35. Identity, Friendship, and Wonder

A conversation with Brian Ore. We discuss names and their meanings, sex and gender, whether children are being influenced to be transgender, how much of a say other people should have in one’s identity, memetics and the survival of ideas, untouched discussion topics and the consistency of people, trauma, the power of belief, and my changing feelings on therapy, eureka moments, drug-induced wonder, and appreciation, what love is and love languages, how to make friends of different generations*, friendship, trust and authenticity, fear and spiders, and the joyful process of creation. Things to watch: Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie: Everything Everywhere All at Once Video: Absurdism | How to Party at the End of Meaning by exurb1a, link: https://youtu.be/Jv79l1b-eoI Books to read: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson *Another thought on the topic discussed at 1:26:31 is: if old people want to befriend young people it would help if they adopted styles, language, interests, and behaviors that the young people do, and of course in a genuine and committed way so it doesn’t come off too much like that Steve Buscemi “how do you do, fellow kids?” meme. That way older people won’t seem so different, and won’t seem so old, if they’re pretty much just like you and your friend group.