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In this Episode, Frank breaks down why KanYE has chosen this hill to die on.  With excerpts from the Waking Up Podcast with Neuroscientist Sam Harris and Ye's sit down with Lex Friedman, we try to better understand why he continues to say such hurtful things. One thing is certain, Ye might never recover from this. Regardless, is cancelling him still the right thing to do?

For this episode, Colt and James brig a Cerebral Chat that we titled, 2021 Recap. During this episode you will hear us discuss some of the many highlights of the year 2021 including the January 6 Capitol Riots, the billionaire space club, the rollercoaster ride of vaccine and vaccine mandates, Joe Rogan and the infamous horse de-wormer fiasco, Sam Harris and the Waking Up Podcast, and much more. Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to keep those brains warm again, one last time for 2021. Intro and Outro produced by Ace Ha: www.facebook.com/aceha Soundcloud: Ace Ha Beats  Visit the CEP Network: www.thecepodcast.com, www.facebook.com/cerebralentertainmentpodcast and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/channel/UCPT2_3F3qLqCjgQR5IeloTA/videos  Pick up your CEP Network gear: www.byjack.com/cep  Visit www.truenutrition.com and use code “CEPN” during checkout for 5% off of your entire nutrition and supplements order. 

For this episode, Colt and James brig a Cerebral Chat that we titled, 2021 Recap. During this episode you will hear us discuss some of the many highlights of the year 2021 including the January 6 Capitol Riots, the billionaire space club, the rollercoaster ride of vaccine and vaccine mandates, Joe Rogan and the infamous horse de-wormer fiasco, Sam Harris and the Waking Up Podcast, and much more. Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to keep those brains warm again, one last time for 2021. Intro and Outro produced by Ace Ha: www.facebook.com/aceha Soundcloud: Ace Ha Beats  Visit the CEP Network: www.thecepodcast.com, www.facebook.com/cerebralentertainmentpodcast and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/channel/UCPT2_3F3qLqCjgQR5IeloTA/videos  Pick up your CEP Network gear: www.byjack.com/cep  Visit www.truenutrition.com and use code “CEPN” during checkout for 5% off of your entire nutrition and supplements order. 

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about OPay - The African Payments startup, we’ll discuss its early history, initial focus on African payments, blitzscale attempt to become Africa’s Super App & OPay's future outlook. This episode was recorded on August 9, 2020 Companies discussed: Opera Group, OPay (Opera Pay), OCar, OFood, ORide, OExpress, OBus, OTrike, Beijing Kunlun, Meituan Dianping, Tencent (WeChat), Go-Jek, Grab, Jumia (Jumia Pay), AliPay & GTBank. Business concepts discussed: Blitzscaling, Super App strategy, Equity fundraising, Venture Capital (VC) / Entrepreneur risk dynamics, China Tech, Fintech, Betting Technology & Chinese investments in Africa tech. Conversation highlights: (00:40) - Why the OPay story is important (02:39) - Background on Opera and market share in Africa (05:24) - Background on Zhou Yahui and Beijing Kunlun Opera acquisition (08:25) - OPay fundraising (12:40) - OPay Blitzscaling approach, trade offs and other examples (23:15) - Super App strategy discussion: Great and not-yet great examples (32:30) - OPay in Nigeria and multiple business lines (37:22) - OPay refocusing on Fintech and reacting to COVID (43:30) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook (49:00) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook (54:30) - Bankole’s recommendations and small wins (56:07) - Olumide’s recommendations and small wins Olumide’s recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: How Innovation Works (by Matt Ridley) Small win: Good to be back in the gym after 5 months Other content mentioned: Blitzfail: How Not to Go off the Rails (by David Sacks) Bankole’s recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: The Worst Epidemic (from Waking Up Podcast by Sam Harris) Small win: Eloquent Chrome extension Other content mentioned: GTBank Habari - customer review We’d love to hear from you. If you have feedback, topics you’d like to hear, or just want to say hello, please email info@afrobility.com Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes at Afrobility.com

