Today I talk to Wolf Tivy, the founder of Palladium Magazine. It’s a San Francisco-based publication that’s low-key coordinating the next generation of elites to do great things.Skip this episode if you don’t want to quit your job.Topics include:* Why you should quit your job.* Why civilization suffers from philosophical problems — not technical ones.* Why American technology basically stopped advancing in 1973.* “Pre-rational commitments” and how they rule your world.* Why today’s elites are uncoordinated and what that means for citizens.* Why psychedelics are haram.* What it takes to live your convictions and be a live player.Resources:* Quit Your Job This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

Khe Hy is the Founder and CEO of RadReads, an online education company that helps professionals lead productive, examined and joyful lives. He used to be one of the youngest managing directors at Blackrock, outperforming other teams by teaching his analysts GTD. Now he teaches the popular cohort-based course Supercharge Your Productivity, using productivity as a trojan horse for existential inquiry.Khe is enchantingly candid and conspicuously kind. In this conversation, his presence gave me the permission to be more honest with myself. It will likely do the same for you.Topics include:* How Khe went from high-powered Wall Street MD to professional blogger, teacher and online creator* How “fuck it” moments tend to improve people’s lives (e.g. quitting your job)* How Khe’s team at Blackrock outperformed others because he taught them GTD* Why being a “tinkerer” is an insane competitive advantage* How having kids has radical effects on your experience of time* How samskaras (persistent emotional patterns) dictate your life and what to do about them* How to use the Enneagram test to identify your childhood wounds* Why “emotional solvency” is the real obstacle to financial freedom* Golden handcuffs and the fragility of never seeing your bank account go downCheck out Khe’s blog RadReads.co, his Twitter and his course Supercharge Your Productivity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

Serial tech entrepreneur and NYT best-selling author, Julien Smith, discusses topics like courage, the flinch, art and suffering, exceptional founders, Silicon Valley's executive coaching secret, successful long-term projects, and accepting discomfort for vitality.

Daniele Bolelli is martial artist, writer, professor, and host of History On Fire and The Drunken Taoist podcasts. He’s the author of several books on philosophy and he’s disarmingly down to earth.He also has a cool name and very smooth Italian accent.Topics include:* Real Philosophers vs Academic Philosophers.* The story of Ikkyu Sojun. An enlightened monk that loved sake and women.* How to deal with tragedy.* Foundational insights on parenting and being a good spouse.* What is sacred and what is profane? * How rituals can maintain sacredness.* Why kindness is the best measure of one’s philosophy.* Speculations on Nietzsche and his perspective on Love.* On being “life-affirming.” Why is it so important and why is it so hard?* The defiant power of gallows humour. Check out Daniele’s website and his Twitter. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

This is probably the most inspiring conversation I’ve had all year.Fen de Villiers turns blocks of stone into powerful art. Just look at this. He willed it out of stone. With. His. Hands.Fen studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. He’s on a mission to reinvigorate sculpture to its most vital and energetic form. Maybe you’ll be reinvigorated too.Topics include:* How do you even become a fine art sculptor?* What makes art energizing? Why is most contemporary art the opposite?* Cultural vitality and it’s relationship to physical vitality* Modernism, art deco, futurism and vorticism* How western culture forgot how to celebrate life (and became a death cult)* Why now is the best time to create a new artistic movement* The revolutionary act of simply making things* How Fen has been shunned by the current art scene* Why Duchamp’s Urinal was legitimate art at the time (but wouldn’t be today)* How Fen stays motivated to wake up every day and make thingsResources:* Fen’s Manifesto for Aesthetic Invigoration This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

