Modern Wisdom

Why Science Says Men & Women Will Never Be The Same - David Geary - #622

David Geary is a cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychology professor at The University of Missouri and an author. Men and women are different. This should not be a controversial statement, and yet it is. Thankfully David has spent a career assessing differences between men and women in every domain from physical to psychological and behavioural to cognitive. Expect to learn the real reason why women are underrepresented in STEM, why achieving true gender equality in prosperous countries is impossible, the massive differences between men's and women's brains, why strength is not the most compelling argument against trans athletes in female sports, why there has been such a rapid increase in transgender youths and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:20) The Contested Topic of Sex Differences (06:00) Why Women Are Better at Reading (13:13) The Crisis of Disengaged Men (18:25) Sex Differences Increase When Freedom is Increased (30:00) Biggest Differences in Men’s & Women’s Brains (37:08) Are Differences Simply From Social Constructs? (49:30) The Science Behind Sex-based Behaviours (1:05:12) Traits that Women Do Better at Than Men (1:13:33) Why Has There Been a Rapid Increase in Transgenderism? (1:22:49) Where to Find David Extra Stuff: Check out David's writing - https://quillette.com/author/david-c-geary/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Getting Shredded Won’t Make You Happy - David Laid - #621

David Laid is a fitness model, influencer, Creative Director at Gymshark and YouTuber. Being young, jacked and famous is a desire almost every 17-year-old guy can probably confess to wanting at one point. But what if the glamour isn’t all it’s made out to be? What happens when injuries threaten to take away the foundation of your self-worth? And what do you do when you need to grow up? Expect to learn how David uncovered self-worth beyond aesthetics, the setbacks that led to his lowest point in life, how to mentally deal with injuries, the biggest influences on his mindset, David's perspective on modern dating, how to harness adversity, what gymbros should envision beyond fitness and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:27) David’s Young Entry into Viral Content (06:12) Going Through a Period of Introspection (13:48) Role Models for the Modern Male (22:56) How to Overcome Ego with Self Awareness (30:28) The Extremes of Self Development (34:42) David’s Humbling Back Injury (43:51) Challenges in Modern Dating (52:16) How to Become Great in a Fragile World (1:02:36) What David Values the Most (1:08:26) Where to Find David Extra Stuff: Follow David on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DavidLaid Follow David on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidlaid  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Prepare For The Changing World Order - Ray Dalio - #620

Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, a billionaire investor, philanthropist and an author. The New World Order is mystical term. Is it a shadowy cabal of evil hooded figures? Or is it a cycle that our world's economy regularly runs on. Ray is here to explain the consequences of shifting global power dynamics, and what that means for the future of America and the rest of the world. Expect to learn why global events aren't getting more chaotic, they're unfolding right on schedule, why there is a regular cycle of empires falling and new ones emerging, how the global economic machine really works, what the next few years of America will look like, what you can do to secure your finances in a turbulent market, Ray's opinion on the role that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will serve in a post-dollar economy, the best financial advice for young people and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:30) The Accuracy of Ray’s Predictions (07:43) Impacts of a Decreasing Dollar Value (12:54) Different Types of Leaders for Different Times (15:54) Are We in a Unique Situation? (20:03) How to Be Financially Prepared for the Next Few Years (25:45) The Crisis of Unproductive People (32:28) Ray’s Advice for Young People (35:31) Should We Worry About the Population? (41:07) The Threat of China (45:02) Is a ‘Soft Landing’ Possible? (49:28) Can You Benefit From a Recession? (54:06) Finding Solace in a Tumultuous World (59:52) Where to Find Ray Extra Stuff: Buy Changing World Order - https://amzn.to/41qm1vA Buy Principles: Your Guided Journal - https://amzn.to/41YS719  Follow Ray on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RayDalio  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gymshark CEO Explains His Strategy For Global Success - Ben Francis - #619

Ben Francis is the CEO & founder of Gymshark. Bootstrapping a company from nothing to a multi-billion-dollar valuation at a young age is not easy. Starting a family, with twins, whilst navigating the changing political landscape and supplier tensions from the East makes this even harder. But there are some principles Ben has developed to survive this chaos. Expect to learn what 3 traits Ben has observed in all the high performers he's met, how his upbringing helped shape him into a successful CEO, Ben’s thoughts on modern masculinity, how what the world needs from fitness culture has changed, the biggest red flags to watch out for when recruiting new talent, what founders don't know about the challenges of being a CEO and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:32) Common Traits of the Highest Performers (05:36) Can You Be Outspoken as a Public Figure? (11:30) The Hidden Challenges of Being a CEO (18:03) How to Delegate Effectively (24:33) The Biggest Risks Ben Has Taken (27:55) Today’s Need for Fitness Content (32:10) How Development Impacts Male Mental Health (37:55) The Challenges Facing Men in 2023 (44:36) Is the Body Positivity Movement Good or Bad for Women? (49:52) How Ben Has Adjusted to Having Kids (55:36) Helping Children Learn to Overcome Difficulty (1:13:10) Ben’s Goals for the Next Few Years (1:15:19) Where to Find Ben Extra Stuff: Follow Ben on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/benfrancis/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Are Liberals More Depressed Than Conservatives? - Destiny - #618