Welcome to another SHOUT OUT EPISODE, this time focusing on a conversation between Sam Harris and Laurie Santos (see description below) --- Politics Over Coffee receives no financial gain from this podcast. All rights remain with the podcast creator. -- https://samharris.org/podcasts/196-science-happiness/ In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Laurie Santos about the scientific study of happiness. They discuss people’s expectations about happiness, the experiencing self vs the remembered self, framing effects, the importance of social connections, the effect of focusing on the happiness of others, introversion and extroversion, the influence of technology on social life, our relationship to time, the connection between happiness and ethics, hedonic adaptation, the power of mindfulness, resilience, the often illusory significance of reaching goals, and other topics. Laurie Santos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. She hosts the popular podcast The Happiness Lab and she teaches the most popular course offered at Yale to date, titled The Science of Well-Being. Laurie is also the director of the Comparative Cognition Laboratory and the Canine Cognition Center at Yale. She received her A.B. in Psychology and Biology from Harvard University in 1997 and her Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard in 2003. Twitter:@lauriesantos Website: https://caplab.yale.edu/

In this episode, Alasdair and JR share how they founded a travel retreat company. They discuss the value of retreats, the healing power of walking as well as their excitement around their upcoming backpacking retreat in Yosemite. They talk about how they met their business partners Lou and Kelly and give a behind the scenes look at some of the ups and downs they've experienced while starting the business. Listen to this episode and explore: Update: We moved (3:04) Update: Alasdair's coaching business (5:05) The trip to Yosemite that started it all (7:55) The rewards of backpacking for Alasdair and Julie-Roxane (10:55) What backpacking teaches you about your body (16:30) How we found our business partners Lou and Kelly (19:53) The challenges we've faced organizing the Yosemite retreat (23:53) Some of the early wins we've experienced (27:45) Our motivations for leading a travel retreat (34:40) How past retreats have impacted our lives (37:10) The power of a plant-based diet (52:32) Mindfulness exercises and facilitating meaningful discussions on the retreat (59:54) The benefits of spending uninterrupted time in the wilderness (1:03:02) Mentioned in this episode: yosemite2019.com Vipassana retreats taught by S.N. Goenka Making Sense Podcast (formerly known as The Waking Up Podcast) by sam harris Anna Lovind Episode 8: Doing a Yearly Review Episode 5: Taking a Psychedelic Retreat Lou’s channel on Insight Timer The Highly Sensitive Person Free MBTI personality test Ways you can support this podcast: Leave a review on itunes Donate to the FAR OUT podcast Share this episode with others! :D Email us at host@thefaroutpodcast.com Credits: Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa www.krackatoa.com

Neues Jahr, neues Glück – mit einem Thema das nicht Science Fiction ist, aber viel mit der Zukunft zu tun hat. Der Klimawandel steht mit voll aufgedrehtem Heizschwammerl vor der Tür, und wir diskutieren über aktuelle Daten, Prognosen und Reaktionen. Apropos Schwammerl, in der Love/Hate-Rubrik geht es nicht nur um die ersten beiden Folgen der 2. Staffel von Star Trek Discovery, nein, auch eine Gesamtschau auf den aktuellen Status von Star Trek an sich kommt nicht zu kurtz(man). Die Galaktische Lyrik und die Ferengi-Erwerbsregel sonnen sich in der wohligen Wärme der des Hauptthemas, und auch sonst geht’s recht heiß her: Bringen furzende Kühe die Apokalypse? Kann man am Ergometer aggressionsfrei über plot holes drüberfahren? Und wie hieß nochmal der Charakter hinten links auf der Brücke? Timecodes 1:43 – Wir müssen reden: SpaceX Update; Punisher Season 2, Colette, Birdbox, Patriot Season 2, Die Romanoffs, Hardcore History zu Japan im WW2, Mit Offenen Karten: Wem gehört der Weltraum, Io, Bandersnatch, Ghostbusters 3 16:00 – Galaktische Lyrik 9 20:28 – Hauptthema: Klimawandel 1:06:26 – There is so much love in this hate group: Wie steht es um Star Trek (Discovery)? 1:59:28 – Ferengi Rule of Acquisition: “Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach.” Show Notes "Energy Revolution? More like a Crawl" - Dr. Vaclav Smil https://youtu.be/5guXaWwQpe4 Keynote-Speech - Stefan Rahmstorf: Bekommen wir die Klimakrise noch in den Griff? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxO7oaGUilE Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof.in Helga Kromp-Kolb: Innerhalb der ökologischen Grenzen gemeinsam gut leben. Eine Reflexion - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcocbG4SjaQ What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming https://youtu.be/fseG2IwpBqM Warum die FPÖ den Klimawandel in Frage stellt https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/43amep/warum-die-fpo-den-klimawandel-in-frage-stellt Waking Up Podcast #95 — What You Need to Know About Climate Change | Sam Harris https://samharris.org/podcasts/what-you-need-to-know-about-climate-change/ A History of Earth's Climate - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC_2WXyORGA Klimastatusbericht AT https://www.ccca.ac.at/wissenstransfer/klimastatusbericht/ The Uninhabitable Earth http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html?gtm=bottom Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jul/17/neoliberalism-has-conned-us-into-fighting-climate-change-as-individuals?CMP=fb_gu Climate change food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint? https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714 How the Star Trek rights were divided between CBS and Paramount https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n_zxsLocHE Is Discovery Really Star Trek? Or Something Else? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGi8j_slU_E Star Trek Discovery and the Return of Picard: The Controversies Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLl17YXrAZY The Real Reasons Star Trek 4 was Cancelled, and where does the franchise go next? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBfNYVwj8lw Star Trek Discovery: The Firing of Les Moonves and the Failure of the Shorts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMyfI_WM7E CBS & Netflix Lawsuit | Star Trek: Discovery Tardigrade | Update #3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_RJL2aVNQ Axanar Confidental – Premiere Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psgvV_cIY_A

