#16: Dean Monks

Here's my conversation with my good friend Dean Monks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifestylemonks/Podcast links: https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast 0:00 The black belt2:20 History of JuJitsu5:30 The language of JuJitsu12:00 Efficient Economy of movement 16:40 Piano & Music theory18:00  FACTCHECK:  Pythagoras - not Plato23:50 The Art of Learning30:00 Getting to the moon37:00 Human curiosity38:30 Building a cabin43:00 The (real) Secret48:00 Learning discipline 53:00 New direction & decision paralysis1:01:00 Burning out & back to college1:18:00 Moving from chaos to order1:24:00 Danger of video games1:26:30 Football as simulated war1:34:30 Diet, food & emotion1:38:00 Eating meat, nutrition & ethics 1:38:00 + No idea is beyond criticism Already making up your mindYou are not your mindScience fundamentalism We don't know anythingArmchair meta-physicistsPsychedelicsPointing at the moonWhat is happinessWe don't have to do anythingAmbition and contentedness  Loving the processMonksey coming up with my podcast name 🌎 https://basilbreen.com 🎷 https://open.spotify.com/artist/33JlGzdySKstj1KN0BGACE IG: basilbreenFB: basilbreenTikTok: basilbreen