Political philosopher and sociologist Daniel Görtz is a leader of "the Nordic school" of metamodernism. He co-authored The Listening Society and The Nordic Ideology under the pseudonym Hanzi Freinacht. Today we discuss his new “self-help” book with the working title “12 Better Rules for Life (and beyond).”Topics include:* The subtle art of sublime mediocrity* Why Rule #2 is “Fuck like a beast”* Why Jesus was right and how secular people can learn from that* What is post-postmodernism?* The life-changing practice of Rogerian listening* A necessary steelman of critical race theory and modern feminism* Why feminist forums descend into language-policing* How to improve your default levels of contentment (from a 7 to an 8)* Where Jordan Peterson went wrong with post-modernism* Why playfulness is essential* A big spoiler on the book (and a key secret to living well)Resources:* https://metamoderna.org/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

A personal hero. David Allen needs no introduction.He’s the undisputed father of modern productivity. He literally created the category with his world-renowned book Getting Things Done: The art of Stress-Free Productivity. This method has already influenced your world by shaping Silicon Valley’s design ethos and products. GTD is also used by Jeff Beszos, Oprah Winfrey, Howard Stern, Robert Downey Jr and others.Topics include:* What David Allen learned from coaching the world’s top performers.* Why you’re probably addicted to ambient anxiety.* A smooth introduction to the 5 steps of GTD.* How Daniel re-discovered GTD when taking 6.4g of psychedelic mushrooms.* Why it’s so important to incorporate input from your subconscious mind.* Why GTD is not actually about getting things done…* How to apply GTD to teams (and David’s upcoming book on the topic).* How David get’s back to GTD when he’s “fallen off.”* The relationship between GTD and mindfulness meditation.* How productivity relates to embodied intuition.* David Allen’s life purpose.Resources:* Want to master GTD? Book a call with Daniel here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

Rebecca Fox is a ritualist and artist. She re-enchants modern people through embodied psycho-spiritual practices that level up their lives. She also used to be a literal witch. Then she studied Critical Thinking™️ and dabbled in Atheism. Now she’s something else entirely... Perhaps a shaman for the modern age.Topics include:* What happens when an Atheist takes Ayahuasca?* Rebecca’s journey from Wiccan to Skeptic to Radical Agnostic.* Why radical agnosticism is the best foundation for personal transformation.* What even is a “liminal space?”* What is a ritual? Why are they needed?* Unlocking your creativity be encountering the divine (without beliefs).* More practices for building your will.* Dreams! What to do with them.* Daniel does a somewhat embarrassing live ritual (YouTube version only).Resources:* Book a ritual consultation with Rebecca* A Ritual to Banish Demons (the one we did live) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

Sebastian Marshall brings the mentality of an athlete to knowledge work.He’s a cutting edge productivity expert and the CEO of Ultraworking — a company obsessed with making the nature of work better.Topics include:* Why you probably need “weird” practices to live the life you want.* The power of tracking everything you do with your time (and how to do it).* More evidence that everyone needs a gang.* Why religion might be the biggest productivity hack.* Death and its clarifying effects on your to do list.* Sebastian’s near death experiences and how they changed his life.* Why consciously designing your environment is mandatory in modernity.* How to improve the yield of philosophy.Resources:* ultraworking.com* On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History - Thomas Carlyle* Daniel’s favourite Ultraworking tool for tracking practices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

Zak Stein. Is a writer, educator and futurist. He’s working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education.He has a background in philosophy, educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education. While a student at Harvard, he co-founded what would become Lectica, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to the research-based, justice-oriented reform of large-scale standardized testing in K-12, higher-education, and business.Topics include:* Why the current moment demands a new kind of civilization.* Why love is an ontological truth and not just random chemicals firing in your brain.* What even is metaphysics? How is it directly related to your daily, personal life?* Why Nick Land, Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari are deeply confused.* “Would you teach this to your child?” as a litmus test for true beliefs.* Eros and vitality.* The missing piece of the prisoner’s dilemma.* The major advantage angels always have over demons.Resources:* Love In A Time Between Worlds: On the Metamodern “Return” to a Metaphysics of ErosListen on Spotify or Apple. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com