Mainstream Ideas

5 Core Values that Every Human Being Wants:

  1. Everyone wants to be loved
  2. We all want to be respected
  3. We want to be heard
  4. We want to be treated fairly and truthfully
  5. We want the same things for our family as anybody else would want for their family

It’s how you talk to people, moreso than what you say to people, and how you listen to them, you know?

Daryl Davis, Joe Rogan Experience #2399 [54:20 – 55:52] https://joerogan.com

Fighting the Good Fight

Several months ago I got a copy of an interview with Will Storr (by Joe Rogan, who also referenced the interview Will Storr did with Triggernometry). Both interviews are about Mr. Storr’s recently published book “The Status Game”). With respect to whatever he refers to as “social media”, Mr.Storr says:

It’s a status gold rush: there are millions and millions of just ordinary people with oridinary lives who suddenly feel that they’re fighting the good fight against the forces of darkness …

https://www.triggerpod.co.uk [ spotify.com code: open.spotify.com/episode/5waMZ3DB1ntj51vE20onZr , ca. 22:27 – 22:35 ]
Will Storr: “Fight the Good Fight!”

During Joe Rogan’s interview, Joe mentions something related to a privilege he points out quite often during his podcasts:

I think we’re conversation-starved. I think the way humans figure out what’s the best way to behave and what’s the nicest way that we can all get along, what makes the most sense, is when we talk the most. And most of the day, you can’t really talk. Most of the day, you can’t sit down for a couple hours — like this!

https://joerogan.com [ spotify.com code: open.spotify.com/episode/221RAH36sgmCCf1XwSzo14 , ca. 21:39 – 21:59 ]