Finding Common Ground and Effective Action | 2min snip from The Tim Ferriss Show

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#735: Craig Foster of My Octopus Teacher — How to Find the Wild in a Tame World

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Finding Common Ground and Effective Action

Yelling on the internet is not effective action for causes; common ground can be found with individuals holding different beliefs such as Republican hunters working towards wildlife conservation; avoiding trigger phrases and seeking common ground can lead to productive conversations even on contentious topics like climate change.

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Craig Foster is an Oscar- and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, naturalist, author, and ocean explorer. He is the co-founder of the Sea Change Project, an NGO dedicated to the long-term conservation and regeneration of the Great African Seaforest. His film My Octopus Teacher has led to making the Great African Seaforest a global icon. His new book is Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World.

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Start

[08:39] A morning ray.

[11:01] Connecting with the sea is a family tradition.

[13:24] Making The Great Dance.

[15:28] Unnatural powers granted by natural attunement.

[22:40] Observing the secret lives of animals.

[26:44] What makes Kalahari trackers so impressive?

[29:37] Connecting with nature in the big city.

[32:43] Breath holding and cold exposure.

[37:25] Land lessons via underwater tracking.