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A Week Of Being Humbled (Episode #169 - Musings)
About this episode
When was the last time that you were humbled in your day to day life? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's changing opinion on free will and how he has been influenced by Sam Harris, the three levels of consciousness and why they matter, Juan's theory on how emotions are the basic motivation for every action we take, how I was repeatedly humbled this week (in a good way), people like JBP or Naval Ravikant who are unbelievable smart/clear thinkers, the 5 best thinkers (dead or alive) who we would invite over for dinner and the intense/full of glory (should be worshipped) humbleness that exudes from the Mere Mortals.
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(1:09) - Free will and the opinion of Sam Harris
(4:30) - Unconscious, subconscious and conscious levels
(8:52) - Emotions drive your thoughts which drive your actions
(14:15) - My week of humbleness
(18:13) - Jordan Peterson is a smart dude
(24:05) - 5 smart people to invite to dinner
(27:20) - Exercising in the morning sucks
(29:12) - Being so great at humble so no need to practice humbleness
(30:37) - Mere Mortal Moments
(32:05) - Some feedback please
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