Destiny is a streamer and a YouTuber. The clash between left and right has reached unprecedented levels and the divide continues to widen. With increasing confusion and despair among young people, blurred identity lines, and individuals grappling to find their place, mental health is in tatters, but for some reason it's much worse for liberals than conservatives. Expect to learn Destiny’s thoughts on his debate with Milo Yiannopoulos, his best tips to beat someone in a debate, why the landscape of political back-biting has changed, why liberals are so much more unhappy than conservatives, the societal implications of women out-earning men, what mistakes young people when judging what will make them happy, whether AI will take my job and much more... Sponsors: Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:50) Destiny’s Debate with Milo Yiannopoulos (13:03) Why Are Groups Falling In On Themselves? (19:43) Are Liberals Less Happy Than Conservatives? (30:17) The Problem with Too Much Freedom (39:30) How to Overcome Difficulty without Meaning (44:30) The Future of the Progressive Left (52:08) Will the Trad Movement Succeed? (1:06:00) What Young People Misunderstand About Happiness (1:13:20) The Gap Between Opinions & Actions (1:23:35) How Worried Should Creators Be About ChatGPT? (1:38:55) What’s Next for Destiny? (1:39:32) Where to Find Destiny Extra Stuff: Subscribe to Destiny on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@destiny  Follow Destiny on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - #617

Dr Bjorn Lomborg is an environmental economist, Copenhagen Consensus Center president, public speaker and an author. Over the past two decades, the media has made some alarming predictions about the imminent end of the world due to global warming. But is this the priority that global efforts should be focussed on fixing? Does it have real world benefits, or are there better ways to improve human lives? Expect to learn why Greta Thunberg had to delete a tweet from half a decade ago, the reason why climate change is a favourite fear tactic in the media, the most cost-effective ways to make the world a better place, why sending kids to school doesn't necessarily mean they are educated, why cold weather is much more deadly than heat, just how inefficient it is to save lives through carbon reduction, how dangerous NetZero is as a policy and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at https://boncharge.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW15) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:37) Greta Thunberg’s Deleted Predictions (06:14) Why Climate Change is NOT an Existential Risk (10:39) Bjorn’s Cost-Effective Ways to Improve the World (19:49) Is Bjorn’s Work Close to Effective Altruism? (24:36) The Longest Levers for a Better Future (30:00) Why Climate Change Policy is Counterproductive (37:36) Which is Worse: Cold or Heat? (43:14) The Financial Mess of the Green Movement (50:29) Are Climate Alarmists Really Helping the Polar Bears? (1:00:12) Bjorn’s Strategy to Engage Sceptics Extra Stuff: Buy False Alarm - https://amzn.to/43w6KKT  Check out Bjorn's website - https://www.lomborg.com/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

800k Q&A - Diary Of A CEO, Alex Hormozi & Body Positivity - #616

I hit 800k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some great questions in here about my experience on Steven Bartlett's Diary Of A Ceo, whether I think Alex Hormozi is the new Naval Ravikant and why there's no male body positivity movement. Expect to learn whether I understand females more or less after all the things I've read, my reflections after dealing with depression throughout my 20's, what my attachment style is, how to keep your ego small, if it's harder to find a good partner than in our parents' generation, if I'm grateful for growing up working class, why I'm in love with Crocs and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Zachary and Miguel from AISHIP.CO created the ChrisBot for me. They can develop all kinds of AI solutions, check them out here - https://aiship.co/  Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:45) Escaping a High-Pay, Soul-Destroying Job (02:53) The Diary of a CEO Instagram Reel (05:06) Does Chris Understand Females More Now? (05:49) The Starving Rat Experiment (07:53) Chris’s Attachment Style (09:03) Congratulations! (09:22) Evolving Writing Style (10:16) Collaborating with James Smith (10:34) Intellectually Challenging Guests (11:18) Iman Gadzhi (12:36) What Keeps Chris Going? (13:50) Finding a Quality Woman Today (15:27) Morning Routines: Chris Vs Ben Greenfield (15:47) Why Crocs? (16:15) Are Influencers Encouraging Unhealthy Comparisons? (18:35) Dealing with Rapid Podcast Growth (20:16) The Kingkiller Trilogy (20:55) Muay Thai (21:54) Thinking About Death (23:03) Experiences of Being Bullied (24:28) Recovering from Procrastination (26:20) Career You Love Vs Career that Pays Well (27:42) Core Values (28:53) References for Solo Podcasts (29:19) Chris Brown (29:58) The Diary of a CEO Experience (32:05) Applying Podcast Lessons to Personal Life (32:55) Jonathan Haidt (33:54) Advice to Younger Self (35:32) Are Opinionated Women Less Attractive? (37:02) Will the Male/Female Divide End? (39:19) Growing Up in a Working Class Environment (40:25) Is This the Best Time in History? (42:53) Future Pickle Ball World Champion (43:24) Posie Parker (43:50) Thank You! (44:18) Building a Social Circle (45:58) True Motivations for Modern Wisdom (49:20) Substack Articles to Read Before You Die (50:00) Social Media Cares About Words Not Actions (51:34) The Modern Wisdom Team (52:13) Books Vs Podcasts (52:45) True Geordie & Derren Brown (53:05) Is Alex Hormozi the Naval of His Generation? (53:50) How Did the Podcast Get Big Quick? (55:38) Impact of EvPsych on Navigating Relationships (57:32) Unreleased Episodes (58:40) Advice to 13 Year Old (1:01:30) Foreseeing 1 Million Subscribers (1:01:58) Causes of the Manosphere (1:03:55) Living with Zack Telander (1:04:18) Lex Fridman (1:04:39) Bad Habits (1:05:22) Honest Opinion of Dubai (1:06:33) Suffering From Anxiety & Depression (1:09:35) Why is Body Positivity Only for Women? (1:12:10) Do People Have Too High Expectations for Relationships? (1:14:02) Top 5 Books for Self Development (1:15:03) Judging the Potential of a Guest (1:16:08) Free Sports Massage (1:16:27) Advice for Social Anxiety & Public Speaking (1:17:34) Does Chris Like His Sponsors? (1:18:58) Physical Appearance & Attraction (1:20:12) The Future of Prenups (1:21:16) Chad Williamson (1:21:27) Most Interesting New Subject From the Last 12 Months (1:22:02) Advice for Starting a Business (1:22:51) Dealing with Close Friends Aiming Down (1:24:91) How Many Modern Wisdom Listeners Are Female? (1:25:32) Ethics of Surrogacy (1:26:14) How to Stay Humble After Success (1:28:36) Guests with Huge Audience but Low Knowledge (1:30:20) Is Zone 2 Cardio More Beneficial? (1:30:57) Dealing with Pride After a Glow Up (1:31:59) Challenges of Going Pro (1:34:34) Appearing on Diary of a CEO (1:35:02) Would Chris Start an OnlyFans? (1:35:30) Best Uni-Alternative Platforms (1:35:52) Rian Stone (1:36:41) Thank You! (1:36:58) Chris’s Income Sources (1:38:50) Benefits of LMNT (1:39:36) Do Nothing Day (1:40:40) Is Weed Causing the Masculinity Crisis? Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#615 - Thomas DeLauer - Stop Making These Mistakes When Intermittent Fasting

