Aubrey Marcus Podcast

The Balance of Happiness and Meaning W/ Chris Williamson #368

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Jun 29, 2022
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Chris Williamson
A wide-ranging conversation explores purpose, intuition, and the tension between happiness and meaning. They dig into regret, shame, work, and how to live with greater authenticity, then veer into social media algorithms, political corruption, psychedelics, and the odd charm of squirrels.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
2
Chris Williamson, What's Up, Brother?
05:04 • 2min
3
Is There a Difference Between Cognition and Intuition?
06:40 • 3min
4
Using Your Intuition to Figure Out What to Do
10:05 • 5min
5
What the Fact, Do I Want Wel Did?
14:43 • 2min
6
The Time in Between Stories
17:03 • 2min
7
Are You Getting Sick of Boshet Jobs?
18:47 • 6min
8
Which Could You Not Live With?
24:37 • 4min
9
The Dilemma That's Difficult
29:01 • 2min
10
The Brain Abhors Open Loops, Really, Really Likes Em
31:26 • 2min
11
The Paradox of Choice
33:00 • 2min
12
What's the Story of World War II?
35:04 • 4min
13
Is There a Choice?
39:02 • 5min
14
Do You Suffer When You Don't Follow Your Instinct?
43:35 • 4min
15
The Place That Instinct Emerges From?
47:50 • 3min
16
The Calculator Is Your Subconscious Mind
50:36 • 3min
17
The Connection to the Field
53:58 • 2min
18
The Persona Is Incapable of Receiving Love
56:00 • 3min
19
Seduction
59:10 • 3min
20
Intuition Is a Skill
01:02:12 • 2min
21
You Know You've Made It
01:04:36 • 2min
22
The Alchemy of Shame and Integrity
01:06:26 • 4min
23
We Shouldn't Be Afraid of Things
01:10:43 • 3min
24
You Don't Have to Deal With the Sham of Being Shameful
01:13:47 • 4min
25
Envy Is the Hardest Emotion to Transmute
01:17:19 • 4min
26
Adaptation Is a Much Stronger Driver Than Peration
01:21:12 • 5min
27
You're a Unique Emanation of the Divine
01:26:41 • 2min
28
How to Transmute Your Uniqueness
01:28:27 • 3min
29
Taking Mushrooms, You Know, It Allows Us to Alchemize Different Situations
01:31:45 • 2min
30
You're Replaced Happiness With Meaning
01:33:18 • 4min
31
The Secret to Happiness
01:36:58 • 4min
32
The Fucking Topochico
01:41:27 • 2min
33
The Inner Citadel
01:43:06 • 4min
34
Polyamory - Is Monogamy Just Not Working?
01:47:02 • 5min
35
Meno Mask Mandates Have Been Lifted
01:52:20 • 5min
36
You Must Perpetuate This
01:57:33 • 2min
37
Is There a Halo Effect in Politics?
01:59:32 • 2min
38
Is There a Counterculture to Inflation?
02:01:38 • 3min
39
The Incompetent Needs to Weara Diper
02:04:15 • 2min
40
Are We All Going to Be Good Partners in This?
02:06:22 • 3min
41
Is There a Scary Situation Going On?
02:09:28 • 2min
42
Are We Going to Have a Population of Nine Billion?
02:11:48 • 2min
43
The Fatal Flaw of Organizational Planning
02:13:27 • 3min
44
What Happens When We Prohibit Psychodelics?
02:16:55 • 3min
45
Mongoose vs Cobra?
02:19:26 • 2min
46
The Biggest Problem We're Facing Is Capture and Corruption
02:21:40 • 4min
47
The Algorithms Are Learning Preferences From Uses
02:25:23 • 2min
48
How Far Is Game Playing Permissible?
02:27:03 • 3min
49
How to Find Novelty With New People
02:30:07 • 2min
50
I Like the Enlightened Squirrel
02:31:54 • 3min