The Energy Balance Podcast EB. 104: How Western Culture Keeps Us Distracted And Fighting Amongst Ourselves
- Individualism and competition vs. collaboration and communitarianism
- Whether humans are inherently selfish and destructive
- The cost of social media and other forms of distraction
- How drugs and alcohol can function as numbing agents
- Why many causes that appear worthy turn out to be distractions from the real problems
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Timestamps:
1:14 – individualism and competition vs. collaboration and communitarianism
25:45 – randomness, subjectivism, moral relativism, and the resulting nihilism
31:20 – the consequences of the idea that humans are selfish, destructive, and useless other than what we can produce
41:39 – how potentially beneficial advancements become co-opted to maintain the current power structure
48:04 – how western culture degrades esteem and prevents self-actualization
49:43 – the many aspects of modern technology and entertainment that distract us from what’s important
55:26 – how drugs and alcohol can also function as numbing agents
1:03:42 – how worthy causes become co-opted to prevent legitimate progress
1:13:18 – contrasting with cultures that are family-oriented and less distracted by technology
1:16:10 – the effects of culture in science, health, and everyday life