Thomas DeLauer is a fitness expert, nutrition specialist, entrepreneur, YouTuber, and author. Improving your physique is one of the journeys that almost everyone faces challenges in, with both body and mind. Thomas has devoted his entire career to understanding the science of training and nutrition, specialising in the connection between mental and physical well-being.  Expect to learn how to build muscle while fasting, what is the easiest step-by-step plan for fat loss, what takeaways can we glean from 100-year-olds around the world, the zero-calorie hack to kill your cravings, the extraordinary childhood that shaped Thomas, his best advise on how to overcome past traumas & much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Subscribe to Thomas on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasDeLauerOfficial  Check out Thomas' Website - https://thomasdelauer.com/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Do Millions of Men Not Want to Work? - Nicholas Eberstadt - #614

Nicholas Eberstadt is a political economist, demographer, American Enterprise Institute scholar, and an author. More than 7 million prime working age men in America are not looking for work, and each year that number continues to grow. Given that unemployment is at a massive low, why are so many capable men checking out of the workforce and don't intend on coming back? Expect to learn why massive cohorts of men aren’t looking for employment, the repercussions of mass joblessness, how these men are able to support themselves, why they spend over 2000 hours a year on screens while smoking weed, the reason you haven’t heard about this issue before, what it does to men's mental health, the impact of women being the bread winners and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on all Keto Brainz products at https://ketobrainz.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) and follow them on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ketobrainz/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:25) Exploring the Topic of Male Unemployment (06:51) Why Are So Many Men Unemployed in America? (16:05) How These Men Are Surviving (23:15) Impact of a Criminal Record on Male Employment (30:40) Differences Between Poverty & Misery (33:45) The Evolving Role of Masculinity (37:09) Would Universal Basic Incomes Be a Net-Negative? (41:56) What is Causing Malaise in Men? (46:35) Is Nicholas Worried for the Future? (51:16) Are Men Being Sedated? (54:16) Where to Find Nicholas Extra Stuff: Buy Men Without Work - https://amzn.to/3nRIz9k  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Health Metrics That Matter Most For Longevity - Dr Peter Attia - #613

Dr Peter Attia is a physician, longevity expert, podcaster and an author. Working out what to actually do if we want to maximise our health and lifespan has become an increasingly difficult task. There are an unlimited number of wellness approaches available, but thankfully Dr Attia has spent his career assessing the most important strategies we all should be focussing on for fitness and longevity. Expect to learn how to best increase your chances of living longer, the role of fasting in longevity, the most important metric that predicts a long healthy life, the longterm effects of vaping and alcohol, how you can prevent cognitive decline, the vital signs that everyone overlooks, how to design a science-backed weekly workout regime and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Peter’s Unique Perspective on Longevity (04:30) Finding the Right System For You (08:19) Difference Between Slow Death & Long Death (10:49) How to Build a Framework for Longevity Success (17:29) Correctly Forming Longevity Strategies (24:34) Are People Right to Demonise Meat-Eaters? (27:21) Blending Fasting with Performance & Fitness (33:23) Should We Be Worried About Artificial Sweeteners? (38:17) Most Important Metrics for Checking Vitals (48:25) Health Metrics That People Overlook (56:44) The Importance of Strength & Stability (1:13:49) Peter’s Thoughts on Vaping (1:17:30) The Trend of Decreasing Alcohol Consumption (1:21:29) Important Things to Know About Alzheimer’s (1:26:12) Is Exercise More Important than Diet? (1:29:35) Why Cardiovascular Disease is Killing So Many (1:36:02) Balancing Compliance for Health & Enjoying Life (1:42:02) What Peter Sacrificed to Write His Book (1:51:01) Peter’s Rejuvenating Practices (2:04:15) Where To Find Peter Extra Stuff: Buy Outlive - https://amzn.to/413jYwH  Check out Peter's website - https://peterattiamd.com/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Essential Strategies To Maximise Your Fitness - Kelly Starrett - #612

Kelly Starrett is a physical therapist, speaker, author, and considered one of the most influential voices in the fitness industry.  Deep down we know we should take better care of ourselves. The random aches, pains and cracks many of us have become accustomed to simply shouldn't be a part of our everyday experience. Thankfully, Kelly has broken down his philosophy into simple vital signs you should focus on to move smoother, sleep better, live longer and train harder. Expect to learn how to fix your posture if you sit at a desk all day, what nutrient dense foods you need to be eating more of, why you need to spend more time on the ground, how to burn an extra 100,000 calories per year with one change, the simplest way to hit 10k steps per day, the most important health metrics you need to be tracking, how to stay disciplined with your new fitness habits and much more... Sponsors: Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:42) The Consequences of a Sedentary Lifestyle (14:35) Strategies for Standing & Moving More (18:13) How to Exercise for Mobility (24:15) What People Get Wrong About Breathing (27:41) How to Remind Yourself When You’re in the Wrong Position (30:10) The Need to Get Your Feet Off the Ground (37:39) Strategies to Walk More Often (41:03) What Kelly Looks For When Helping Athletes (46:19) Easiest Ways to Increase Macro & Micronutrients (58:14) How to Prepare Properly for Sleep (1:03:02) How to Recover After a Break in Routine Extra Stuff: Buy Built To Move - https://amzn.to/437sM6D  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Collapse Of The UK’s Gender Identity Clinic - Hannah Barnes - #611

