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Make Your Damn Bed — 1,000 episodes · page 4 of 10
1596 || your brain is play-doh
E1595 || brains are lazy, we are not
E1594 || dropping the cognitive load
E1593 || parenting yourself with love + logic
E1592 || consulting with love + logic
E1591 || micromanager vs. drill sargent
E1590 || tools for skeptical thinking || throwback
E1589 || the list for getting unstuck || throwback
E1588 || why learning sucks
E1587 || a silly + true teacher story
E1586 || some of my teacher stories || birthday episode
E1585 || dirt in a cog
E1584 || the next best choice
E1583 || tactical frivolity (joy is our way out)
E1582 || mental gymnastics (and how to stop)
E1581 || analysis paralysis
E1580 || contrast effect
E1579 || omission bias
E1578 || different versions of negativity bias
E1577 || how the brain copes with too much information
E1576 || frictionless leads to swaglessness
E1575 || our frictionless society
E1574 || there is a better way forward
E1573 || inside you are two wolves
E1572 || the life audit
E1571 || in the zone (where even winning is a distraction)
E1570 || state sponsored disinformation
E1569 || alive internet theory
E1568 || are ads inescapable?
E1567 || gamergate + why it matters
E1566 || the ideology of consumerism
E1565 || finally back from the depths of despair
E1564 || identity = consumerism
E1563 || prosperity gospel
E1562 || prosperity gospel (the church of consumerism)
E1561 || to have or to be?
E1560 || the two definitions of consumerism
E1559 || history of consumerism + why it matters
E1558 || kayfabe economy
E1557 || reducing shame around ethical consumption
E1556 || how supermarkets rewired the planet
E1555 || culture = consumerism
E1554 || murder of the middle class + cult of consumerism
E1553 || wheel of awareness (rerelease)
E1552 || a better option than capitalism
E1551 || alternatives to capitalism
E1550 || envisioning a better system
E1549 || the hard truth about America
E1548 || leaving my own pity party (NEW)
E1547 || the meaning of life (fan fave)
E1546 || how to finish tasks (rerelease)
E1545 || what if society was good, actually? (fan favorite episode)
E1545 || the drone of the magic around you (fan favorite episode)
E1544 || true feminism is intersectional
E1543 || choice feminism
E1542 || research for fun
E1541 || guilt is good, actually?
E1540 || some relationship advice
E1539 || how to escape an awkward conversations
E1538 || the final points of connection we all need
E1537 || the points of connection we all need
E1536 || finding support in difficult times
E1535 || how to actually respond (the conclusion)
E1534 || antagonists gonna antagonize
E1533 || how to create an open + tolerant society
E1532 || why you can't argue with a BFA
E1531 || discipline vs. devotion || a special patreon preview
1530 || brandolini's law
E1529 || the how + why of bad faith actors
E1528 || Defining "bad faith actors"
E1527 || my fight with a bigot (a true story)
E1526 || the problem with tragic optimism
E1525 || the case for tragic optimism
E1524 || filling the "hole"
E1523 || becoming optimistic using the ABCDE method
E1522 || learned optimism
E1521 || why don't I remember my childhood?
E1520 || shame, cringe, + the fear of being perceived.
E1519 || the "value" of nature part 2
E1518 || the "value" of nature
1517 || escaping the "skinner box"
E1516 || revisiting the "skinner box"
E1515 || mixed emotions are worse than negative ones
E1514 || you don't really look like that
E1513 || self care in trying times (finale)
E1512 || self care in trying times
E1511 || engaging ethically with AI
E1510 || AI's full list of downsides
E1509 || The Downsides to ChatGPT + AI
E1508 || the downfall of ChatGPT
E1507 || "livable wage" is a violent phrase
E1506 || Zohran Mamdani
Econsequentialism - wait for it
Ethe authoritarian playbook
Ehyper-normalization
Ereturning home
Estop intellectualizing everything + create something
E1500 || resisting the persuasion of reciprocity
Epower under + how to find yours
Ehurry sickness
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