James Berges
@jamo
James Berges
**Self-Deception and Affective Forecasting**
- We are bad at recognizing our self-deception and predicting what will truly make us happy (affective forecasting).
- We're susceptible to hyperbolic discounting, prioritizing immediate gratification over long-term well-being.
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- We are bad at recognizing our self-deception and predicting what will truly make us happy (affective forecasting).
- We're susceptible to hyperbolic discounting, prioritizing immediate gratification over long-term well-being.
Snipped from Modern Wisdom - #891 - John Vervaeke - The Psychology Of Finding Me... See more
“Serious play” like having a dog instead of a kid at first, or seeing yourself in VR as an old peeps instead of just facts about retirement - makes you save more
According to Robert Putnam, the decline in social cohesion is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. These factors are interconnected and form a vicious cycle, making it difficult to isolate a single cause.
His research points to three main trends that mirror each other:
Political polarization: The increase in political division reflects... See more
His research points to three main trends that mirror each other:
Political polarization: The increase in political division reflects... See more
Putnam on the loss of social cohesion
**Consume vs. Create**
- Consuming more content than you create can lead to depression and anxiety.
- This insight is not widely understood, even among entrepreneurs.
Snipped from The Startup Ideas Podcast - My Secret Framework for Building $1M Products.
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- Consuming more content than you create can lead to depression and anxiety.
- This insight is not widely understood, even among entrepreneurs.
Snipped from The Startup Ideas Podcast - My Secret Framework for Building $1M Products.
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We live in a society of constant consumption. This creates multiple problems:
-we consume bad inflammatory content that is designed to make you agitated and have no attention span
-it creates a habit of using this bad shit as a coping mechanism for the anxiety it produces - an anxiety producing pacifier
-you miss out on creating and thinking
-I always feel happier when I create more than I consume
-having a high sense of agency is cocorelafed with happiness - creating is part of that
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**The Left's New Religion**
- The left's worldview has become like a religion, complete with sacred cows and no-fly zones for humor.
- They consider humor targeting them as hateful and punching down, similar to how some religious conservatives react to jokes about their beliefs.
Snipped from Honestly with Bari Weiss - How The Babylon Bee Predicted the... See more
- The left's worldview has become like a religion, complete with sacred cows and no-fly zones for humor.
- They consider humor targeting them as hateful and punching down, similar to how some religious conservatives react to jokes about their beliefs.
Snipped from Honestly with Bari Weiss - How The Babylon Bee Predicted the... See more
**Unteachable Lessons**
- Some truths, like "money and success won't make you happy", are unteachable lessons.
- People arrive at this realization experientially, not logically.
Snipped from Modern Wisdom - #891 - John Vervaeke - The Psychology Of Finding Meaning In Life.
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- Some truths, like "money and success won't make you happy", are unteachable lessons.
- People arrive at this realization experientially, not logically.
Snipped from Modern Wisdom - #891 - John Vervaeke - The Psychology Of Finding Meaning In Life.
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This whole podcast ties in with “useful but not true” theories and felt experiences that can’t be proven through purely logical propositions
**Coffee Priming**
- Researchers asked participants to hold coffee, then evaluated a fictional character.
- Those who held hot coffee rated the character as warm, while those with iced coffee perceived them as cold.
Snipped from Modern Wisdom - #889 - Tony Robbins - How To Build An Extraordinary Life.
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- Researchers asked participants to hold coffee, then evaluated a fictional character.
- Those who held hot coffee rated the character as warm, while those with iced coffee perceived them as cold.
Snipped from Modern Wisdom - #889 - Tony Robbins - How To Build An Extraordinary Life.
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