Hannah Barnes is an award-winning investigative journalist, and an author. Finding your place in the world can be hard. However, some interventions for struggling children may cause more harm than good. Britain's Gender Identity Development Service at The Tavistock Clinic has recently been shut down after controversial use of puberty blockers and Hannah's investigation uncovers exactly what happened. Expect to learn why there was a huge increase in the number of children being referred for puberty blockers, just how ideological this institution was, whether the effects of puberty blockers can be reversed, whether children can consent to life altering medication, just who is to blame, how these treatments can put children on a one-way-ticket to much more serious procedures and much more… Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at https://boncharge.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:33) How Hannah Thought Her Book Would Be Received (04:39) The Story of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) (19:19) When GIDS Started Using Puberty Blockers (30:35) Are Puberty Blockers Reversible? (40:45) Is it Ethical for Minors to Consent to Life-Altering Procedures? (42:28) How Many Young People in Gender Clinics Are Simply Gay? (47:21) The Mental State of Young People Referred to GIDS (57:42) What Caused the Influx of Admissions to GIDS in 2015/16? (1:05:47) The Role Ideology Played in Gender-Affirming Policy (1:14:00) Why Are There So Many Problems & Who is to Blame? (1:26:13) The Lesson Chris Has Learned from Hannah’s Book (1:30:38) Where to Find Hannah Extra Stuff: Buy Time To Think - https://amzn.to/3GkjIRX  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Harsh Truths About Human Nature - Alex Hormozi - #610

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author. Alex's Twitter has been one of my favourite sources of great insights over the last year. Today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. This is really good. Expect to learn how your ego is keeping you poor, why you never need to care about what anyone else thinks of you, why having a life that sucks is actually a blessing, whether most easy opportunities are just distractions, how to conquer your tiny impulses, why you are built to deal with things being hard, how to beat anyone who ever copies you and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:50) The Advantage of Having Something to Lose (13:23) Changing Your Environment to Improve Your Life (19:07) Distractions Come Dressed as Easy Opportunities (30:33) Regretting the Opportunities Not Taken (34:30) Find Motivation in Difficulty (51:53) How to Take the First Steps to Success (57:50) How Alex Overcame a Difficult Upbringing (1:02:11) Balancing Success & Feeling Content (1:17:10) Finding What to Optimise For (1:22:29) Don’t Underestimate Your Opponent (1:27:33) More People Stay Poor From Their Ego than Get Rich Off Them (1:36:55) The Next Trends in Social Media (1:44:32) What’s Next for Alex Extra Stuff: Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/AlexHormozi Follow Alex on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hormozi/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Understand Psychological Incentives - Uri Gneezy - #609

Uri Gneezy is a behavioural economist, a professor at the University of California and an author who's research focuses on human incentives. Incentives encourage humans to do things. But they're not as straight forward as you might think. They often have unintended and disastrous consequences for our personal lives, businesses and societies. Basically, a bad incentive is worse than no incentive at all.  Expect to learn why paying citizens 10p for a rat tail is a bad idea, how fining parents for taking their kids on holiday results in more kids missing school, why the Toyota Prius won because of its strange design, how reframing discounts can rapidly change behaviour, why Peloton's sales went up when they increased the price, why Coke machines have an outdoors thermometer on them and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on all Keto Brainz products at https://ketobrainz.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) and follow them on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ketobrainz/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:25) Explaining Incentives (03:55) Social Dynamics of Signalling (12:15) The Problem with Mixed Signals (17:34) Uber’s Driver Incentive Program (21:02) The Right Way to Encourage Innovation & Punish Failure (28:06) How Peloton Sold More With a Higher Price (32:50) The Mixed Signal of Long-Term Goals & Short-Term Results (38:31) How Incentives Are Helping Prevent Female Genital Mutilation (46:24) Why Fines Are So Bad at Incentivising Behaviour (52:41) How an LA Car Company Used Incentives to Drive Sales (1:02:18) Using Incentives to Find Problems (1:08:14) What Most People Get Wrong About Negotiation (1:13:30) Where to Find Uri Extra Stuff: Buy Mixed Signals - https://amzn.to/40pQ4Tj  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Does The Human Mind Work? - Paul Bloom - #608

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and an author. The human mind is a mystery. If it wasn't for the fact that we experience it, the universe would give us absolutely no indication that consciousness existed. After an entire career studying psychology, Professor Bloom has some answers to the psychology questions we've all asked ourselves. Expect to learn whether you actually remember everything that you've ever experienced, whether we know why consciousness evolved at all, why we should remember Sigmund Freud, why babies are way smarter than you think, whether attachment theory is rubbish, if psychology can tell us how to live a good life and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:25) What Do We Know About Human Consciousness? (07:42) The Usefulness of the Human Memory System (15:47) Does Our Tribal Nature Make Us Racist? (21:22) How to Improve Attention (25:57) Should Freud Be Taken Seriously in 2023? (35:51) How to Find a Balance Between Thoughts & Body (39:00) Why Behaviourism Theory Has Become So Unpopular (47:26) How Much Do Babies & Dogs Actually Know? (51:56) Relationship Between Language & Thought (57:10) Biggest Differences Between Male & Female Psychology (1:02:34) Is Attachment Theory Nonsense? (1:12:55) The Need to Reform Education Around Heritability (1:19:37) Can Psychology Help Us Understand How to Live a Good Life? (1:25:35) What Will Psychology Unravel Next? (1:27:42) Where to Find Paul Extra Stuff: Buy Psych - https://amzn.to/42JQ4PZ  Follow Paul on Twitter - https://twitter.com/paulbloomatyale  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Are Young Men Feeling So Lost? - Mike Thurston - #607

