Crazy Wisdom

Here are some more questions we discuss: How did Ochem break you? Why is organic chemistry so hard? What is the neuroscience of cross country skiing? What living environment can you not stand (geographical)? How do you pick a career? Did academia stifle you? What is the model in neuroscience right now that you suspect is wrong yet everyone still believes? What is the system of memory that helps us build physical skills? What about other skills? Why does it help someone learn to give them a visualization? What is the emotional flavor you experience when you learn something new? Why is it important to learn Ochem? What's the deal with false memories? What is the neuroscience of it? Has anyone started to do virtual dissections on Zoom? Which is the school that is most open hearted when it comes to teaching cognitive science? This gets into mimetics How have you adapted to homeschooling your kids? What's the deal with abstraction from a neuroscience perspective? How have small liberal schools adapted to the recent change in higher education practices? Why is it important for your education to be intimate? What are the parts of studying neuroscience that you have to do in person? Are liberal arts colleges going to survive COVID 19? What things need to be abstracted away to teach someone something online? What is the difference between neuroscience and neurophilosophy? What is the divide between philosophy and psychology? What does it mean to be a reductionist? What is it we don't understand about neuroscience? Can we change the fact that scientific papers aren't written for the general public? Is that a good idea? Why does someone (or myself) need an editor? Read "the fourth draft" or "on writing well" What is missing in this thing I just wrote?

Here are some questions we discuss: What is Iboga? Why did Gabon get so much bwiti or Iboga rather than its neighbors Cameroon? What is different about hunting at night versus at hunting at the day? How does TCM use Ibogaine related plants? What is it like to have a waking dream state? What is the main receptor that iboga interacts with? Why is the mind so good at compartmentalizing?

Here are some questions we talk about: How do people in the woods hurt themselves? How does poor decision making manifest itself in the survival situations? What is the connection with survival situations and mindfulness? How important is knowing how to move in different environments essential to survival? Why is travel so different? What are the core components of wilderness therapy?

We also talked about the following questions: How does education work different in different countries? How has internet connectivity changed in Myanmar? How does an authoritarian government affect education and creativity? What does it take to learn? What does it mean to learn? What was it like to grow up in a dictatorship that is based on Buddhism?

Here are some of my favorite questions: What is the lifespan of an average system? Why does a system prioritize its own existence? How do adaptable systems manage inertia? Why is real estate so stable? Why are corn and soybeans such a good investment in the mid-west? What is regulatory capture? Why humans are so crazy about curiosity? How does consciousness help us eat, have sex, poop, and sleep better? What is the point of subconsciousness? What does it mean to be a system engineer? Can the systems of technology and the systems of nature coexist? Is a human pushing a rock off a cliff an example of technology? How would you describe the intention of a tree? What percent of services are automated now? What percentage will be in five years? Follow Matt on Twitter: @thatmatt

Here are some other questions we discussed: What is 3D trading technology? What is an idea market? What are the broken structures of the corporate media environment? How do you battle systemic corruption? How has the internet affected nuance? How can decentralized finance help to reshape the broken structures of modern institutions? How do you align interests without building monopolies or duopolies? What are the interests of corporations? What about the shadowy ones? How long is the average lifespan of an institution? How is attention like a currency? In what ways is it similar? In what ways is it different? Follow Mike here: https://twitter.com/harmonylion1  

Here are some other questions we discuss: What did socrates say about the unexamined life? What would it mean to have free will? Is there a specialization in studying interdisciplinary studies? What does the university of the internet look like? What are the three components of effective education? What does excellence look like? How do you think more clearly? Where does originality come from? Follow Richard: @richardprice100 on Twiter

Warren is the father of Arik Gohl who is a previous guest and master bodyworker. Warren story is fascinating and has served in many roles over his life. He speaks several languages fluently and has keen insight into historical forces as well as how language creates the reality we live.  I highly recommend listening to this episode.

Jesse is a old friend and has a company that makes it really easy to for cities and counties to make sure water is flowing in and out of houses.  Follow Jesse here: https://twitter.com/JesseAizenstat

This was actually recorded several months ago before COVID19 but it's probably more relevant now.  You seriously should check out SoundSelf for your 2-month quarantine-style meditation retreat: https://www.soundself.com/