I'm chatting with Magnus Carlsen, current World Chess Champion, on the podcast soon. If you have questions or topics you'd like to see covered, let me know, from high-level ideas to specific chess games, positions, and moves.

Introvert mood

Here's my conversation with Magatte Wade about Africa, communism, capitalism, and the role of economic freedom in empowering nations to flourish. Magatte is an amazing human being with a powerful vision for Africa & for the future of humanity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6tDV3BhrcM

I wish there was a search engine for physical reality.

I try to assume the best intention in the actions of others. The internet too often seems to want to do the opposite. I think the former is way better than the latter if your goal is to be productive, gain understanding, solve problems, and find happiness in this life.

Thank you for the happy birthday wishes. I'm grateful to be alive, together with 8 billion beautiful humans on this amazing little planet of ours. I love you all!

Here's my conversation with Duncan Trussell, a comedian, host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, and one of the most fun, kind, brilliant, and beautiful human beings I've ever met. It's an honor to now be able to call him a friend. This chat was wild! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdIyNMkusLE

People who take big risks in pursuit of a dream are fun to watch and cheer on.

Here's my conversation with Jordan Peterson about Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Putin, the search for meaning, the corrupting effects of fame & power, and advice on how to think and how to live. This conversation was intense, challenging, and fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8aFSY2zv4

Everything is possible.

Student loan system in America has become a scam that puts young people into a financial and psychological hole that they often spend their whole life trying to get out of.

Each of us is capable of evil.

I am not right wing or left wing. I am a human being who listens, empathizes, learns, and thinks.

People want to assign labels to each other so they can judge without trying to understanding a person.

Labels lessen our capacity for empathy and free thought.

Here's my conversation with Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion, highest-rated chess player in history, and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZO28NtkwwQ

I do stupid things all the time. First, I accept the pain of the mistake, learn the lesson, and then have fun anyway.

Truth. If you're struggling, stay strong and keep fighting! We're in this together.

Here's my conversation with Noam Chomsky. We talk about the war in Ukraine, the mind of Vladimir Putin, geopolitical tensions with China, propaganda, the mainstream media, and the possibility of World War 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHGlfeCBbE

Sometimes it feels like ideas come from outside the mind.

Here's my conversation with John Vervaeke, psychologist at University of Toronto. We talk about the human search for meaning and wisdom, especially in the context of theism, atheism, and non-theism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yImlXr5Tr8g

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