Mike Thurston is a podcaster, YouTuber and a fitness model. Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago. Even though we were odd, awkward creatures, there was no pressure to get our life together. In 2023, it seems like there is much more pressure on both men and women to sort it out. What's changed, and why is life more confusing than ever before? Expect to learn why Mike wants Derek from More Plates More Dates to test him for steroids, why going to university wasn't a waste of time, why Mike stopped drinking alcohol, what he thinks about Greg Doucette's Youtube Channel, why women are just as lost as men, the problems of masculinity in the modern world and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:30) How Mike Created a Platform Without the Drama (06:20) Would Mike Get Tested by Derek MPMD? (12:50) Will Jesse James Will Burn Out? (19:20) Advice for YouTube Beginners (23:14) Why Are Men Feeling Lost? (33:56) The Essence of True Masculinity (38:00) Spending Time with Andrew Tate (44:17) The Lack of Female Role Models (51:41) Mike’s Relationship with Alcohol (1:01:35) Developing New Skills (1:07:14) Why Logan & Jake Paul Seem Indestructible (1:13:41) What Mike is Doing Next (1:19:01) Where to Find Mike Extra Stuff: Follow Mike on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikethurston/  Follow Mike on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGLDaTu81nJDtWK10MniGg Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rise And Fall Of The Girlboss Meme - Katherine Dee - #606

Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist and internet historian. There are lots of male subcultures. Incels, RedPill, Pickup Artists, Soy Boys. But what are women getting up to? Trends like Hot Girls Have IBS. Hot Girls Eat Fish. And most well known, the girlboss meme. Katherine is here to explain just what is happening in the oestrogen-fuelled underbelly of the internet. Expect to learn why the girlboss meme came about, why there is a coming wave of sex-negativity, whether it really is possible to be hot while you have IBS, Katherine's biggest red flags when choosing a partner, whether it should be legal to pay to drug women so you can have sex with their lifeless bodies, why predictable is good when dating and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:06) Katherine’s Prediction of Sex Negativity (06:43) TikTok Rips off Tumblr’s Originality (10:09) The Death of the Girlboss Archetype (19:44) Looking to the Future of Female Trends (29:40) Young Guys are Taking Relationship Examples from the Internet (36:50) Why Women Get Paranoid When They Like a Man (39:38) Red Flags to Look For in a Man (40:22) Beware of Convoluted Dating Advice (41:38) Be Direct, Not Desperate (43:05) Don’t Be Too Available for Sex (45:40) Why Predictability is Good for Relationships (48:17) Relationships Should Always Have Forward Momentum (49:45) You Can’t Manipulate Your Way into Relationship with Sex (51:23) Learn from People Through Their Jokes (53:11) Don’t Look for People Similar to Your Ex (53:41) Be the Less Invested Partner (54:46) If You’re Composing a Reply on Apple Notes, It’s Time to Break Up (55:35) Don’t Date Someone if You Wouldn’t Be Comfortable Marrying Them (57:56) Why You Shouldn’t Date Down (1:01:40) Does Body Count Matter? (1:03:17) Durable Relationships Come From Shared Values (1:05:22) The Problem with the ‘I Love You’ Text 6 Months Later (1:06:32) Incels are Right About ‘Emotional Tampons’ (1:07:31) If You’re Drinking & Smoking to Have Sex, You Don’t Like it (1:12:05) People Giving Advice are Speaking to Themselves (1:13:08) Katherine’s Next Projects Extra Stuff: Follow Katherine on Twitter - https://twitter.com/default_friend Follow Katherine on Substack - https://defaultfriend.substack.com/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Science Actually Says About How To Lose Body Fat - Ben Carpenter - #605

Ben Carpenter is a personal trainer, researcher, international speaker, fitness model and diet expert. There are a million diets out there. All of them claim to work. Many of us have tried many of them, and many failed. So which diet is the best? What are the principles of fat loss that science agrees on as the most effective? How do we all get a 6-pack? Expect to learn whether calories are a total lie, why the weight loss industry is filled with so much conflicting advice, the 4 key components to any good diet, how there can be so many approaches to the same end goal, whether diet or training is more important, how to improve your willpower, the single most important contributor to fat loss and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:30) Our Identity Lags Behind Our Reality (09:27) Ben’s Health & Fitness Background (13:17) Why Can’t the Fitness Industry Agree on a Way to Lose Fat? (23:15) What We Misunderstand About Fat Loss (33:48) Finding the Right Balance for Taking Responsibility (41:12) Fundamentals of Fat Loss (47:13) The Science of Food Texture (54:10) Do Calories Actually Matter? (1:05:46) How to Navigate the Countless Diets Available (1:12:03) Can I Lose Fat Without Exercise? (1:15:40) How to Improve Willpower (1:25:13) Making Boring Exercise Enjoyable (1:32:25) Where to Find Ben Extra Stuff: Buy Everything Fat Loss - https://amzn.to/3YAoOA2  Follow Ben on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bdccarpenter/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship - Robin Dunbar - #604

Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author. Most animals need friends to survive. But no other animal has as layered and complex a social life as humans. The last 2 million years from trees to plains to apartments has caused huge changes to the setup of our social groups, and it's a fascinating story. Expect to learn why any group size over 90 ends up with more people being killed than being born, why men don't have a best friend forever but women do, the link between human brain size and social groups, how male and female friendships differ, why the modern world has the most loneliness ever, what the single largest impact on your health is and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on all Keto Brainz products at https://ketobrainz.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) and follow them on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ketobrainz/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:18) Why Humans, Monkeys & Apes Have Huge Brains (05:18) How Human Social Groups Evolved (13:39) How Group Dynamics Impact Fertility (28:30) Why Living in a Big City is an Evolutionary Mismatch (45:08) How Did We Get From Small Tribes to Larger Settlements? (52:58) The Evolutionary Struggles of Growing Groups (1:02:01) Differences Between Male & Female Friendships (1:17:41) Why Men Think Women Are Attracted to Them (1:22:47) Where to Find Robin Extra Stuff: Buy The Social Brain - https://amzn.to/41YvOt9  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Make Life's Biggest Decisions - Abby Davisson - #603

Abby Davisson is an author, social innovation leader and career development expert whose research focuses on decision making in money management and romance. There are some big decisions we all need to make. What job to take, what city to live in, whether to get married or divorced or have kids. Having a prescriptive formula for this might seem impossible, but Abby helped run the most popular course at Stanford on exactly this topic, and today we get to find out what she's discovered. Expect to learn what the most common biggest single mistake that Abby has discovered in her research, how to use logic in romantic decisions without killing the romance, how to speak to your parents about care as they get older, the biggest mistakes that all people make when it comes to major decisions, if you should get a prenup agreement and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:48) What’s Wrong with our Decision Making? (05:02) Making Decisions on Limited Information (09:52) Principles for Effective Communication (15:16) The Financial Aspect of Finding a Partner (23:17) Romantic Decisions in a World of Unlimited Options (35:11) Advice for Couples who Struggle to Communicate (39:20) Most Common Life Decision Regrets (43:47) How to Know if a Relationship Should End (49:45) Choosing Where to Live (53:29) Considering Elderly Care (1:01:01) Where to Find Abby Extra Stuff: Buy Abby's Book - https://amzn.to/3ZU5X44  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature - Gurwinder Bhogal - #602

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn why asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hevy-workout-tracker-gym-log/id1458862350 Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:57) Social Media is Making People Less Sincere (08:18) Instead of Trying to Be Right, Be Less Wrong (13:18) People are More Interested in Criticising than Helping (17:15) Never Take Information at Face Value (20:29) Becoming Trapped in a Purity Spiral (30:47) It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice (45:53) Media is Now ‘Post-Journalism’ (52:51) The Majority of Evil People Had Good Intentions (59:34) Why It’s Easier to Debate Geniuses than Idiots (1:09:16) Don’t Take Social Media Attacks Seriously (1:25:28) Are People Really Judging Us? (1:32:30) The Configuration of Dominant Ideologies (1:47:50) Where to Find Gurwinder Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships - Dr Andrew Thomas - #601

Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University whose research focuses on sex differences and relationship preferences from an evolutionary perspective. Evolution explains a large portion of why we like the things we like. Who we're attracted to, why we fall into and out of love, how our mental state affects our mating strategies. Therefore, if you are a human who ever intends on being in a relationship, this might be useful. Expect to learn the 5 evolutionary theories which explain much of human mating, whether ChatGPT can correctly predict what traits men and women like most in each other, how many previous sexual partners people say they want their current partner to have had, how open men & women in the West are to polyamorous relationships, how sexual arousal can ruin a faithful relationship and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:20) Evolutionary Mismatch (10:18) Evolving Towards Making Small Errors Instead of Big Ones (17:33) Are Men as Picky as Women? (21:55) Is Promiscuity Heritable? (27:32) Humans Engage in Multiple Types of Sexual Strategies (36:49) The Different Levels of Sexual Harassment (46:55) Is Sexlessness in Young Men Caused by Poor Social Skills? (52:56) Attitudes in the West to Having Multiple Sexual Partners (1:04:21) How Many Previous Sexual Partners is Too Much? (1:14:52) What ChatGPT Gets Wrong About Mate Preferences (1:34:31) Where to Find Dr Thomas Extra Stuff: Follow Andrew on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrThomasAG  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Lessons From 600 Episodes - Andrew Schulz, Douglas Murray & Alex Hormozi - #600

To celebrate 600 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes. Expect to learn how to have unlimited charisma, why this might be the best your life ever gets, how to work out if the entire world is a coordinated conspiracy, what Douglas Murray taught me about not having an opinion, why stupid people are more dangerous than evil people, why female self-improvement is patronising, how to gauge the honesty of anyone in your life, the danger of clickbait and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:48) It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice (04:49) Original Thinkers Are Rare (09:30) The Problem of Presence (11:58) These Are the Golden Years (21:38) Your Life Should be Led by Design, Not by Default (26:42) Mastering First Impressions (32:26) If You Can’t Live Without Caffeine, is Really Helping You? (35:24) Difference Between Male & Female Self-Improvement (42:30) Gauging the Honesty of Creators (48:22) Loneliness Comes With a Higher Complexity of Mind (50:20) How Audience Capture Has Distorted Media (53:43) Be Clear About What You Want (56:30) The Trap of Defensiveness Being Proof of Guilt Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Harsh Psychology Truths - Adam Lane Smith - #599

