Pros & Concepts

Episode 27: Naive Realism - I'm Right; You're Misinformed, Evil, and Stupid

November 22nd, 2021  |  45 mins 31 secs

ideas, philosophy, polisci, political science, politics, psychology, sociology

Phil introduces the idea of Naive Realism, and comes dangerously close to "enlightened centrism" at some points. Steve and Phil discuss how to have better conversations about politics, and how to possibly sway some people's way of thinking.

Episode 23: Ambient Knowledge - Personalized Culture

September 20th, 2021  |  50 mins 21 secs

china, culture, philosophy, psychology, sociology

Ambient knowledge refers to the knowledge of geography, customs, regulations, and other often-unstated information that would be useful to know. The outcome of not knowing can result in social gaffs, but more often it will simply result in squandered money through overpaying, scams, or fines.

Episode 19: The Hedonic Treadmill - Pleasure Disappears Over Time

July 23rd, 2021  |  55 mins 34 secs

happiness, hedonic treadmill, hedonism, philosophy, pleasure, psychology, sociology

Phil talks about the Hedonic Treadmill, what it means, and how to get off of it to enjoy life more. As usual, they meander around the point and tie in several disparate ideas.

Episode 18: Intuitive Eating - Listen to Your Gut

July 8th, 2021  |  49 mins 53 secs

diet culture, diets, health, healthy living, philosophy, psychology, sociology

Steve introduces the idea of Intuitive Eating and how it differs from "other diets" as described in the book, Intuitive Eating. Phil and Steve discuss the societal and social influences surrounding diet and fitness culture, including some of their own experiences.

Episode 12: Idea Excavation - Finding Treasure in a Dump

May 12th, 2021  |  59 mins 40 secs

archaeology, excavation, ideas, nomological networks, philosophy, psychology, sociology

Phil introduces the concept of Idea Excavation, which can be shortly summarized as “take what’s valuable, leave what’s not”. Through Steve’s clarification, they also talk about “Learning from the Negative”, examining the traits something or someone lacks, and learning to better foster that missing trait in one’s self, such as patience, gratitude, compassion.

Episode 10: Actor-Observer Bias - It's Not Me; But It's You

April 30th, 2021  |  46 mins 10 secs

internalized capitalism, meritocracy, philosophy, polisci, psychology

Phil and Steve talk about the Fundamental Attribution Error / Actor Observer Bias and how to use it to maintain empathy for others. They also touched on free will, internalized capitalism, compassion, and meritocracy.

More from Phil can be found at HittingEject.com and MakeASkillCheck.com
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Episode 4: Memento Mori - What Will You Do with the Time Left?

March 19th, 2021  |  43 mins 26 secs

career, life, memento mori, philosophy, psychology, self development, stoicism

Phil and Steve talk about Memento Mori, a piece of stoic philosophy that encourages you to keep your death in mind. As such, the discussion revolves around death, the purpose of life, suicide, and death as a framing device.

Episode 1: The Fox and The Hedgehog - To Generalize or Focus

February 24th, 2021  |  58 mins 13 secs

career, isaiah, philosophy, psychology, self-development, sociology

Phil and Steve explore these two approaches to the world first introduced by Isaiah Berlin