#58 - The Philosophy of Goals, Truth and Change - Ruben Chavez (Think Grow Prosper) Interview from The Creative Stoic Podcast

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#58 - The Philosophy of Goals, Truth and Change - Ruben Chavez (Think Grow Prosper) Interview

1 hour 26 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2022 at 9:01 pm.

on social media

what is Ruben's podcast about 

what started Ruben's journey into philosophy?

the philosophy of politics

landscape of humans thoughts and ethics

how to live in the world

there are no new problems

Jordan Peterson

clean up your room

Jordan Peterson as a psychometrician 

personality vs political beliefs

the big 5 personality traits

Jonathan Haidt

there's wisdom in different political views

on goals and desires

on being a philosophical generalist 

big history & sapiens 

Jonathan Haidt the righteous mind

desires and the 2 two schools of thought

Tao Te Ching (Dàodé jīng)

Jim Rohn quote: “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” —Jim Rohn

flexibility in our goals to adapt

how to deal with contradictions, two opposing views that both make sense. The answer there is in "balancing" both

quote by Khe Hy @khemaridh "The paradox of goals: If you achieve them, you get bored. If you don't, you're unsatisfied. Ergo, you bounce between being bored and unsatisfied."

chaos and order

flow modern version of Wu wei "non-action"

on truth

Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris conversation

pragmatic view: what's true is what is useful

Yuval Noah Harari: intersubjective reality

religion as an intersubjective reality

lobsters

the laws of nature, vs human laws

truth in fiction books

different fields of study describing a mountain

various sources of truth, different fields, different perspectives

why do we call fiction fake?

good stories are like statistics

Harry Potter is relatable because we see ourselves in him

parenting and teaching kids about scary emotions

what does it mean to become an adult

life stages and feeling like an adult

parenthood is like programing

does parenthood changes life philosophy?

On having an obsessive personality

how to deal with contradictions?

the ability to change beliefs

Quote: “This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.”  ― Orson Scott Card

A Theory of Everything Book by Ken Wilber

things are in constant change

on Ruben's book

we trick ourselves to rationalize our beliefs

the overlap across philosophies

where to find more of Ruben's work

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Today's we are talking with Ruben Chavez creator of Think Grow Prosper and the Think Grow Podcast (highly recommend listening to his podcast!)

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