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author. Adam has helped thousands of patients and couples to deal with problems from childhood, their relationships and their sex lives. He also writes amazing Twitter threads filled with insights from his time as a therapist and today we get to go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn the common trend Adam saw in every couples' therapy session he conducted, the biggest differences between male and female communication styles, why so many young girls are on depression medication, why the female sex drive switches after 6 to 12 months into a relationship, what mistakes all women wish guys would stop making on the first 3 dates and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://hevyapp.app.link/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:52) Is Couple’s Therapy Pointless? (09:59) The American School System Treats Boys Like Defective Girls (12:46) People Take Comfort in Diagnosable Labels (21:38) Why Men Skip Therapy (30:10) Helping Men Detox from the Red Pill Community (44:23) The Need to Understand the Female Sex Drive (52:51) Most Struggling Couples Actually Have Attachment Issues (58:57) The Problem of People Who Need Therapy but Refuse (1:00:09) Women’s Need for Validation Over Solutions (1:05:49) Dealing with Women’s Lowered Sex Drive in a Relationship (1:09:29) Do You Need Sex Before Marriage? (1:17:02) The Dumbest Mistakes Guys Make on the First Date (1:29:09) Where to Find Adam Extra Stuff: Check out Adam's website - https://adamlanesmith.com/ Follow Adam on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheBrometheus  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wild Ethics Of Human Genetic Enhancement - Dr Jonathan Anomaly - #598

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher who writes about the social implications of emerging biotechnologies, teaches classes in ethics and game theory, and helped design the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at Duke University. The ability to select from potential embryos is already here. Soon, we will be able to select for height, intelligence, personality types, moral disposition, athletic ability and maybe even enhance traits which aren't present. This creates a vortex of complex ethics around one of the most contentious topics on the internet - genetics. So I decided to dive in. Expect to learn just what the current technology of embryo selection can achieve right now, whether opting to not genetically enhance your child is an unethical practise, the dangers of creating massive societal inequality, why you are already a eugenicist, whether genetic interventions are morally different from environmental ones and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:40) What We Misunderstand About Eugenics (08:58) The Difference Between Eugenics & Genetic Enhancement (17:43) The Morals of IVF & Genetic Variants (28:18) Societal Objections to Eugenics (33:21) Are Genetic Interventions Morally Different to Environmental Interventions (38:37) What Are Our Current Genetic Enhancement Capabilities? (42:50) Are Human Males Redundant? (54:54) The Most Desirable Characteristics to Enhance (1:04:50) Will People Be Able to Select for Attractiveness? (1:17:16) Possible Negative Impacts of Eugenics on Society (1:28:43) Will Eugenics Create a Higher Class? (1:35:35) The Reality of Behavioural Genetics & Heritability (1:39:47) Is it Our Moral Obligation to Have Children? (1:51:39) Where to Find Dr Anomaly Extra Stuff: Check out Dr Anomaly's website - https://jonathan-anomaly.com/ Read Dr Anomaly's papers - https://philpapers.org/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Defeat Your Self Doubt - Lewis Howes - #597

Lewis Howes is a former professional athlete, podcaster and an author. Many people are wildly uncertain that they can achieve the things they want in life. If a lack of confidence killed more dreams than a lack of capability ever will, how can we get past this self-doubt and find a place of genuine, positive reassurance to start working from? Expect to learn why your heroes aren't gods, where self doubt comes from, how to discover your mission in life, what you can learn about positivity from an army veteran who had his face blown off, how to stop negative self-talk, what to do if you don't have a support group around you, whether greatness begins with an action or a mindset first and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:37) What People Misunderstand about Greatness (06:23) Learning Positivity from an Injured Veteran (10:30) How to Find Your Personal Mission (21:10) Discovering the Source of Your Self-Doubt (33:38) Turn Fear of Failure into Action (40:38) The Balance Between Feeling Enough & Staying Hungry (43:57) The Need for a Strong Support Network (1:00:03) Powerless Mindset Vs Greatness Mindset (1:08:18) Finding The Thing that Fuels You (1:18:36) Practical Tips to Build a Greatness Mindset (1:21:20) Where to Find Lewis Extra Stuff: Buy The Greatness Mindset - https://amzn.to/3J5ThS5  Subscribe to Lewis' YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowes  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feminism Is No Longer Helping Women - Mary Harrington - #596

Mary Harrington is a contributing editor at UnHerd and an author. Women have been subject to a lot of changes over the past 200 years. Liberated first from the land, then from the house, then from the womb, and finally even from their own nature. But has it actually helped? Has modern feminism been for the best or has it made women's lives more confusing than ever? Expect to learn why feminism might not have delivered on the promises it made to the world, why there is a war on relationships between the sexes, Mary's guess on why there are so few families getting together, how women's liberation has only worked for a small number of women at the expense of many others, why abortion and birth control actually led to more single parent households and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:33) What Qualifies Mary to Critique Feminism? (09:00) Hasn’t There Been Progress for Women Since the Industrial Revolution? (21:28) Feminism After the 1800s (25:50) When Men ‘White-Knight’ for Women (30:20) The Impact of the Sexual Revolution (39:02) What are the Motivations Behind Modern Feminist Progress? (58:25) The Worrying Rise of 'Transhumanism' (1:11:21) Society’s Need to Abolish ‘Big Romance’ (1:25:02) Is the Sexual Revolution Sidelining Men? (1:32:16) The Feminist Case for Not Taking the Pill (1:38:24) How People Can Help to Abolish ‘Big Romance’ (1:43:26) Where to Find Mary Extra Stuff: Buy Feminism Against Progress - https://amzn.to/3YUNkfY  Subscribe to Mary's Substack - https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

