Join Jacob and Brendan as they talk about stoicism and how it fits into their semi-modern lives. Socials: @jbai.v3 and @bjubulis on instagram and @b_jubes on twitter.      1:15 Jacob's introduction to Stoicism via Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy     2:41 Diogenes, the Cynic Philosopher     4:36 Brendan's introduction to Stoicism via literary osmosis     5:16 Stoicism in the modern age     6:29 What does Stoicism promote?      7:40 Marcus Aurelius' Meditations     9:29 Why Stoicism is popular     14:45 Religious overlap with stoicism     16:14 The power of stoicism     21:06 Criticisms of stoicism     25:23 Memento Mori and negative visualization     28:32 Absurdity and antinomy     29:46 Where should we ascribe meaning in our world today?     32:30 Morality in an amoral world     36:11 Don't let stoicism become your whole personality     39:16 Takeaways from Stoicism     Scuffed Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/tAt5OcmVj2z

Join Jacob and Brendan as they talk tips for productivity and how it fits into their lives. Socials: @jbai.v3 and @bjubulis on instagram and @b_jubes on twitter.      1:07 Jacob's view/model of productivity      1:48 Brendan's love/hate relationship with productivity      3:21 Jacob talks about Yoga (classic!)      4:14 How Brendan is most productive (tight deadlines)      5:26 James Clear's "Atomic Habits" (6:12 for habit hacking)      8:05 How do you define success?      9:19 Autotelic behavior - Being a means unto itself      12:00 The dignity of work      14:07 Target audiences and Deadpool      15:45 "Don't equate your productivity with self-worth"      17:34 Productivity shouldn't be the goal, it should be the means to a worthy end     Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/aV6L9E8VkVk

Join Jacob and Brendan as they give an introduction to their philosophical backgrounds and share their identity and what they believe to be true. Socials: @jbai.v3 and @bjubulis on instagram and @b_jubes on twitter. 0:00 Introduction/Jacob & Brendan at Notre Dame1:41 Jacob's Elevator Pitch2:42 Brendan's Elevator Pitch5:03 Influential thinkers: Thomas Aquinas (Brendan) 6:25 Jordan Peterson (Brendan) 8:08 Proliferation on Jordan Peterson's controversiality9:34 Existentialism and the absurd 10:06 Albert Camus (Jacob) 12:37 Michel Foucault/Friedrich Nietzsche (Jacob) 17:43 Jacques Derrida (Jacob) 20:48 Postmodernists and the Episteme of power24:13 Where Brendan and Jacob diverge the most26:17 Economic theories and libertarian paternalism (Thaler) 28:34 The Yin and Yang of Jacob and Brendan (climate change, etc)32:42 Final thoughts on identity for Jacob33:18 Final thoughts on identity for BrendanTranscript: https://share.descript.com/view/98bnMr10FWg