#41 - Consilience and Pokemon

This episode we raise a bat to the last 50 episodes and we look into how class divides society.  Thank you as always for joining us on this journey so far, we look forward to the next 50.  - Josh & Don. 

This week we had the pleasure of connecting with Andre and Bruno all the way over in Portugal, due to time constraints we made it a shorter chat. But hope you enjoy none the less. 

In this episode Josh and Lyndon discuss the phenomenal philosophical cartoon: Tear Along the Dotted Line, and explore other impactful cartoons and rom-coms. And it wouldn't be The Conduit if we didn't drop in Effective Altruism.  As always we thank you for joining us!  J & L, 2022. 

This week Josh and Lyndon had the pleasure of sitting down with the co-founder of the meta-charity The Life You Can Save, Charlie Bresler.  Charlie earned his PhD in Social and Clinical Psychology from Clark University, became Director of Behavioral Medicine for The California School of Professional Psychology Fresno (CSPP-F), and was a full-time professor and founder of a teaching clinic for treating anxiety & stress disorders. After this, he was recruited to The Men’s Wearhouse as head of human resources, stores, and marketing and ultimately President. Following his work in the for-profit sector, however, Charlie stepped down in order to fulfil a long-standing desire to work directly on social and economic issues, especially wealth inequality. In 2013, Charlie became volunteer Executive Director of The Life You Can Save, a non-profit dedicated to reducing extreme poverty and its devastating effects on over 700 million people globally. Through Charlie's financial support and leadership, the organisation has influenced substantial amounts of funding and the allocation of aid resources towards the most cost-effective and beneficial methods for improving and saving lives. We hope you enjoy the episode! 

In this episode Josh stumbles his way through some of Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics first principles lessons, and Lyndon shares some deep insights from Christopher Hitchens to pay homage to him, being 10 years passed now.  We thank you for joining us for what has been a great first year of podcasting, we will catch your ears in 2022! 

From addiction to business owner, yoga teacher, 6 figure corporate shill and comedy savant. We welcome you to the Davo experience!  And Merry Christmas :)  Love, The Conduit. 

In this episode, Josh and Lyndon reflect on what they achieved for the turbulent year that was 2021, their plans for 2022, and discuss a model for progress and improvement described in the 80,000 Hours article, "Be more ambitious: A rational case for dreaming big (if you want to do good)." The referenced article can be found here.

In this episode, Josh and Lyndon reflect back on... *drumroll* ...their favourite books for the year, as well as discuss how books they read shape and change them as people. Rather than list all the mentioned books here, we will just let you smart people find them online if you like the sound of any. Thanks, as always, for your support of The Conduit.

In this episode, Josh and Lyndon begin to look back on the year that was. What they learned from starting a podcast, what keeps them coming back, Josh's new studies and Lyndon's new career were all discussed. The theme of reflection will be continued for the coming few weeks.   We thank you, as always, for listening. Your support has meant the world to us. Referenced material:  The Social Animal: the hidden sources of love, character and achievement - David Brooks

In this week’s episode, Lyndon and Josh talk about the following: Josh’s existential crisis as caused by food-poisoning Social media and how it fits into our lives, the consilience of knowledge, meta-learning and mapping out new fields of knowledge, receiving and sending nice messages. Material referenced in this episode: Consilience by Edward O. Wilson San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger Philosophy of Men's Health Podcast by Jonathan Souter Empty Stats podcast