BV55: Pierre Heistein: The challenges of the known.

BV55: Pierre Heistein: The challenges of the known. In this episode we discuss: All the things we’re informed about while looking through a straw. “What you need to do in life is stay with a person or a story from start to finish” “I think what we have time for is to take things seriously. We’ve got time to be serious about what we want to have strong opinions about.” A commentary of the self-enforcing loop of instagram and social media. The idea of cherry picking things to be informed and passionate about. “The romanticization of the journalist's mission to help others by informing.” Letting go of the objective and letting the trip’s unfoldings determine the stories which are captured. Why did Pierre go everywhere he could in Iran? Why Pierre opted to be as free-of-subjective-speech as possible. Invited to dinner with the ambassador of the South African Iranian consulate. Which hoops Pierre had to jump through before setting off for Iran. Pierre realises the depth of his own ignorance of Iran on arrival with the arrival of a happy little girl with a balloon in the street. “The benefit of pushing your limits is that things that were limits before suddenly become comfort zones.” “If you really need to get stuff done you need to push through the fear.” “Being comfortable in the unknown is a skillset you need with the world constantly changing.” “All of this is by design. I have chosen this and therein lies the difference.”  YouTube Music License code: G7FFLMIB9MUZCVKS