14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature - Gurwinder Bhogal

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn why asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hevy-workout-tracker-gym-log/id1458862350 Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #psychology #mindset #news - 00:00 Intro 00:57 Social Media is Making People Less Sincere 08:18 Instead of Trying to Be Right, Be Less Wrong 13:18 People are More Interested in Criticising than Helping 17:15 Never Take Information at Face Value 20:29 Becoming Trapped in a Purity Spiral 30:47 It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice 45:53 Media is Now ‘Post-Journalism’ 52:51 The Majority of Evil People Had Good Intentions 59:34 Why It’s Easier to Debate Geniuses than Idiots 1:09:16 Don’t Take Social Media Attacks Seriously 1:25:28 Are People Really Judging Us? 1:32:30 The Configuration of Dominant Ideologies 1:47:50 Where to Find Gurwinder - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Gurwinder BhogalguestChris Williamsonhost

Mar 16, 20231h 50mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: March 16, 2023
Duration: 1h 50m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn why asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hevy-workout-tracker-gym-log/id1458862350 Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #psychology #mindset #news - 00:00 Intro 00:57 Social Media is Making People Less Sincere 08:18 Instead of Trying to Be Right, Be Less Wrong 13:18 People are More Interested in Criticising than Helping 17:15 Never Take Information at Face Value 20:29 Becoming Trapped in a Purity Spiral 30:47 It Isn’t Coordination, It’s Cowardice 45:53 Media is Now ‘Post-Journalism’ 52:51 The Majority of Evil People Had Good Intentions 59:34 Why It’s Easier to Debate Geniuses than Idiots 1:09:16 Don’t Take Social Media Attacks Seriously 1:25:28 Are People Really Judging Us? 1:32:30 The Configuration of Dominant Ideologies 1:47:50 Where to Find Gurwinder - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Gurwinder Bhogal
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Gurwinder Bhogal and Chris Williamson, 14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature - Gurwinder Bhogal explores gurwinder Bhogal’s 14 Brutal Truths About Modern Human Behavior Chris Williamson and Gurwinder Bhogal unpack a series of mental models and paradoxes that explain why people believe, signal, share, and fight the way they do in the digital age.

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