→ Join us at the Physicians for Ancestral Health Winter Retreat ← Dr. Luke Bennett, MD is the Medical and Sports Performance Director with Hintsa Performance, and the team doctor for the Mercedes - AMG Petronas Formula One (F1) racing team. His role with F1 involves providing general medical practice for 200 staff on the road and overseeing a team of coaches, trainers, and nutritionists who work with the drivers on the Formula One grid. In this podcast with Dr. Tommy Wood, Luke discusses his background in critical and intensive care medicine in Australia and the events that launched him from lifelong fan of motorsport to Formula One team doctor. They discuss the training, business, and performance psychology needs of F1 drivers and some of the challenges associated with life on the road. Here’s the outline of this interview with Luke Bennett: [00:00:12] Peter Attia Podcast: The Drive. [00:00:20] Hintsa Performance. [00:02:30] Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. [00:05:18] Taking a patient history. [00:06:35] Transitioning to working with Formula One. [00:07:47] Dr. Aki Hintsa. [00:08:39] Formula One. [00:09:33] Team doctor for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team. [00:11:28] Haile Gebrselassie; Mika Häkkinen. [00:12:44] Pete McKnight and Dave Ferguson; Book: The Science of Motorsport, by David P. Ferguson. [00:13:55] Finding the right coach for the right driver. [00:17:14] The Core: a close and deliberate examination of what makes a person tick. [00:18:33] Psychology of sports performance in F1. [00:21:20] The complex social tapestry of F1 racing. [00:23:19] Hintsa Chairman Juha Äkräs and CEO, Jussi Raisanen. [00:25:01] Knowing where to assign your time. [00:29:23] Tim Ferriss; Financial Times, Sky News; The West Wing Weekly. [00:30:24] Sam Harris, Waking Up Podcast. [00:31:19] Shane Parrish; Farnam Street blog. [00:32:11] Ornithology. [00:34:35] Hintsa on Twitter and Facebook.

In this episode, Sam Harris, neuroscientist, author, and host of the Waking Up Podcast, walks us through the profound, yet practical, ways that meditation can transform our lives. Additionally, he helps to define the types of meditation and clarifies potential misconceptions with terms like happiness, pain, and suffering. We discuss: The transformative moment that led to Peter reaching out to Sam [3:45]; Comparing the two broad types of meditation, and Peter’s favorite meditation apps [7:45]; The pleasure of a concentrated mind, meditating with pain, and the difference between pain and suffering [13:15]; What it means to be happy, and how to break out of our default state [23:15]; The disease of distraction, why humans suffer, the limitation of happiness, and letting go of anger with mindfulness [31:00]; The challenge of learning mindfulness, the benefit of silent retreats, and Sam’s first experience in solitude as a teenager [54:15]; Sam’s life-altering experience with MDMA [1:03:00]; Mettā meditation a.k.a. loving-kindness, and the concept of ‘moral luck’ [1:14:00]; Overcoming grief and dread with meditation [1:34:45]; The wrong way to practice mindfulness, and the difference between Vipassana and Dzogchen [1:44:45]; Sam’s commitment to never lie, honesty in politics, and Sam’s viewpoint on the Trump phenomenon [2:06:00]; Teaching kids to be more mindful [2:18:30]; Sam’s current book projects, the consequences of a politically correct environment, and the potential of neuroscience to cure psychopathy [2:25:30]; How you can follow Sam’s work [2:39:00]; and More. Learn more at www.PeterAttiaMD.com Connect with Peter on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.

  For this episode, Dario was invited to the University of Chichester by Programme co-ordinator of Media and Communications Dr. Adam Locks to screen Spike Jonze's 2013 sci-fi drama Her. The discussion lived up to the reason for selecting the film, throwing up many points of analysis related directly to genre, performance and production design, but also provoking wider philosophical questions that linked to conversations we have been having on the podcast recently. The film taps into concerns around the influence of technology on our everyday experience and Jonze creates a world that is unerring familiar yet alienating. Imbued in the film are ethical questions about the potential influence of AI on how we perceive the self. Also at the heart of the discussion is the materiality of the voice which is a particularly interesting subject from a podcasting perspective. Neil and Dario expand the discussion to talk about the film in the context of Spike Jonze's previous work and the perpetual crisis of masculinity.   Shownotes Susan Schneider in the New York Times on Her Alan Watts: Reborn in Her - by Philip Goldberg in Huffpost An episode of The Waking Up Podcast discussion the ethics of AI and film/tv representation Dr Adam Locks teaches in the Department of Creative & Digital Technologies at the University of Chichester. He is co-editor of the book Critical Readings in Bodybuilding (Routledge, 2011) and co-author of The Basics: The Body (Routledge, 2014), both of which examine the body through aspects of the media. He will be launching an interview based podcast early in 2019.  

Blessing Okon offers opposing viewpoints to Curt's way of thinking within their friendship. Blessing brings a perspective of someone originally from Nigeria that has been living in the United States for many years. Blessing explains why she was wrong about depression. The beginning of the discussion was prompted by an episode of the "Waking Up Podcast" with Sam Harris talking with Bart Ehrman. Follow "People I Know Show" and see photos of Curt, Blessing and all other guests on Facebook and Instagram.

Gad Saad (@gadsaad) is an evolutionary behavioural scientist at the John Molson School of Business who is known for applying evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. He holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences and Darwinian Consumption and has a blog at Psychology Today titled Homo Consumericus and a thriving Youtube channel where he critiques ideas of multiculturism, third wave feminism and societal norms/issues as a wholeIn addition to this, Gad's the prolific author of: * The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature * Evolutionary Psychology in the Business Sciences * The Evolutionary Bases of ConsumptionGad is no stranger to media. He has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal and Huffington Post, been mentioned in The Economist, Forbes, Chatelaine, Time, and The New York Times. He appeared on #WeThePeople Podcast with Josh Zepps, Waking Up Podcast with Sam Harris, was featured on four episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, appeared Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria and has been interviewed on The Rubin Report.You can listen right here on iTunesIn our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including: * How college and post-modernism are creating a generation unable to think and reason * The reason science and fact are so important yet so often misrepresented * How confirmation bias can create a terrible mono-culture * Why fake news is more damaging than it initially appears * The way companies and social media hijack our biological drives to drive consumerism * The problem with universities and education and ideas on how to fix them * Rewriting government to fit human psychology * Why Gad is passionate about animal rights but not a vegan or vegetarian * The problem with polarizing issues and failure to discuss them * Why the US is so isolationist and extreme in its political views * Communism vs capitalism and the future of society * Biological differences between men and women * The problem with taboo topics in culture--Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFMFringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon, via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe.Donate   

iPhone Max, Meditation, Amplify Mesh, Adobe Apps, Procreate, and Podcasting “I chat about a few things I am into lately.” – LyleWaking Up Podcast with Sam Harris | Stream Episodes NowAmpliFi Wi-FiHome Networking - Ubiquiti EdgeRouter XiPad Software for Drawing - Procreate

Welcome back to the ModState Podcast. On this episode John and Nate talk about the "Great Experiment." This is of course in context of our liberal democracy. On the 138th episode of the Waking Up Podcast with Sam Harris, Yuval Noah Harari presents a compelling argument in relation to time, technology and governance. Are we at that brink today? Or is this just a contentious time where we are grappling with progressive ideas and a more connected world? John and Nate discuss this idea plus more pressing issues like our national debt. Tune in and and have a listen. [Post-apocalyptic urban photo attributed to Paul Mullins at paulmullins.wordpress.com]

