tool for Both Progress and Concern: While recognizing AI's potential to enhance mental health solutions—such as processing large datasets for patient notes and improving crisis hotlines—the conversation also touches on concerns about AI's impact on human connection, critical thinking, and potential for widening societal gaps. The Evolution of Education and Lifelong Learning: The hosts discuss the potential for fundamental disruption in education, particularly with the rise of AI, and emphasize the increasing importance of lifelong learning as traditional educational paths evolve. The Importance of Courage and Human Connection: Amidst discussions of societal challenges and technological advancements, the conversation consistently returns to the significance of human connection and the need for courage to navigate uncertainty and take action. A Blast from the Past with a Modern Twist: For long-time listeners, this episode is a rare opportunity to hear the original trio back together, reminiscing about the early days of the podcast and reflecting on how their predictions and observations have played out. Deep Dives into Trending Topics: The hosts tackle pressing contemporary issues such as the impact of AI on mental health, the future of education, and the ongoing influence of figures like Elon Musk, offering diverse perspectives and thoughtful analysis. Insights from Industry Leaders: Brandon Jones, CEO of Triad, shares his expertise on mental health in education and the potential of AI in behavioral health. Dan Strafford, an early podcasting adopter and new media producer, discusses his work in sales enablement and the continued evolution of video and audio production. Don't miss this special reunion episode! Subscribe to Trending in Ed wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an insight.

Our second bonus episode is here! In this one, we're getting into an article I read recently and LOVED. Tim Urban's take on how to find the right life partner. As I said in the episode, let me know what you think of this new format! I want it to be our space for discussing article recommendations, diving into things that have happened that week, answering dilemmas, unpacking responses to episodes. I want to make it as useful as possible for you!You can read the article here: Part 1: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner.html Part 2: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner-part-2.html +DILEMMA SUBMISSIONIf you'd like to submit any dilemmas to the podcast to be answered in the bonus episodes, please send them to podcast@grace-beverley.com with the subject beginning DILEMMAS!+MY LINKS: https://gracebeverley.komi.io/+RETROGRADE, SHREDDY, TALA and THE PRODUCTIVITY METHOD are my own businesses, therefore any mention of them - whilst not being a sponsorship - is monetarily endorsed. As usual, sponsorships do not change my opinions nor my honesty, but I will always disclaim to make sure motives are clear

Guest: Pedro FranceschiPedro Franceschi is the co-founder and CEO of Brex, a fintech company reshaping how businesses manage their finances.Originally from Brazil, Pedro went from teenage hacker to leading one of the most well-known names in modern financial technology—building a platform trusted by startups and enterprises alike.In this episode, Pedro shares what it took to launch “Brex 3.0,” why he moved to a single-CEO model, and how tough structural changes set the stage for leaner, faster growth.Chapters:00:00 Trailer00:46 Introduction01:45 Startup roller coaster05:21 Founders know how to have fun07:12 Belief barrier evolution12:00 Early state of life in Brazil13:23 Controlling variables15:32 Screen time19:23 Making small decisions23:27 Learning raises the bar26:15 People manager38:49 Getting underwater42:05 Growth accelerated47:51 Vision from the top down52:13 Leadership organization54:01 AI software engineering physics54:43 People complain about change59:42 Believers and non-believers1:04:09 Equity and bonus controversy1:08:40 Big swings and going public1:14:15 Control in unpredictability1:18:04 Living in a pixel1:19:52 Meditate, sleep, diet, exercise1:24:36 Mental health and stress1:33:12 Who Brex is hiring1:33:49 What "grit" means to Pedro1:34:39 OutroMentioned in this episode: Silicon Valley, Facebook, Meta Platforms, Inc., Mark Zuckerberg, Mastercard, Rio de Janeiro, iPhone, Bill Gates, Tim Urban, Jony Ive, Apple Inc., LinkedIn, Salesforce, Brian Chesky, Airbnb, Anthropic Claude, Cursor, Codeium Windsurf, Cognition Labs Devin, Vercel, Retool AI, Amplitude, Spenser Skates, Elon Musk, Tesla, Inc.Links:Connect with Pedro:XLinkedInConnect with Joubin:XLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comThis episode was produced by Kleiner Perkins and edited by IQvideo.The trailer and distribution for this episode were handled by Atomik Growth.Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

We explore the evolving conversation around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and whether its future is at risk. We dive into the backlash against DEI, what is driving these changes, and how leaders can approach this complex topic with a systemic lens. We have also discussed the latest advancements in brain-computer interfaces, the concept of mental wealth, and strategies to enhance leadership effectiveness. SHOWNOTES are here Key Quotes “More brains equal more magic. DEI is about systemic change, not just representation.” – Zoë Routh “The real question isn't whether DEI should exist but how it should evolve.” – Zoë Routh “Bias exists. The question is: what systems are we creating to counteract it?” – Zoë Routh Questions Asked 1. How can organisations ensure DEI initiatives drive real change rather than just optics? 2. How do we balance meritocracy with systemic fairness? 3. Are organisations addressing deep-rooted structural issues, or simply applying band-aid solutions? 4. How can we create more inclusive work environments without tokenism? 5. What are practical strategies to counteract cognitive biases in hiring and promotions? Take Action 1. Evaluate your organisation's DEI policies. Are they creating meaningful change or just checking boxes? 2. Experiment with bias-free recruitment. Anonymise applications and assess the impact. 3. Read Tim Urban's book “What's Our Problem?” to understand the broader political and social dynamics around DEI. Tip of the Week Review the collaboration self-checklist - available for subscribers only. Join the community here. You'll get 40 book summaries and recommendations on Leading Strategy and Performance, along with a special secret audio from my award-winning book, People Stuff. Key Moments 00:00 - Welcome back to the show 00:45 - Brain-computer interfaces and the latest technology trends 05:30 - The concept of mental wealth and performance 09:45 - The growing backlash against DEI: What's happening? 14:20 - The meritocracy debate: Does it hold up? 19:15 - How DEI initiatives can move beyond optics to systemic change 25:00 - The role of leadership in fostering truly inclusive workplaces 30:10 - Book recommendation: "What's Our Problem?" by Tim Urban 35:00 - Closing thoughts and action steps Power Games Kickstarter Campaign, sign up here: www.zoerouth.com/power-games MagicMind Nootropic: They have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one-time purchases with code TFLPOD20 at checkout. You can claim it at: https://www.magicmind.com/TFLPOD #leadershiptips #DEI #leadershipdevelopment #futureofwork

Nia Davies is a 27-year-old millennial blogger and wellness entrepreneur from London with a background in medical sciences.    Nia started her wellness startup a year ago, and it is set to launch in the spring or summer of the year.    Nia explains sound therapy, including practices like Tibetan singing bowls and gong baths, which involve vibrations that resonate through the body, promoting relaxation and healing.   She focuses on the millennial lifestyle, self-development, and the science behind alternative practices like bio-hacking and holistic therapies.   Nia believes combining rational and scientific approaches with spiritual practices is the key to her brand's uniqueness.   Nia shares her daily routine involving meditation and reading books on self-development and spirituality, including works by Rupert Sheldrake, Brian Weiss, Tim Ferriss, and Tim Urban.   Website: Nia-Faraway  LinkedIn: Nia E. Davies   Instagram: yugenial   Previous Episode: iam225-millennial-blogger-and-wellness-entrepreneur-explores-the-science-behind-different-self-development-interests   Check out our CEO Hack Buzz Newsletter–our premium newsletter with hacks and nuggets to level up your organization. Sign up HERE.  I AM CEO Handbook Volume 3 is HERE and it's FREE. Get your copy here: http://cbnation.co/iamceo3. Get the 100+ things that you can learn from 1600 business podcasts we recorded. Hear Gresh's story, learn the 16 business pillars from the podcast, find out about CBNation Architects and why you might be one and so much more. Did we mention it was FREE? Download it today!

