14 – BJJ Millennial Burnout Generation w/ Christian Fagan

We covered so much in this informative episode, we're just going to explain it via bullet points:Being a D1 wrestler, BJJ'er, and an academic during late stage capitalismMeritocracy AKA doing everything right and still being fuckedProblems of health care and how one medical emergency can upend your whole lifeDangers of post-concussion syndrome (and how little we still know about the brain)Magic the Gathering & professional pokerGame theory & trickle-down economicsThe MMA Info Wars cultureHow living the BJJ lifestyle is very hard to do unless you're richBatman, Iron Man, TED talks, and the creation of the anarcho-capitalist white billionaire superheroHard math vs. everything elseMarket solutions when there are no rational actors (and old irrational economists resisting behavioral economics)Private solutions to public problemsWhen you're hurting, a sociopath will say fuck everyone else; if you're empathetic, you'll wonder how others are also sufferingProsperity gospel (loving the rich and hating the poor)How CEOs and YouTubers replaced public intellectuals and made us dumberIf you like the stuff we're putting out, support Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpodYou can find Southpaw on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southpawpod/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SouthpawpodYou can also find Sam at: https://twitter.com/StuffFromSam