(EF27) You’ll Get Fooled Again
How many times do you need to repeat past mistakes before you force yourself to change?
Podcast Quotes
(EF27) Impermanence
We are like plants in a dark spot; we need to move ourselves towards the light to grow.
(EF26) Human Nature: A Work in Progress
Humanity achieved consciousness through evolution, but we still don’t know what the hell to do with it.
(EF26) It Really Is All You Need
Love is paying attention for potential problems before they manifest into dangerous monsters.
(EF26) Challenged Realities
What is the worse reality: Complete freedom where anyone can create fake news and thus manipulate society? Or constrained press where the government can manipulate society with the laws?
(EF26) Bad Odds
The insidious nature of modern propaganda and social media algorithms has the deck stacked against you.
(EF26) The Darkest Path
Selling to fear and other powerful emotions is the only true path to sales… and votes.
(EF25) Deceit Comes with the Job
One of the dark arts of politics is to create a false mindset using people’s fears and emotions against them.
(EF25) Get Into the Mental Gym
Learning about reason, and then deciding when you can trust it, is a critical topic of our time.
(EF25) Learn the Tricks
A person who understands fallacies is hard to fool; magic tricks are just silly games once you know the secret.
(EF25) A Wolf in Sheep’s Skin
The deadliest enemy is powerful rhetoric or propaganda wrapped in a perfect package of reason.