700k Q&A - Negative Self-Talk, Upcoming Live Tour & Ray Dalio - #595

I hit 700k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some great questions in here about whether Ray Dalio is coming on the podcast, how to overcome negative self talk and whether I'll be doing a live tour soon. Expect to learn how I deal with nerves before big podcasts, my very simple memorisation tactic for the books I read, whether I class myself as anti-woke, if I think young men should leave the dating market all together right now, why I stopped working as a model, what t-shirts I always wear, whether I'm worried about EMFs from AirPods, my favourite chest day routine and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 7 days free access and 25% discount from Blinkist at https://blinkist.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $250 discount on Sacred Hunting’s trips at https://www.sacredhunting.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:10) Caring About What Others Think (02:07) Getting Nervous Before Podcasts (03:05) Concern About Burnout (05:25) Chris’s Book List (07:50) Why the Goggins Episode Had Ads (09:59) Modern Wisdom Merchandise (10:56) Cosmic Skeptic’s Meat Confession (13:07) 1 Million Subscriber Episode (13:44) Improving the Podcast (14:50) Naval or Curtis Yarvin on the Podcast (15:42) How to Ask Great Questions (18:18) Is Chris Anti-Woke? (20:02) Opinion on UK Tap Water (21:43) Why Chris Quit Modelling (22:47) Meditation for Beginners (23:58) Opinion on Decoding The Gurus (26:14) Staying Impartial as an Interviewer (28:11) Outsourcing Your Self-Worth (30:23) Modern Wisdom Live Shows (31:58) Will Chris Play Cricket Again? (32:11) The Podcast Intro Song (33:16) Important Changes in the World (34:01) Guesting on the Joe Rogan Podcast (34:40) Is Dating Worth the Sacrifices? (36:39) Tips to Increase Vocabulary (38:09) Chris Needs More Subscribers (38:17) Book-Writing in the Time of AI (39:58) Keep Going (40:08) Thank You Chris (40:17) How Chris’s Parents Feel About His Success (41:02) Does Chris Miss the UK? (42:25) Chris’s Haircut (42:49) Diary of a CEO (43:09) Does Chris Keep All the Books He Reads? (43:44) Ray Dalio on the Podcast (44:05) Avoiding Negative Self-Talk (46:03) What Would Chris Do Differently? (46:38) Baccarat Rouge 540 (47:43) What Brand are Chris’s T-Shirts? (48:25) Why Chris was Bullied at School (50:01) Recording with Cameron Hanes (50:55) Is the Mating Crisis That Bad? (52:59) Meeting People Who Have Been Impacted by the Podcast (54:47) Peter Attia on the Podcast (55:20) Does Chris Only Wear Vans? (56:32) Concern About EMFs (57:29) Do Men Care About Female Pubes? (58:26) Where Did 600K Subscribers Go? (58:39) Chest Day at the Gym (1:00:15) Life Advice (1:02:18) Will the Podcast Always Be Fulfilling? (1:04:55) Update on Stell Cem Treatment (1:06:29) Chris’s Process for Scheduling Episodes (1:08:17) Insights from Quitting Caffeine (1:10:26) How to ‘Do The Thing’ (1:13:57) How Chris Remembers Quotes (1:14:50) Should You Quit Soda or Booze? (1:15:15) Advice for Aspiring Podcasters (1:17:11) Over-Correcting Your Self-Improvement (1:19:58) Important Lessons from the Last Year (1:20:46) What Chris Looks for in a Podcast Guest (1:22:45) Gratitude Practices (1:24:07) Relationship Advice to 20-Year-Old (1:26:46) Conclusion Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence - Dr Richard Wrangham - #594

Dr Richard Wrangham is an anthropologist and primatologist, a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and an author whose research focuses on ape behaviour, human evolution, violence, and cooking. Humans have the capacity for incredible benevolence and kindness, but also are able to be execute other members of our species with a uniquely effective ruthlessness. Why would evolution give us such differing capacities to chimps and apes and what can this tell us about our nature? Expect to learn the fascinating evolutionary story of human aggression through the ages, how humans actually selectively bred ourselves to become less aggressive, how our capacity for violence informed the evolution of morality, the true reason for why humans might have a sense of right and wrong, what would have happened to a hyper aggressive male ancestrally and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:26) Are Humans an Aggressive Species? (06:38) How Human Violence Evolved (21:08) The Self-Domestication of Man (24:33) Understanding Psychological Changes Through Bones (27:47) Has Female Aggression Evolved? (39:12) Did Violence Influence the Development of Morality? (52:26) How Much of Mythology is Justification for a Male Bias? (56:19) Evolution of Kin-to-Kin Aggression (58:44) How Sex Ratios Impacted the Local Ecology (1:06:03) Humanity’s Approach to Male Aggression in Today’s Society (1:19:17) Where to Find Dr Wrangham Extra Stuff: Buy The Goodness Paradox - https://amzn.to/3YVQz6Z  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Is No One Having Sex? - Alex DatePsych - #593

Alex DatePsych is a Neuroscience and Behavioural Science researcher whose work focuses on attractiveness and dating. We are in a new age of sexlessness. It could be that right now, the human race is having less sex than ever before. Given the rise of dating apps, the sexual revolution and hormonal birth control, how is this happening? Expect to learn what the science says about whether girls find it creepy to be approached, whether dating is harder for young men now than in the past, why women's sexual desire declines at twice the rate of mens' in marriages, why there is a PUA to Incel Pipeline, if it's true that women's standards have risen over the last few decades, whether inceldom is all about looks and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:31) How to Approach Women Without Feeling Creepy (16:19) What is Causing the Rise in Sexless Men? (22:32) The Rising Standards of Women (27:34) Does Being Single for a Long Time Impact Happiness? (31:42) What It’s Like to Be in the Top 20% of Men on Dating Apps (36:40) Are Attractive Women Having More or Less Sex? (46:44) What Guys Get Wrong About What Women Find Attractive (58:12) The Origins of Inceldom (1:08:09) Do Men Really Want to Cheat? (1:16:03) Decline in Sexual Desire over Length of Relationship (1:23:42) Why People Accuse Alex of Pro-Feminist Dating Views (1:29:42) Where to Find Alex Extra Stuff: Check out Alex's website - https://datepsychology.com/  Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/datepsych  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices