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Why Can No One Think Rationally Anymore? - George Mack - #721

Modern Wisdom

Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.

George Mack is a writer, marketer and an entrepreneur.
Thinking for yourself is one of the most important skills you can develop. However it's hard. It's a difficult task to overcome the boring, negative, irrational trends around you. Which is why you need some new tools in your mental models box.
Expect to learn what the Keynsian Beauty Contest is, why memes are so influential in society today, which behaviours appear positive but actually harm you in disguise, what the forgetting paradox is, what the most useful emotional state is, why “ignorance is bliss” is a putdown in 2023 and much more...
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George Mack is a writer, marketer and an entrepreneur.

Thinking for yourself is one of the most important skills you can develop. However it's hard. It's a difficult task to overcome the boring, negative, irrational trends around you. Which is why you need some new tools in your mental models box.

Expect to learn what the Keynsian Beauty Contest is, why memes are so influential in society today, which behaviours appear positive but actually harm you in disguise, what the forgetting paradox is, what the most useful emotional state is, why “ignorance is bliss” is a putdown in 2023 and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) The Ranked Levels of Social Interaction
(07:50) Introvert or Need Better Friends?
(12:27) The Importance of Memes
(18:58) Understanding the Power of Leverage
(27:18) Memes Compress Mass Emotion
(33:33) The Coming Cybercrime Crisis
(37:50) Hiring Chief Meme Officers
(43:19) Is Mainstream Media Still Prestigious?
(49:10) Why Everything is Wrong
(51:33) Avoid Trojan Horses of Content
(1:00:09) How to Craft Your Content Algorithm
(1:04:35) How Many Thoughts Can You Remember?
(1:15:37) Crazy Ideas That Will Become Norma
(1:22:01) Slow Success Strategy for Happiness
(1:27:20) The Most Useful Emotional State
(1:35:46) Guy Ritchie’s New Foot-Warmer
(1:37:38) What’s Next for George

Extra Stuff:

Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books

Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.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

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