Recorded September 4th, 2018.Thanks for listening everybody! We hope you all enjoyed the episode.Check out the New York Times article on Kengo Kuma that we discussed here: Kengo Kuma’s Architecture of the Future. Let us know what you think about his ideas of what architecture should be. Also definitely check out some images of his work, but most importantly, check out the monstrosity that is his first building, M2, and join us in ridiculing its egregious postmodernism.Also, if it sounded like something you’d be interested in, check out Waking Up by Sam Harris. You can find the audio book on Audible, here, or you can order the actual book on Amazon here, or you can just head over to your local library! And if you like the book, then you’ll definitely like the Waking Up Podcast.Visit our website at problematicpod.com, where all episodes are archived and available for download, and where you can tell us all about how much you agree with our stance on architectural postmodernism. You can also email us at problematic@problematicpod.com or leave comments on individual episodes on the website if you have something you would like to contribute to the conversation.And as always, follow us on Twitter for even MORE fun: @Problem_Pod, @palmferguson, and @ryan_m_myers

"The normal American did not graduate from college and doesn't have an associate's degree. He or she perhaps attended college for one year or graduated from high school. She or he has a net worth of approximately $36,000, about $6,000 excluding home and vehicle equity and lives paycheck to paycheck. She or he has less than $500 in flexible savings and minimal assets invested in the stock market. These are median statistics with 50% of Americans below these levels” In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and Nat discuss The War On Normal People By Andrew Yang. This book is a balanced and optimistic view on Universal Basic Income, the economic impact of the automation of jobs and our options for the future. "half of American households already rely on the government for direct income in some form." We cover a wide range of topics, including: Universal Basic Income and Government benefits Statistics on unemployment, labor and the changing workforce Technology, automation and robot dog walkers Centralization of certain jobs in certain cities Remote work, freelancers, the gig economy Taxes, Cryptocurrencies & Video Games Tangents on Fortnite, Rolex and ad revenue in sports And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of The War On Normal People By Andrew Yang. You can also listen on Google Play Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, or in any other podcasting app by searching “Made You Think.” If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on Sovereign Individual for opposing views. Along with our episode on The Elephant In The Brain for more on human nature and the desire for success. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show Waking Up Podcast [01:08] Universal Basic Income [02:48] Mass Shooters [04:43] Social Revolution [04:46] Median Statistics [05:33] Labor Participation Rate [06:22] Manufacturing States [12:33] Detroit Riots [13:11] W-2 [13:43] Retraining Programs [15:12] Technology Industrial Wave [15:43] Amazon Warehouses [17:17] Walmart [17:25] Paralegals [19:33] The Sims [23:02] Hive Mind [23:27] UpWork [32:56] Slack [36:40] Esports [37:00] Twitch [37:09] Extremistan [37:12] Mediocristan [37:14] Gig Economy [40:44] Rover [40:52] Wag [40:52] Twilight Zone [42:10] Flywheel effect [45:35] Lincoln University [47:24] Biggest question Nat had have from reading @AndrewYangVFA's UBI book (on Twitter) [55:00] Unlimited Brewing [55:55] The world’s top economy: the US vs China in five charts [57:50] Cryptocurrencies [01:05:50] (Crypto episode) TransferWise [01:09:05] Blockchain [01:09:26] Winner-takes-all effect [01:09:54] Patreon Bonus Material [01:12:19] Fortnite [01:17:46] Call of Duty [01:18:03] Mad Max [01:21:11] ISIS [01:21:17] Social Credits [01:22:48] Million Dollar Bill [01:22:48] Vietnamese Dong [01:23:51] Trump’s Tax Plan [01:27:20] Totalitarianism Article [1:31:45] Yang2020.com [01:31:58] The New Deal [1:32:38] The Great Depression [01:33:40] Obamacare [01:35:22] Selection Bias [01:39:03] Books mentioned The War On Normal People by Andrew Yang Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson [03:17] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama [01:12:47] Sapiens by Yuval Harari [01:18:47] (Nat’s Notes) (part 1) (part 2) Homo Deus by Yuval Harari [01:18:48] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb [01:31:47] (Nat’s Notes) (Neil’s Notes) (book episode) Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson [01:38:43] (book episode) People mentioned Andrew Yang Sam Harris [01:00] Winston Churchill [04:25] Nassim Nicholas Taleb [37:06] (Antifragile episode) (Skin in the Game episode) Donald Trump [01:03:10] Barack Obama [01:12:12] Youval Harari [01:19:04] Robin Hanson [01:38:05] Show Topics 01:42 – The book feels optimistic and fairly balanced and offers Universal Basic Income as a good solution to our current situation. Andrew sets the stage well with the magnitude of the problem. 