We live in interesting times.    And they're getting interestinger!   I keep my eyes open for big thinkers to help guide and inform me as I keep trying to make sense of the world. My friend Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) is one of those people:   Tim has a giant mind willing to engage with our fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. The big questions!   Tim's blog Wait Buy Why still scores millions of readers per month with big-name fans like Jonathan Haidt, Bari Weiss, Sam Harris, Bryan Johnson, and (yes) Elon Musk. Why? Because Tim has an incredible way of smallifying complex topics like artificial intelligence, time we have for loved ones, or why we haven't seen aliens into simple language.    More recently Tim has self-published an incredible book called 'What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book For Societies' (which I review here!). He's a teacher and a philosopher. His Richard Feynman-like distillation abilities are on display in his TED Talk on procrastination which has 75 million views!   Tim's intellectual curiosity is huge and we are very lucky to get a glimpse into how his brain works in this classic chapter of 3 Books. Fly down to New York City with me and let's sit in the corner of a crowded coffee shop in SoHo with Tim as we discuss breaking convention, retaining curiosity, the Stitches vs Band-aids test, why you should let your children wear shorts in the winter, the difference between cooks and chefs, and much, much more....   Let's flip the page back to Chapter 22 now...

Are there places and people where you feel more comfortable; like you fit in and belong? Could this actually be a limitation? In this episode of Choice, Change and Action, Simone Milasas speaks with Katarina Wallentin about living outside of the Echo Chambers you have created for yourself; environments where people align and agree with you, and echo back your thoughts, feelings and emotions; places where you feel like you fit in. If you live outside the Echo Chambers, your life is a constant experiment, where you are willing to take in any ideas from anyone and explore them. What else could be possible then?   Keys Takeaways What Is An Echo Chamber? Extrapolation Stepping Out Of The Echo Chamber Money And The Echo Chamber Killing Your Psychic Abilities Rapid Fire Questions Daily Questions: "Am I living my life in an Echo Chamber? What would be possible if I got out and started to venture beyond it?"  "Is this true for me? Is this not true for me? How can I extrapolate from this, build from this?" “Is this mine?” "Who does this belong to?" Useful Links: The Clearing Statement explained Access Consciousness Website Choice, Change & Action Podcast Instagram Follow Simone Milasas Simone Milasas's Website Simone Milasas's Instagram Simone Milasas's Facebook Simone Milasas's YouTube Simone Milasas's Telegram Simone Milasas's Contact Email  Follow Katarina Wallentin Katarina Wallentin's Website Katarina Wallentin's Instagram Katarina Wallentin's Facebook Play with Simone Milasas The Profit Club membership Getting Out of Debt Joyfully Taking Action online video course All Upcoming Classes with Simone Past Class Recordings Mentioned In This Episode The Profit Club with Simone Milasas: https://www.simonemilasas.com/profitclub  ReciMe: https://www.recime.app  Who does this belong to app: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/shop-catalog/accessories/apps/who-does-this-belong-to-app What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book For Societies by Tim Urban: https://www.amazon.com.au/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies-ebook/dp/B0BTJCTR58  The Art of Touch with Katarina Wallentin: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/class-catalog/access-special-classes/certified-facilitator/art-of-touch Symphony of Possibilities classes: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/class-catalog/core-classes/symphony/the-symphony-of-possibilities 

In this episode of the Mob Mentality Show, we dive into Sustainable Pace, a core principle of the Agile Manifesto ("Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely"). From software development to youth sports, we explore the massively destructive effects of an unsustainable pace and highlight the transformative benefits of a culture grounded in sustainable practices.

Tim Urban was in the news this month for quite unexpected reasons. It turns out the UnitedHealthcare CEO's alleged assassin Luigi Mangione is a big fan. Mangione had posted several times about Tim's work including in his pinned tweet on X.Well it just so happened I had sat down with Tim in Austin last month.Tim is an author and one of the Internet's most popular writers. With iconic illustrations and epic prose on everything from A.I. to politics. His wildly popular blog ‘Wait But Why', has earnt him millions of fans. Not just Mangione, but a certain Elon Musk…We sat down to discuss Elon Musk and his work. Tim told me the real story of SpaceX - how Elon built a new space empire and the future of space travel…(For an exclusive extended discussion about Liberalism in America with Tim please head over to www.winstonmarshall.co.uk)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To see more exclusive content and interviews consider subscribing to my substack here: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Substack: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/X: https://twitter.com/mrwinmarshallInsta: https://www.instagram.com/winstonmarshallLinktree: https://linktr.ee/winstonmarshall----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 0:00 SpaceX and the Future of Space Travel 3:48 The Decline of NASA 7:58 The Role of Private Companies in Space Exploration 22:27 The Business Model and Future of SpaceX 26:04 The Ambition to Colonise Mars 43:55 The Significance of Space Travel and Its Impact on Society 54:38 The Philosophies and Divides in the Tech World 59:11 The Future of AI and Its Ethical Considerations 1:00:30 The Role of Elon Musk and His Vision 1:01:52 Impact of AI and Technology on Society 1:05:10 The Role of Technology in Shaping Culture and Politics 1:08:11 Tim Urban's Perspective on AI and Future Projects Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In last week's Side Mirror episode "Produce results and grow the people", I talked about a significant experience during my leadership journey that took place in November 2006 when I was fortunate enough to participate in a leadership programme led by Ed Eppley.I suggested why as managers we need to not only produce results but also grow the people and shared a formula Skill x Effort = Results that demonstrated one of the ways we can grow our people so that they can produce more without having to work harder. Working harder isn't a bad thing necessarily but nor is it a long term sustainable option.I build on that episode this week and share how that formula contributed to the creation of the Fulfilling Performance framework and explain what we mean when we describe Fulfilling Performance as a function of four fundamental contributing factors with effort applied.About AndyI'm an experienced business leader and a passionate developer of people in the automotive finance industry, internationally.During over twenty five years, I have played a key role in developing businesses including Alphabet UK, BMW Corporate Finance UK, BMW Financial Services Singapore, BMW Financial Services New Zealand and Tesla Financial Services UK.At the same time, I have coached individuals and delivered leadership development programmes in 17 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.I started Aquilae in 2016 to enable “Fulfilling Performance” in the mobility industry, internationally.Check out Tim Urban's post: Your life in weeksLearn more about Fulfilling PerformanceCheck out Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub.Connect with AndyLinkedIn: Andy FollowsEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukJoin a guided peer mentoring team: Aquilae AcademyThank you to our sponsors:ASKE ConsultingEmail: hello@askeconsulting.co.ukAquilaeEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukEpisode Directory on Instagram @careerviewmirror  If you enjoy listening to our guests career stories, please follow CAREER-VIEW MIRROR in your podcast app. Episode recorded on 25 November, 2024.

In January 2007 I started a new role within BMW Financial Services which meant moving from the UK to the Asia Pacific regional office in Singapore. A few weeks before I moved I was invited to join a management training course with colleagues from my new region.It was held on a Private Game Reserve in South Africa. The location and the experience were memorable and so was the content of the programme.In this Side Mirror episode I share some of what I learned during that week. I took away learnings that still, 18 years later, remain integral to how I view leadership and how we can enable Fulfilling Performance.About AndyI'm an experienced business leader and a passionate developer of people in the automotive finance industry, internationally.During over twenty five years, I have played a key role in developing businesses including Alphabet UK, BMW Corporate Finance UK, BMW Financial Services Singapore, BMW Financial Services New Zealand and Tesla Financial Services UK.At the same time, I have coached individuals and delivered leadership development programmes in 17 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.I started Aquilae in 2016 to enable “Fulfilling Performance” in the mobility industry, internationally.Check out Tim Urban's post: Your life in weeksLearn more about Fulfilling PerformanceCheck out Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub.Connect with AndyLinkedIn: Andy FollowsEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukJoin a guided peer mentoring team: Aquilae AcademyThank you to our sponsors:ASKE ConsultingEmail: hello@askeconsulting.co.ukAquilaeEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukEpisode Directory on Instagram @careerviewmirror  If you enjoy listening to our guests career stories, please follow CAREER-VIEW MIRROR in your podcast app. Episode recorded on 25 November, 2024.

Go to www.LearningLeader.com for full show notes Read our book, The Score That Matters https://amzn.to/3Yrxfj8 Notes Luck is not real – “Luck is something we conjure in our minds to grapple with the consequences of whatever life may throw our way. Luck is a physiological concept. It's determined by how we view a situation. Academic studies show that you can become luckier simply by telling yourself that you are lucky.” Pessimists sound smart, but optimists change the world. Believe in yourself. Have agency. Strive to make something happen. "Luck is the flip side of risk. They are mirrored cousins, driven by the same thing: You are one person in a 7 billion player game, and the accidental impact of other people's actions can be more consequential than your own." - Morgan Housel Surround yourself with compounders and fire your boring friends– Being around other ambitious people who are willing to push you will make you better. Strike the balance between being loyal to longtime friends, and doing anything for them, but spending the bulk of your time around people who will push your edges and make you think bigger. Fire your Boring Friends - “If you are optimizing for living an extraordinary” life, you have to fire all the boring friends and find people living extraordinary lives.” You don't get what you don't ask for. I love the story of Anthony meeting his future wife, Polina, for coffee and asking for the next date for that same night. The answer is NO if you don't ask. It's worth the potential rejection because the upside is so great. In this case, they got married and have two children. The people who sustain excellence are not afraid to make the ask. Get on the plane -- When in doubt, go see them in person. "Experience is a liability when it comes to setting expectations." Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. Not knowing that something is supposed to be hard can be useful. Respect other people's time - “When I was playing football in college one of our coaches used to say, “5 minutes early is on time and on time is late.” By respecting other people's time they will realize you are a serious person. Childhood is not a crutch — Don't have a victim mindset to use childhood as a crutch for poor behavior. “It's easy to use your childhood as a crutch instead of seeing it as a chisel.” - Cameron Hanes Simplicity signals mastery — Tim Urban is the master at this. As a writer and/or teacher, your writing should make the reader feel smarter, not dumber. Using big complicated words and sentences shows that you don't know what you're talking about. The world seems to separate itself into two groups - the people who never stop learning and everyone else. Document Good Ideas – Ideas run the world. “I created a system that works well for me. I broke everything down into four areas where I could find a good idea. Books, social media, conversations, and audio/video content. Advice: "Seek risk. What is the riskiest thing you can do? The greatest returns are on the other side of risk. Run towards the risk."

This is the third of three episodes about how the Guiding Principles of Fulfilling Performance can help us to manage our time or as I prefer to describe it, live our lives intentionally and deliberately.In the first episode I shared some paradigms or ways of looking at our lives that can support us to be more effective in taking ownership of the journey we are on. The second episode focused on how the first two Guiding Principles: Know why and Be clear can help us to invest our time wisely in endeavours that mean the utmost to us whether that's a business project or a cherished relationship. This episode rounds off the series looking at how the Guiding Principles of Equip yourself and Support others play their part in enabling Fulfilling Performance when time is at a premium.About AndyI'm an experienced business leader and a passionate developer of people in the automotive finance industry, internationally.During over twenty five years, I have played a key role in developing businesses including Alphabet UK, BMW Corporate Finance UK, BMW Financial Services Singapore, BMW Financial Services New Zealand and Tesla Financial Services UK.At the same time, I have coached individuals and delivered leadership development programmes in 17 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.I started Aquilae in 2016 to enable “Fulfilling Performance” in the mobility industry, internationally.Check out Tim Urban's post: Your life in weeksLearn more about Fulfilling PerformanceCheck out Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub.Connect with AndyLinkedIn: Andy FollowsEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukJoin a guided peer mentoring team: Aquilae AcademyThank you to our sponsors:ASKE ConsultingEmail: hello@askeconsulting.co.ukAquilaeEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukEpisode Directory on Instagram @careerviewmirror  If you enjoy listening to our guests career stories, please follow CAREER-VIEW MIRROR in your podcast app. Episode recorded on 4 November, 2024.

Last week I published the first in this series of Side Mirror episodes about Time Management. It wasn't my first choice title for this topic but I called it that so it would be as easy as possible to find for people who are looking for help managing their time. After all, they're busy people.In the first episode I shared some paradigms or ways of looking at our lives that can support us to be more effective in taking ownership of the journey we are on. This episode focuses on how the first two Guiding Principles of Fulfilling Performance: Know why and Be clear can help us to invest our time wisely in endeavours that mean the utmost to us whether that's a business project or a cherished relationship.Check out the Big Rocks videoAbout AndyI'm an experienced business leader and a passionate developer of people in the automotive finance industry, internationally.During over twenty five years, I have played a key role in developing businesses including Alphabet UK, BMW Corporate Finance UK, BMW Financial Services Singapore, BMW Financial Services New Zealand and Tesla Financial Services UK.At the same time, I have coached individuals and delivered leadership development programmes in 17 countries across Asia, Europe and North America.I started Aquilae in 2016 to enable “Fulfilling Performance” in the mobility industry, internationally.Check out Tim Urban's post: Your life in weeksLearn more about Fulfilling PerformanceCheck out Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub.Connect with AndyLinkedIn: Andy FollowsEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukJoin a guided peer mentoring team: Aquilae AcademyThank you to our sponsors:ASKE ConsultingEmail: hello@askeconsulting.co.ukAquilaeEmail: cvm@aquilae.co.ukEpisode Directory on Instagram @careerviewmirror  If you enjoy listening to our guests career stories, please follow CAREER-VIEW MIRROR in your podcast app. Episode recorded on 31 October, 2024.

In honor of election night in less than a week, we present one of our favorite episodes from the archives. Author, blogger, and cartoonist Tim Urban of WaitButWhy.com helps us dissect what's causing the political, social, and tribal dysfunction in our society with the help of golems, genies, the thought ladder, and the speech curve. Check out Tim's new book, What's Our Problem? Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon. www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson https://www.amandaknox.com/ Twitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridge IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What, exactly, is our problem? Author Tim Urban, known for his extended riff on procrastination in his endlessly wise, sidesplittingly funny, stick-figure illustrated Wait But Why blog, emerged from a 6-year deep think with an answer that has the power to save humanity (from itself).  In Urban's analysis, the primitive mind is a furry orange monster holding a burning torch, big dumb looking genies called golems roam the land — and we're going to need a resurgence of rival genies to save us. Oh and we're all moths wasting our lives circle the porch light. In this episode, Tim joins us to get us up to speed. This one is a must-listen. Learn more about Tim and his work online here. This program is part of the series in partnership with Florida Humanities — “UNUM: Democracy Reignited,” a multi-year digital offering exploring the past, present and future of the American idea — as it exists on paper, in the hearts of our people, and as it manifests (or sometimes fails to manifest) in our lives. The Village Square is a proud member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Funding for this podcast was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program is part of a larger project "Healing Starts Here" funded by New Pluralists. Learn more about our project, and other inspiring grantees here.

In this episode of Moment of Zen, Erik Torenberg sits down with Tim Urban, writer of the popular blog Wait But Why, and author of the 2023 book What's Our Problem? where he offers a framework for thinking about our chaotic political landscape. Tim unpacks the clash between freedom and equality in modern society. He explores how social justice movements and political extremes threaten open dialogue. Urban argues for a return to classical liberal values, challenging listeners to consider: Are we fostering true diversity of thought, or silencing dissent in the name of progress?

This week's guest is David Senra, ex-founder and host of  Founders podcast – one of my favourite podcasts where each week, David devours a biography of a founder and shares his favourite lessons with the world, whether it's Charlie Munger, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Kobe Bryant, The Wright Brothers, Lucille Ball, Jay Z, Enzo Ferrari and many more!But David has a really interesting story himself and one we dive into today. We talk about his tough childhood and how his escape came through his obsession with books because it was within those pages where he found the role models he wanted and needed to inspire him on his way.We also discuss some key themes between the founders and innovators whose stories David has shared in over 300 episodes now from a self-styled delusion which helps them to ignore the naysayers and dream the impossible to the obsession which comes with a laser focus on what matters.There are lots of great stories and anecdotes as you can imagine from David but there are also some great lessons that he has learned about success on his personal journey and why he wants to build something he's younger self would be proud of.Here is my conversation with David Senra.Enjoy!This episode was originally released April 2023 - S9:E73David's podcast Founders podcast / Twitter / Instagram Danielle Twitter / Instagram / Substack Newsletter / YouTubeAll my podcast episodes are edited with Descript - try it for FREE hereMentioned in this episode:Tim Urban post that David mentions in this episode Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People ThinkMy episode with Jimmy Soni here

Welcome to Building Brand You™, the podcast that helps you accelerate your success by unlocking your greatest asset – you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS: Science is everywhere. There is nothing around you that is not science. Making science more inclusive and relevant helps people feel that it is part of their world, rather than something only for the intelligent or elite. "Doing things that feel very difficult has created in me a whole new sense of resilience, self-acceptance, and the belief that I can accomplish challenging tasks. It doesn't matter whether I'm good at them or not; the fact that I can do them has been truly life-changing" - Jen Martin Jen's three life=changing reads: Atomic Habits by James Clear The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus   RESOURCES MENTIONED: Why Am I Like This by Jen Martin Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Am-Like-This-Weirdest/dp/1761450425   Let's Talk Scicomm Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/lets-talk-scicomm/id1590937440   TEDTalk: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator by Tim Urban https://youtu.be/arj7oStGLkU?si=l4n2sQtd_ocL6KFH      ABOUT OUR GUEST: Dr Jen Martin founded and leads the University of Melbourne's acclaimed Science Communication Teaching Program. She spent many years working as a field ecologist, until she decided the most useful thing she could contribute as a scientist was to teach other scientists how to be effective and engaging communicators. Jen also practises what she preaches: she's been talking about science weekly on radio for nearly 20 years, hosts podcasts (including @letstalkscicomm), MCs events, writes for a variety of publications and was named the 2019 Hero of Australian Science Communication. Jen's first popular science book, ‘Why am I like this? The science behind your weirdest thoughts and habits' was published this year.     CONNECT WITH JEN MARTIN: Email - j.martin1@unimelb.edu.au Website - https://scidocmartin.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-martin-scicomm/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scidocmartin/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/scidocmartin Podcast - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letstalkscicomm     ABOUT KYM HAMER: Kym Hamer is an international leadership, visibility and impact coach, a personal branding expert and serial entrepreneur, and the creator of Building Brand You™, a methodology helping organisations, teams, and individuals to build visibility and reputational rigor as essential building blocks for delivering sustained business value. In other words, accelerating results by unlocking your greatest asset - YOU! In 2020, just one year after launching her first business, she was nominated by Thinkers360 as one of the Top 100 Women B2B Leadership influencers and is currently in the Top 25 Personal Branding and Top 12 Marketing Influencers in the world. For 4 years running Kym has also been one of Thinkers360's Top 10 Thought Leaders on Entrepreneurship and in 2023, was recognised as one of their Top Voices for 2023 globally. Kym is the Founder & CEO of Artemis Futures International, a Founding Board Member of the Customer Experience & Service Association Middle East, and co-founder of CXSA Group Ltd.  She has been part of the faculty with Homeward Bound Projects, a global initiative reaching 1.8 billion people, equipping women and non-binary people with a STEMM background to lead conversations for a sustainable future. She voyaged to Antarctica in 2023 for 19 nights delivering the immersive component of the HB programme for more than 170 women, and is currently Faculty Lead for Homeward Bound's 8th leadership cohort. In between all of these things, you'll find her curled up in a corner with her nose in a book.   Building Brand You™: JOIN the BBY Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingbrandyou SUBSCRIBE to the BBY Podcast on: (Apple) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/building-brand-you/id1567407273 (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ho26pAQ5uJ9h0dGNicCIq   CONNECT WITH KYM HAMER: LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/kymhamer/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kymhamerartemis/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kymhamerartemis/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kymhamer Thinkers360 - https://bit.ly/thinkers360-kymhamer-BBY Find out about BBY Coaching - https://calendly.com/kymhamer/bbychat/     HOSTED BY: Kym Hamer   DISCLAIMER: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Building Brand You™ podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved. They do not necessarily represent any other entities, agencies, organisations, or companies. Building Brand You™ is not responsible and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information in the podcast available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast does not constitute legal advice or services.

- 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 info@cloudstreaks.com

Join us on Locals for exclusive content and to become a supporter Interested in taking your life to the next level? Fill out the form to get more information on The Excellent Life program! Use code NATHAN15 for 15% off amazing Catholic books at tanbooks.com Summary Nathan Crankfield discusses the importance of having multiple streams of income and evaluating opportunities. He emphasizes the need to be open to opportunities and discern which ones to pursue. He also highlights the balance between providing for the family and fulfilling the vocation of fatherhood. Tim Urban shares his personal experience of juggling multiple businesses, a firefighting career, and an MBA program, and how he managed his time by delegating tasks and adjusting his schedule. He encourages finding a balance between pursuing passion projects and fulfilling duties. In this conversation, Tim and Nathan discuss the balance between work and family life, the importance of time management, and the role of faith in achieving success. They emphasize the need to delegate tasks and focus on leadership rather than micromanagement. They also discuss the importance of open communication with spouses and the support of a supportive wife. They highlight the importance of focusing on virtues and character development rather than solely pursuing professional success. They also discuss the tension between greed and providing, emphasizing the need to set goals and prioritize virtues over financial success. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Tim Urban 05:20 Tim's Personal Upbringing and Background 08:06 Tim's Entrepreneurial Journey and Balancing Work and Family 12:53 Challenges and Support in San Francisco 16:16 Transitioning and Managing Multiple Ventures 25:13 Focusing on Opportunities and Evaluating Priorities 27:04 Creating Opportunities and Multiple Streams of Income 30:29 Discerning Opportunities and Finding a Balance 36:41 Time Management and Balancing Work and Family Life 39:59 Balancing Ambition and Contentment 48:08 Faith as a Guiding Force in Work and Family Life 53:24 The Importance of Open Communication with Spouses 59:43 The Role of a Supportive Partner in Personal and Professional Growth 01:04:35 Finding the Balance: Ambition, Greed, and Prioritizing Family --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingexcellence/support

Tim Urban of Bracewell Technologies has advocated for clients on business tax issues, extension of temporary tax provisions, and federal tax policies within the energy sector. He says agriculture has potential game changers in the evolving energy policies, in fact, in many ways ag is in the middle of this evolution. Urban will present a general session with an outlook and insights at the 2024 ARA Conference and Expo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Urban is on a mission to increase our collective ability for critical thinking. He is the founder, writer and illustrator of the popular website Wait But Why, a long form blog that regularly reaches millions of readers. He has delivered a TED Talk, “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator,” which has been viewed 29 million times. And, most recently, he is the author of the smash-hit book What's Our Problem: A Self Help Book For Societies, which is available wherever books are sold. In this classic episode, Tim joins Robert on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his ladder framework for thinking, why how you think is more important than what you think, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He describes himself as a dharmik skeptic, and has written a book about how atheism evolved within Hindu philosophy. Kushal Mehra joins Amit Varma in episode 382 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his intellectual evolution-- and his journey as a podcaster. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Kushal Mehra on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and his own website. 2. Nastik: Why I Am Not an Atheist -- Kushal Mehra. 3. The Cārvāka Podcast -- Kushal Mehra's podcast on YouTube. 4. Kushal Mehra's YouTube monologues. 5. 'How We Spend Our Days Is How We Spend Our Lives' -- Amit Varma. 6. Hanlon's Razor. 7. Tim Urban's tweet on getting to know people. 8. The Harm Principle. 9. Deepak VS and the Man Behind His Face — Episode 373 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. A Life in Indian Politics — Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jayaprakash Narayan). 11. I, Pencil -- Leonard Read. 12. Why People Believe Weird Things -- Michael Shermer. 13. Richard Dawkins on the God of the Old Testament. 14. Vinamre Kasanaa and Prakhar Gupta on YouTube. 15. Kushal Mehra on Dostcast. 16. A Meditation on Form — Amit Varma. 17. Sowmya Dhanaraj Is Making a Difference -- Episode 380 of The Seen and the Unseen. 18. The God Delusion -- Richard Dawkins. 19. Robert Sapolsky's biology lectures on YouTube. 20. The Evolution of Cooperation -- Robert Axelrod. 21. A Manual for Creating Atheists -- Peter Boghossian. 22.  A Godless Congregation — Amit Varma. 23. Tell Me You Love Me -- Amit Varma. 24. Dr Chatterjee and therealnihal's Instagram post on friendship. 25. The New Atheism and the Four Horsemen. 26. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett on Amazon. 27. ‘Wet Streets Cause Rain' — Michael Crichton. 28. The Big Questions -- Steven Landsburg. 29. Three cultures of atheism: on serious doubts about the existence of God -- Simon Glendinning. 30. Charvaka and Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa. 31. Tattvopaplavasiṃha — Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa. 32. The Rooted Cosmopolitanism of Sugata Srinivasaraju — Episode 277 of The Seen and the Unseen. 33. Imagine There's No Svarga: Rediscovering Cārvāka, India's 2,700-Year-Old Atheistic Tradition -- Kushal Mehra on Quilette. 34. Moral Foundations Theory, proposed by Jonathan Haidt, Craig Joseph and Jesse Graham. 35. Hitchen's Razor. 36. Consciousness Explained -- Daniel Dennett. 37. Who We Are and How We Got Here — David Reich. 38. Soul and Sword: The History of Political Hinduism -- Hindol Sengupta. 39. Hind Swaraj -- MK Gandhi. 40. Yugank Goyal Is out of the Box — Episode 370 of The Seen and the Unseen. 41. Hindutva -- Vinayak Savarkar. 42. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India -- Akshaya Mukul. 43. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 44. Rangila Rasul. 45. The Intellectual Foundations of Hindutva — Episode 115 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Aakar Patel). 46. The Populist Playbook -- Episode 42 of Everything is Everything. 47. Don't Insult Pasta (2007) -- Amit Varma. 48. Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back — Subhashish Bhadra. 49. Subhashish Bhadra on Our Dysfunctional State — Episode 333 of The Seen and the Unseen. 50. The Progress of Humanity -- Episode 101 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Steven Pinker). 51. Colours of the Cage -- Arun Ferreira. 52. Modi's Domination: What We Often Overlook -- Keshava Guha. 53. The BJP Before Modi — Episode 202 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 54. Anand -- Hrishikesh Mukherjee. 55. How We Do the Small Things -- Amit Varma. 56. How Not To Get Trolled -- Amit Varma. 57. The Pursuit of Happyness -- Gabriele Muccino.. 58. Andaz Apna Apna -- Rajkumar Santoshi. 59. I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto -- Tupac Shakur. 60. Shiv Kumar Batalvi on Rekhta. 61. Bulleh Shah on Wikipedia. Amit's newsletter is explosively active again. Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: ‘Study' by Simahina.

What is one of the reasons why breaking up is so tough? Could it be procrastination? We don't want to be hurt or hurt others... we end up avoiding difficult conversations, being honest with ourselves or others and making tough choices... This is a humorous and insightful Ted Talk that will surprise and delight you. You'll learn about the monkey mind of immediate gratification and how the panic monster may or may not show up to save the day! Learn more at www.waitbuywhy.com

"When trading, are you more interested in being right, or are you more interested in making money? And I ultimately just look at it like ‘I just want to make money, and…make the best returns I can', and so therefore I need to stay open to different ideas.” - Kevin Muir--This week's episode features another one of Chase's greatest mentors, Kevin Muir. Kevin is a prototype of the kind of investor we're trying to highlight on this podcast. He's a markets scientist who isn't afraid to explore new ideas and find himself wrong after that process. His open-mindedness has led him to some great theories that we dig deeper into for this episode. --Timestamps:-- (00:01) - Intro-- (03:19)- Kevin's Charity: Covenant House-- (04:39) -Why Kevin loves the markets-- (05:39)- James Aiken's philosophy on overload-- (10:56)- How Kevin discovered MMT wasn't the stupidest thing he ever heard-- (15:10)- Tim Urban and the “high rung” approach to ideas--(17:41)- How do you intentionally stay open to new ideas?--(23:55)- Systematic Investing Flows--(30:01)- Tried and True Indicators can't always help (Yield Curve Inversion)--(39:25)- Must Read Books for Traders --(45:27)- Between Two Pines--(53:25)- Simple morning rituals set you up for a full day of markets, and you should adjust your reading to the macro environment--(56:18)- Different life priorities led Kevin from working at a bank to operating the Macro Tourist --(1:01:43)- “New techs” cause mini-rolling bubbles and never underestimate the stupidity of regional bank CEOs--(1:07:14)- Plugs--This Episode's Charity:The Covenant House of Toronto aims to serve youth who are homeless, trafficked, or at risk. They're located in the heart of Toronto and offer youth ages 16-24 essential services such as medical care, food, and shelter. Kevin and Chase raised $100 for charity this week! --Referenced in the Show:What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim UrbanIs Inflation Ending: Are You Ready? by A. Gary Shilling and Kiril Sokoloff The Logical Trader: Applying a Method to the Madness by Mark FisherThe Alchemy of Finance by George SorosKevin's Interviews of Jim Leitner on The Market Huddle: Check out this episode's blog post--Guest Plugs:Kevin's The Macro Tourist SubstackKevin's X: https://twitter.com/kevinmuirKevin's email: kevin@themacrotourist.com--Pinecone Macro Research aims to provide unique, well researched analysis of the global markets using a macro framework. Find us here: www.pineconemacro.com Follow us and the show on Twitter: @PineconeMacro &

Our guest in this episode is Lou de K, Program Director at the Foresight Institute.David recently saw Lou give a marvellous talk at the TransVision conference in Utrecht in the Netherlands, on the subject of “AGI Alignment: Challenges and Hope”. Lou kindly agreed to join us to review some of the ideas in that talk and to explore their consequences. Selected follow-ups:Personal website of Lou de K (Lou de Kerhuelvez)Foresight.orgTransVision Utrecht 2024The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence by Tim Urban on Wait But WhyAI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey - 98 page PDF with authors from Peking University and other universitiesSynthetic Sentience: Can Artificial Intelligence become conscious? - Talk by Joscha Bach at CCC, December 2023Pope Francis "warns of risks of AI for peace" (Vatican News)Claude's Constitution by AnthropicRoman Yampolskiy discusses multi-multi alignment (Future of Life podcast)Shoggoth with Smiley Face on Know Your MemeShoggoth on AISafetyMemes on X/TwitterOrthogonality Thesis on LessWrongQuotes by the poet Lucille CliftonDecentralized science (DeSci) on Ethereum.orgListing of Foresight Institute fellowsThe Network State by Balaji SrinivasanThe Network State vs. Coordi-Nations featuring the ideas of Primavera De FilippiDeSci London event, Imperial College Business School, 23-24 MarchMusic: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

Until this year's Super Bowl, Katie had never watched an entire game of football and cared about the football. Now she's disappointed that's it for the season. So what changed? Well, thanks for asking! We have some amusing answers for you in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…   “Why do the Detroit Lions wear Honolulu Blue?”Quarterback is on Netflix. So is Friday Night Lights!Why sports fans are sports fans, by Tim Urban.“I wanted you to see Paris for the first time with a man who will always love you no matter what.”  “Testosterone changes during vicarious experiences of winning and losing among fans at sporting events.”

What makes you... you? How much of that can you decide?These are the big questions we tackle in this short Life Lesson bonus episode for some ideas to percolate over the weekend and take forward with us.From the attachment styles we learnt as children to our accents and even how we think about learning. These are all behaviours that are up to us if we choose to be pro-active about how we show up in life and who we want to be.We'll learn how to act consistently with compounding behaviours over time to build brick by brick the big changes we want to make. We'll build techniques to unlearn negative behaviors and utilise a Growth mindset to focus on positive developmentSponsor - Magic MindThe world's first mental performance shotmagicmind.com/growthMS56% off Magic Mind discount code: GrowthMS20Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.comInsta - SamJam.zenChapters:00:00 What makes you, you?03:05 Memory and the self04:33 British Accents and lessons of children06:11 Attachment and behaviour08:13 Small Actions Compound09:52 Advert - Magic Mind10:34 Opening our minds11:58 Every story has a villain12:45 Battling the expectations in your mind14:30 Feedback15:57 Send OffLinks:Tim Urban - Why Generation Y is UnhappySteven Pressfield - Every story needs a villianHow I write with Tim Urban - Why your writing is boring Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/growth-mindset-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you identify as a procrastinator - chances are you beat yourself up about the fact. You might feel like you lack self discipline, willpower, focus - and any number of other personality traits that our determined, tenacious, productive, get shit done type friends possess. Well despair no more, because in today's small talk episode I share a revelation that came to me courtesy of The Huberman Lab. In this episode Andrew (Hottie) Huberman talks to super habit genius Professor Adam Grant about the fact that not all procrastination is equal. It's true - if you live in denial about shit that needs to get done and just blatantly ignore doing things until the last minute - you do indeed fall into the procrastinator pot. But for the others out there - who (like me) put off getting started - while they mull over, muse, brainstorm, mentally massage their ideas/problems/projects and tasks - you could be what is called the 'Delayer'. And it may just be - that your end game is one that is more creative, allows for more innovative solutions and a more expansive approach to problem solving and decision making. It is a fascinating episode - all 3 hours of it, so if you want the small popcorn mini meal version - I've taken the highlights and squeezed them in here. If you haven't seen Tim Urban's TED Talk on Procrastination - STOP PROCRASTINATING - and watch it now. It's bloody funny. Tim Urbanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU

This episode I decided to share some of my favorite books I read or listened to in 2023.Here's a list of all the books mentioned in this episode.Fiction:Tenth of December - George SaundersLiberation Day - George SaundersA Swim in a Pond in the Rain - George SaundersNorse Mythology - Neil GaimanPhilosophy:The Creative Act - Rick Rubin The Wisdom of Insecurity - Alan Watts.Be Water, My Friend - Shannon Lee Pure Meditation - Pema ChodronMeditations - Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic - SenecaHow to be a Stoic - Massimo PigliucciA field guide to a Happy Life - Massimo PigliucciThink Like a Stoic - Massimo PigliucciDiscipline in Destiny - Ryan HolidayStillness is the Key - Ryan HolidayThe Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday Courage is Calling - Ryan HolidayThe Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu, Stephen Mitchell TranslationThe Art of Living - Thich Nhat HahnPolitics and Political Theory:What's Our Problem? - Tim UrbanThe Cruelty is the Point - Adam SerwerPoverty, by America - Matthew DesmondGhettoside - Jill LeovyThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace - Jeff HobbsCharter Schools and Their Enemies - Thomas SowellParenting:Bringing up Bébe - Pamela Druckerman How to Raise Successful People - Esther WojcickiIt. Goes. So. Fast. - Mary Louise KellySociology:Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall KimmererThe Myth of Normal - Gabor Maté MD and Daniel MatéA Hunter-Gatherers Guide to the 21st Century - Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Account Right Now - Jaron LanierDeepfakes - Nina SchickThe Art of the Good Life - Rolph DobelliThe Good Life - Robert WaldingerIrreversible Damage - Abigail ShrierPageboy - Elliot PageOne excellent book I accidentally left out was yet another great on from Michael Pollan,  The Botany of Desire. https://www.anotherfinger.com Email: support@anotherfinger.com  Free month of Waking Up: https://dynamic.wakingup.com/shareOpenAccess/d5251aApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/another-finger/id1526096210Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cMYCxrGf3brRjQvj6SBvJ?si=Cle2fGlwQkqXr5GpXsN6XgCover Art: Rory Jenkins  Email: l3m0nsh4rk@gmail.comSocial Media: Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr @Sh4rkH4ts

Tim Urban used to hate writing because he thought it was boring. Now, he has 600,000+ newsletter subscribers, 811,000+ Twitter followers, and one of the most unforgettable (and hilarious) writing styles on the Internet. Come learn how to make your writing fun to read and fun to write. SPEAKER LINKS: Website & Newsletter: https://waitbutwhy.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Book: https://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem WRITE OF PASSAGE:  Want to learn more about the next class Write of Passage? Click here: https://take.writeofpassage.school/writing-sprints PODCAST LINKS:  Website: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-write/ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Delve into the year's most impactful conversations around why we think what we think, the future of American politics, cautionary discussions about AI and cancel culture, and more! Join Andrew and guests as we wrap up 2023 on a high note. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/icKP_Pt1Ea8 Listen to the full conversations with: Tim Urban - https://youtu.be/KRl5301kQoI Dean Phillips - https://youtu.be/OvSgbdu42Yw Gary Marcus - https://youtu.be/yIu8QAiw5Yw Rikki and Greg - https://youtu.be/K6pR6qdMTgY Peter Diamandis - https://youtu.be/5J2QCDHU4UQ Ryan Graves - https://youtu.be/tpMkuwqBsxw Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss making better choices, managing human foibles, and distilling big ideas into clear words. Tim Urban is a writer and author of the blog Wait But Why. He is the author of What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies.  In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss how to develop strong productive habits; the human tendency towards “chronocentrism”; as well as how American society has become troubled and why finding real solutions will require courage. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: podcast@persuasion.community  Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of "Mindful Monday." Join 10's of thousands of your fellow learning leaders and receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right... Full show notes at www.LearningLeader.com Twitter/IG: @RyanHawk12   https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 How can I become a high-rung thinker? High-rung thinking is independent thinking, leaving you free to revise your ideas or even discard them altogether. On the low rungs, it means you're working to dutifully serve your ideas, not the other way around. How can I be the boss of the ideas in my own head? When you're the boss of the ideas in your head, you're always willing to revise them. When there's no amount of evidence that will change your mind about something, it means that idea is your boss. Humility is the awareness that no idea is worthy of being your boss. Best advice Tim has ever received: "I met Chris Anderson, the head of TED, in 2015. He had read a few WBW posts and offered me the opportunity to give a TED Talk at the 2016 conference (which was six months away). Immediately full of both gratitude/excitement and dread/anxiety, I asked him if it might be better to wait a couple years until I had some more speaking experience. He paused thoughtfully for a few seconds before saying, “There's no time like the present.” I took his advice. Since then, his voice saying those words has popped into my head again and again during hard decisions, and I'm yet to regret following them." Great advice is sometimes great because it's totally original or framed in an original way. But, as in my story, a well-known platitude, at the perfect moment, can also make a huge impact. What makes Chris's advice so valuable to me wasn't that it was something new—it was that the lesson I learned from taking the advice in that particular moment turned a cliché into a mantra. No one “builds a house.” They lay one brick again and again and again and the end result is a house. A remarkable, glorious achievement is just what a long series of unremarkable, unglorious tasks looks like from far away. “If I aired a highlight reel of your most selfish life moments and most shameful thoughts, you'd seem like an awful person. If I aired a reel of your best, kindest moments, you'd seem like a saint. But people aren't highlight reels, and the unedited cut is always a messy mix!” Kids Asking WHY? When kids repeatedly ask “why?” they're trying to see the underlying reasoning behind what they're told by authorities. “Because I said so” rejects that instinct and says “stop reasoning and obey.” We then become adults who only know how to trust authorities other than ourselves. High Rung Thinking: Rung 1 - Thinking like a Scientist. When you're thinking like a scientist, you start at point A and follow evidence wherever it takes you. Rung 2 - Thinking like a sports fan. They want the game played fairly, but they really want the process to yield a certain outcome.  Rung 3 - Thinking like an attorney. When you think like an attorney, you start from point B. The client is not guilty. Now let's figure out why. They cherry-pick evidence and piece it together to make an argument that leads where you want it to. Rung 4 - Thinking like a zealot. Their ideas aren't rugged experiments to be kicked around, they're fragile, precious babies to be adored and protected. The zealot doesn't have to go from A to B to know their viewpoints are correct– they just know they are. With 100% conviction. Life/Career advice: "I'd give the same advice to someone who's trying to find someone to marry. Go on lots of dates. Experiment. Do stuff. Get out in the world. You can only connect the dots looking backward."

You think you've got a procrastination problem? TIm Urban, the man behind the sensationally popular blog Wait But Why reckons he might have you covered. He's so well-acquainted with procrastination, in fact, that he gave a TED talk on the topic… And finalised it at the last minute.  However, for a self-proclaimed master procrastinator, Tim sure gets a lot done. And thankfully, among the many, many articles he's written are some antidotes for the serial procrastinator.  Tim shares his process for researching and understanding big, complex ideas, and turning them into digestible, entertaining reading. Connect with Tim on Twitter or his website, Wait But Why *** My book Time Wise is out now. You can grab a copy here. Connect with me on the socials: Linkedin Twitter Instagram  If you're looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a weekly newsletter that contains three cool things I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au CREDITS Produced by Inventium Host: Amantha Imber Production Support from Deadset Studios Episode Producer: Liam Riordan Sound Engineer: Martin ImberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we discuss what Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking all consider the single greatest threat to humanity, why “death” is not binary event that makes you transition from being alive or dead at a specific moment in time, we ask if you would spend $1000 on a chance to live forever, we look at the biology behind cryogenics, vitfrication, and putting your body on biological pause, and we explore why poverty, climate change, war, and all our problems melt away in the face of one massively important issue with our guest Tim Urban. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author, blogger, and cartoonist Tim Urban of WaitButWhy.com helps us dissect what's causing the political, social, and tribal dysfunction in our society with the help of golems, genies, the thought ladder, and the speech curve. Check out Tim's new book, What's Our Problem? Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon. www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson www.knoxrobinson.com Twitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridge IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Urban is on a mission to increase our collective ability for critical thinking. He is the founder, writer and illustrator of the popular website Wait But Why, a long form blog that regularly reaches millions of readers. He has delivered a TED Talk, “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator,” which has been viewed 29 million times. And, most recently, he is the author of the smash-hit book What's Our Problem: A Self Help Book For Societies, which is available wherever books are sold. Tim returned to the Elevate Podcast to discuss how society became so polarized, the need for critical thinking, different ways to think about political and societal debates, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wait But Why's Tim Urban helps us find ways to cope with the chaos of current events in his new book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. What We Discuss with Tim Urban: Why we're so polarized and partisan in our political beliefs — seemingly more than ever before. How low-rung thinking prevails on both sides of the political aisle (and what we can do to ascend to higher-rung thinking). The perspective we can gain if we imagine the history of humanity as a 1,000-page book. How the internet went from a unifying force of human connection to a division-sowing outrage generator. Why we should strive to build our own "idea lab" instead of comfortably hunkering down in a tribally sponsored, anger-generating echo chamber. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/892 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

