Being The Best: Who Are You To Yourself?

We're all about introspection here people. The name Mere Mortals didn't come about because we look at ourselves and are entirely happy with what we see.

In Episode #214 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: trying to be/do the best for yourself versus for other people, if you met another version of yourself would you like that person?, authenticity and why it misses the need to act differently depending on the situation, why free speech isn't our ultimate moral/ethic/value (but is still important as hell), why even your own language can surprise you, some negatives that can come from being bilingual and general chit chat on how important culture is to language learning (and vice versa).

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:

(0:00) - Intro

(1:25) - Being the best you

(5:00) - Talking to your past self

(7:19) - Would you like yourself?

(9:58) - Being true to yourself is bullshit

(12:33) - Reddit humbling

(18:53) - Do we care about free speech?

(24:34) - What do you care about?

(27:53) - Why do you want freedom?

(32:34) - If my grandma had wheels .....

(33:47) - A little bit about a little bit

(37:08) - Downsides to learning another language

(40:58) - Languages & culture

(43:58) - WE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED!

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