03:04 – We have both come from a place of not thinking UBI was a good solution and our views have been changed several times on this, since reading Sovereign Individual and now this. 04:19 – It feels like this could the best of the option that we currently have if we want to maintain this current system and avoid social revolution. 05:10 – Yang starts the book off by emphasizing the scale of the problem using median statistics or labor participation rate, unemployment rate and number of disability claimants. 06:30 – There is a massive number of people who are working age but are no longer looking for work. This is not evident when viewing the unemployment rate as they are discounted. However the labor participation rate is 63% which is lower that all other industrialized economies. 06:58 – One in three people have left the job market entirely. They have self-selected to no longer participate in the search for work and are not counted as unemployed. 08:09 – "half of American households already rely on the government for direct income in some form.". The majority of these are on disability for muscular tissue issues, mood disorders, anxiety or depression. 09:09 – There is a whole industry of lawyers who help people get onto disability who then take a cut of the back dated payments. 10:26 – Similarities between the level of disability payments and the proposition of UBI. However with disability payments, you are dis-incentivized from trying to find work as payments would stop. This causes a large number of people to stay on disability for longer and find untraceable ways of earning additional income. 11:10 – Yang says that 94% of all jobs created within the last 10 years were temporary contractor jobs with no benefits. People are not going to risk their $12,000 disability payment for a job at $7 per hour. 11:35 – Disability has less than 1% churn rate, very few people get off it. It’s like the anti-SaaS startup. 11:59 – Increases in disability payments correlate to the areas with the biggest job losses. Highest in the old manufacturing states. Does the government recognize that these payments are just another type of welfare for those that have lost their jobs? 12:31 – In Michigan of the 310,000 who left the workforce between 2003 and 2013 half went on to take disability payments. They don’t have any other options available. 13:29 – The Government doesn’t seem to actively fight benefit fraud with more people joining but few leaving. Missing of checks to see who is health is improving enough to move back into work. 14:29 – Inefficiencies of job retraining programs and the lack of transferable skills between old industries losing jobs and new (mostly technical) industries with jobs available. "The test is not 'Will there be new jobs we haven't predicted yet that appear?' Of course there will be. The real test is 'Will there be millions of new jobs for middle-aged people with low skills and levels of education near the places they currently reside'. And the answer to that seems almost certainly no." 15:44 – In previous industrial waves people have been able to adapt due to similarities of skill. Automation is now removing low skilled jobs entirely. Automation in car factories, Amazon warehouses. 18:30 – Automation isn’t solely for low skilled, Blue Collar jobs. Anything repetitive and routine can be automated. This will impact White Collar workers too. “Routine jobs of all stripes are those most under threat from AI and Automation and in time more categories of jobs will be affected.” 19:21 – Automation in law, research and reduction in personnel. Repetition as a tool for learning. Loss of high-level expertise as no-one has the foundational knowledge that comes from early repetition. 20:42 – Tangent. A Science Fiction story to make you think! In a distant future, expertise on computers has been lost and no one knows how to resolve a computer bug. A future where humans are reliant on computers to retain the knowledge for them. 22:42 – Computers no longer needing humans. The Sims, the hive mind of the Internet. Memes, Russian hackers, and Wikipedia created by AI destroying humanity. 25:19 – Assumptions of UBI imply an increase of entrepreneurship. What happens when you pay people to not work? Current level of cash wealth for the average American is $500. The expense of Healthcare means that one ER visit can put people into long term financial difficulty. Defaulted medical bills are then just another form of welfare. 27:50 – Median salary in the US is $31,000. Cost of living in New York and San Francisco. Impact cost of living has on average job wages. Manhattan vs Brooklyn. 32:14 – The author criticizes the idea that those that lose their job can just start working remotely. Those in the US can’t compete due to cost of living with locations like the Philippines and Sri Lanka. Tech skills required are also a barrier to entry. 36:10 – Professional eSports players and the popularity of Twitch and the platform reinforcing the popular streamers causes them to be more popular. Extremistan vs Mediocristan. 39:11 – Lack of service jobs, the rise of the gig economy, dog walking apps. Robot dogs and cyborg owners. 42:39 – Hyper-concentration of money and talent in 6 cities: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC. Reinforcing loop effect. Venture Capital money and secondary cities that are on the rise. The effects of anchor companies in smaller cities. 50:01 – Potential to see an exodus of people moving away from high cost of living areas due to remote work. The increase of remote working technologies which helps team collaboration. 52:32 – Geography is destiny. Jobs disappear where society falls apart and the smartest leave first. Reduction in families relocating across state lines. 54:14 – The ‘useless’ class being subsidized by the 1%. Will this cause talent to leave on a international level? Yang says inertia, lower taxes, standard of Education keep people in the U.S. 55:40 – VAT, international transactions, selling to the UK from the US. Micro economies and city-states. China GDP. Impact of taxes in lower cost of living regions. 01:01:50 – Moving abroad, spending in different economies. Moving to Canada because of Trump. Tipping point for people leaving their state or country because of high tax levels. 01:05:41 – Tangent. Cryptocurrencies as an alternative to being taxed. Adoption of Bitcoin and untraceable payment systems. Exchange rates and paying freelancers. TransferWise, PayPal. UBI as being a better option than the status quo. 01:10:20 – Yang doesn’t present UBI as a perfect solution but it’s an option to divert us from the direction we are already headed in. 1:12:00 – If you want to hear Neil’s comments about Obama’s book, support us on Patreon and listen to the bonus material for this episode. 01:13:14 – The explosion in popularity of video games for unemployed men. The average playing time went from 3 hours per week to 8 hours per week in just a few years. 01:14:32 – E-sports, ad revenue, disposable income of an unemployed audience. Comparisons with NBA, NFL, tennis, golf and other sports. Sponsorships vs engagement of an audience. 01:16:35 – Power of in-app purchases, revenue making game mechanics. Popularity of Fortnite, going to $318MM in monthly revenue in just eight months. Comparisons with Call of Duty, game play and enjoyment. 01:18:55 – Harari's comments on the ‘useless’ class moving to VR as a stimulus. Swapping religion for video games. Lack of creative outlets and sense of reward in modern life. People turning to games for the feeling of progress and adventure. 01:20:31 – Implications of having unemployed young men roam the streets are a recipe for disaster. Preventing social unrest of large group of unemployed people by videogames. 01:21:35 – Lack of stimulation causes unwanted behaviors. People don’t always direct their energy in productive ways. Social credit apps, psychology of spending millions in other currencies. 01:24:07 – UBI as an economic stimulus, makes new businesses more viable. Additional disposable income. Decreasing customers causes decreasing investment. Spending on subscriptions like Netflix causes income to flow back to those already rich cities. 01:26:55 – Trump’s tax plan, government waste. UBI puts money in the hands of the individual and reduces government control. Appealing to both political sides - as a safety net and as a way for individuals to have more control. 01:29:52 – Welfare increasing risk of totalitarianism. Government and citizens in harmony - taxes in exchange for infrastructure and protection. Does reducing taxes reduce how much the government listens to the people? 01:31:36 – Andrew Yang is a presidential candidate for 2020 against Trump. Danger of using UBI as a re-election tactic. An issue so powerful could lead to a potential dictatorship. The Great Depression, introduction of Social Security. Congress, altruistic presidents and Obamacare. 01:35:47 – If you want to hear more about some of our thoughts related to the book get the bonus material for this episode at Patreon. We got to say it a lot of times to make sure everyone remembers what it is. Patreon.com/madeyouthink 01:38:03 – You can also leave a review for this show on iTunes. That is probably one of the best ways to support the show, that helps us show up as a recommended podcast. It makes us feel good. It'll make our mother's proud of us. Keep tweeting about it. We love hearing from you guys and getting your questions and your thoughts. 01:40:23 – You can check out some deals from our wonderful sponsors at MadeYouThinkPodcast.com/Support. That's where you can find the mushroom coffee, the Perfect Keto ketones the Kettle and Fire bone broth, the Cup and Leaf tea and also you can click through to Amazon. Buy anything there and that helps support the show as well. This is a topic we're definitely interested in so if there are articles, other books, videos definitely send them our way on Twitter. I’m @TheRealNeilS and I’m @NatEliason. See you guys next week. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com

Waking Up is a podcast by Sam Harris, a neuroscientist, philosopher and best-selling author. The podcast aligns itself with one of his five books called, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion. In his podcast, Sam explores some of the most critical questions about the human mind, society, and current events. Sam is publicly positioned as an expert in the fields of neuroscience, philosophy, religion and spiritual practice. His conversations with his guests are broad, controversial and insightful. Enjoy my review here!

The Waking Up Podcast #120 "What Is and What Matters" is the motivation for this special unplanned episode of Creating Utopia. I find myself unable to resist the temptation to encourage Sam Harris to either explore the idea of what others are perceiving as a feeling of freedom or agency, or elaborate on why they are simply wrong about the way they're interpreting their own conscious experience. Either way, the free will question has not been answered, and I've attempted to explain that feeling we have of freedom, while recognizing we very well may not have "free will" at all.

We talk about Dagny’s sabbatical from social media and why we’re moving away from it (1:48). Then we try to come up with responsible ways of using social media considering the goals of social media companies (32:01). We discuss the algorithms that social media run on, the addictive power they have over us, their impact on children, and how it’s different than our childhood (50:13). We try to set rules for ourselves on how we’re going to use social media going forward (1:02:33). Then in our social media themed InterNet It For Me, Luke reads Dagny Trump Tweets she hasn’t heard (1:10:26). And finally, in this week’s Working On It segment, we talk about Bullet Journaling (1:24:40) Discuss this episode on the reddit Similar Differences on Twitter Support the podcast on Patreon Music by Antti Loude Links Holiday Presence (& Free Printable) — Emerald Lens Media Zenbivy Bed. The most comfortable backcountry sleeping bag. by Michael Glavin — Kickstarter Facebook Is Reprogramming Us With Bad Code (2017) - YouTube Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO Social Capital, on Money as an Instrument of Change - Stanford Graduate School of Business (YouTube) Tristan Harris on the Waking Up Podcast #71 — What is Technology Doing to Us? | Sam Harris Trump Tweet: Stable Genius 1/3 Trump Tweet: Stable Genius 2/3 Trump Tweet: Stable Genius 3/3 Trump Tweet: Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Button Trump Alarms Lawmakers With Disparaging Words for Haiti and Africa - The New York Times Bullet Journal - The Analog System for the Digital Age Getting Things Done® - David Allen's GTD® Methodology Scrum Guide | Scrum Guides Toggl - Time Tracker & Employee Timesheet Software Workflow — Powerful automation made simple.

In this episode Keith and Kipp discuss Sam Harris. Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, new atheist, and celebrity intellectual who hosts The Waking Up Podcast. Kipp and Keith discuss his views on religion, meditation, logic, lying, and Trump.

Matt Berkowitz joins Jack and Freddie to discuss Sam Harris' Waking Up Podcast, Lexicon Valley and Pluspluspodcast.

Welcome to the first edition of Thursday Inquiries!! My unofficial or maybe official name for the new format. Mondays will be interviews and Thursdays will be commentary and news and so forth. A lot is happening in the news and a lot of people are still very sloppy thinkers.  In an episode of The Waking Up Podcast, Sam Harris said that Trump was the end of the Democratic Party. Could this really be true in an election where Democrats won by 3 million votes? Also Trump had his first press conference as president elect and it was predictably terrifying. And yes, Trump mocked a disabled person. All this and more, plus leave me a voicemail at my new Serious Pod number!! It's (916) 750-4746. Support us on Patreon at:  patreon.com/seriouspod Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email thomas@seriouspod.com Questions, Suggestions, Episode ideas? Contact us: haeley@seriouspod.com Direct Download

The Sam Harris Maryam Namazie Breakdown Today’s episode is all about breaking down the Sam Harris Maryam Namazie breakdown which happened on Harris’s Waking Up Podcast. The episode in question can be found here. While my podcast will provide a more detailed explanation, I’m also going to do a bit of a blog post here to hit some … Continue reading AS219: The Sam Harris Maryam Namazie Breakdown → The post AS219: The Sam Harris Maryam Namazie Breakdown appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

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