I'm excited for the second part of this episode with Tim Urban, the man that turned his blog into a global movement who is now bringing us a new framework through which to through complex societal issues. You're possibly one of over 65 million people that watched Tim Urban's legendary TedTalk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator. We're continuing this conversation where Tim introduces ideas from his book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, and this leads into the last part of this epic conversation unpacking the power games, why liberal games are a necessity and why the alternative to equal opportunity is possibly a disaster to steer clear from. Check out Tim's book, What's Our Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies-ebook/dp/B0BTJCTR58   QUOTES: “The dictator and their little consortium have the power to do what they want, so they do and other people don't so they can't.” “It's a very disempowering thing to teach kids that this country, because there is inequality, is inherently oppressive and I think it is just demotivating.” “What concerns me about our current political environment is that we have so many hard problems ahead, big discussions we have to have as a species, and our society has to be able to have its wits about us. We have to have our wits about us going into this future where we're getting more godlike power and be wise about it because the stakes are going up.” Follow Tim Urban: Website: https://waitbutwhy.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waitbutwhy/  Get ready to unlock your true potential and enjoy an unparalleled listening experience with our Impact Theory subscription service at https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Sponsors: Get 20% OFF with our code IMPACT at calderalab.com/IMPACT. Unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera Lab! Go to hostinger.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 10% OFF your new website! If you're looking for a simpler, effective investment for your health, try AG1, and get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase. Go to drinkAG1.com/Impact. That's drinkAG1.com/Impact. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://www.shopify.com/impact Head over to http://www.mindpumpimpact.com to find the 5 most impactful Mind Pump fitness episodes that will transform your body and your life. Visit nutrisense.io/tom and use code TOM to save $30 and get one month of free dietitian support.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we putting our ability to progress as a society at risk giving into the primitive mind?  I'm excited for the first part of this two-part episode with Tim Urban, the man that turned his blog into a global movement who is now bringing us a new framework through which to through complex societal issues. You're possibly one of over 65 million people that watched Tim Urban's legendary TedTalk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator. Tim is joining me today to introduce ideas from his book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, and this leads into the first part of an epic conversation unpacking the primitive mind, woke ideology that has weaponized words, and the tug of war between your individuality and society. Check out Tim's book, What's Our Problem:  https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies-ebook/dp/B0BTJCTR58   QUOTES: “We live in this advanced civilization where so much of our natural programming tendencies actually hurt us and misfire, so we're constantly in this kind of tug of war. “When we have a more accurate picture of the world, we can do more for the world.” “The fact that there is also subjective experience, which each person kind of has their own, to me that's part of objective truth. Objective truth is just reality.” “I see really well-intentioned people get lost in the sequence of, every answer is going to be nuanced and nuance is very hard if you can't talk out loud.” -Tom Bilyeu Follow Tim Urban: Website: https://waitbutwhy.com/  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/waitbutwhy/  Get ready to unlock your true potential and enjoy an unparalleled listening experience with our Impact Theory subscription service at https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Sponsors: Get 20% OFF with our code IMPACT at calderalab.com/IMPACT. Unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera Lab! Go to hostinger.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 10% OFF your new website! If you're looking for a simpler, effective investment for your health, try AG1, and get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase. Go to drinkAG1.com/Impact. That's drinkAG1.com/Impact. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://www.shopify.com/impact Head over to http://www.mindpumpimpact.com to find the 5 most impactful Mind Pump fitness episodes that will transform your body and your life. Visit nutrisense.io/tom and use code TOM to save $30 and get one month of free dietitian support.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John and Craig welcome Aline Brosh McKenna to talk about the difficult journey through pages 70-90 of your feature. The end of the second act can drive even the most seasoned writers into an existential crisis, but together they offer their tips and tricks to navigating this difficult passage. We then talk about the importance of tone: what does tone feel like on the page? And how can it distinguish great writing? We also talk mentors, procrastination, the Panic Monster and our inner Instant Gratification Monkeys. In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Drew reveal how each episode of Scriptnotes is made and what they've learned putting together the Sidecasts. Links: Aline Brosh McKenna Justin Timberlake joins the Five-Timers Club Scriptnotes, Episode 131: Procrastination and Pageorexia Why Procrastinators Procrastinate and How to Beat Procrastination by Tim Urban airbnb Scriptnotes, Episode 99: Psychotherapy for screenwriters Freedom blocks digital distractions Deadline on Aline's Showtime pilot pickup They Came Together and Mutual Friends Bandolier hands free crossbody iPhone accessory Slate Culture Gabfest “Grief Sandwich” Edition Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription! Craig Mazin on Instagram John on Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon Outro by JT Butler (send us yours!) This episode was originally produced by Stuart Friedel. Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here.

Ryan speaks with Tim Urban about his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, why everyone who wants to improve at something should aim to do it slowly, what it really means to “trust the process,” why they like writing so much, and more.Tim Urban is a writer, illustrator, blogger, and entrepreneur. He earned his A.B. from Harvard University, graduating cum laude with a major in Government. Since starting his long-form, stick figure-illustrated blog Wait But Why in 2013, he has become one of the most popular writers and thinkers on the internet. His articles have been regularly republished on sites like Quartz, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, Business Insider and Gizmodo, and his 2016 TED Talk: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator has been viewed over 50 million times on YouTube alone. Wait But Why regularly receives over 1.5 million unique visitors per month on average, and his blog is read by over 300,000 email subscribers. His work, which covers a wide range of topics, including technology, human behavior, self-improvement, and more, can be found at waitbutwhy.com and on Twitter @waitbutwhy and Instagram @timurban. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

A few years ago, writer and cartoonist Tim Urban started becoming troubled by what he saw going on in the world around him. He noticed that while technology was progressing in unbelievable ways—people were going to space on private rocket ships and computers were the size of Starbucks coffee cups—it seemed like people were unhappier than ever before. We were petty. We were turning against each other. We were tribal. And he noticed that the very things that had allowed for unbelievable technological progress—things like democracy, liberalism, and humanism—were under siege. Why was everything such a mess? When did things get so tribal? And why do humans do this stuff to each other? Urban's new book, What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies, is an answer to those questions and more. Like his other work on his blog, Wait But Why, Urban uses comically simple drawings, stick figures, and charts, to make the most complex and profound questions that humans face tangible and affecting. In this book, Urban looks back at hundreds of thousands of years of history and explains how we are now living through more change, more rapidly, than at any other time—the stakes of that are almost too high to comprehend—but what he argues is that the danger we face in the end is not global warming. It's not an asteroid racing toward Earth. It's not an impending alien invasion. It's ourselves. On today's episode, Tim Urban explains how we got ourselves into this mess, and how we can also get ourselves out of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, on Here's Where It Gets Interesting, co-founder of the website Wait But Why? joins Sharon to talk about a few big ideas, like censorship, the future of big tech, the role of government, and what we can do to combat corruption. They also talk about bad drawings of stick figures, and his new book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies.Hosted by: Sharon McMahonGuest: Tim UrbanExecutive Producer: Heather JacksonAudio Producer: Jenny SnyderResearcher: Valerie Hoback Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Harris speaks with Tim Urban about his new book, “What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book for Societies.” They discuss Tim's unusual career, the finitude of life, existential risk, exponential technological change, political tribalism, the corruption of the media, how one thinks vs what one thinks, trust in institutions, the firing of James Bennet at the New York Times, digital mobs, the mechanics of cancellation, Alex Jones, election integrity, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.   Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.  

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump's wild rally in Waco, Texas, Desantis donors beginning to question him, Trump promising "Death and Destruction", Krystal and Saagar debate if we should ban TikTok, TikTok CEO appears in Congress, Biden bombs Syria after US contractor is killed, Putin promises to deploy Tactical Nukes in Belarus, MSNBC Resistance Hero Malcolm Nance exposed as a Ukraine War grifter, Krystal looks into a Big Green energy scam in ESG, and Tim Urban joins the show to talk about his new book "What's Our Problem?".To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump's wild rally in Waco, Texas, Desantis donors beginning to question him, Trump promising "Death and Destruction", Krystal and Saagar debate if we should ban TikTok, TikTok CEO appears in Congress, Biden bombs Syria after US contractor is killed, Putin promises to deploy Tactical Nukes in Belarus, MSNBC Resistance Hero Malcolm Nance exposed as a Ukraine War grifter, Krystal looks into a Big Green energy scam in ESG, and Tim Urban joins the show to talk about his new book "What's Our Problem?". To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl   Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices