520: How to Instantly Tell When You’re Being Lied To (It’s Shockingly Simple) | Kaizen Asiedu

The Genius Life

Max Lugavere

Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Harvard grad, Emmy-winning creative, and Clear Thinker founder Kaizen Asiedu joins Max to teach you how to instantly spot bias, spin, and manipulation in real time — and build a sane, truth-centered information diet in a world engineered to confuse you.

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0:00.0	What up, family? It's episode 520 of The Genius Life. Let's go.
0:06.1	Max, look at me here.
0:13.1	Max, look at me. Max.
0:14.9	What is the Genius Life?
0:17.7	The Genius Life.
0:23.2	What up everybody.
0:24.4	Welcome back to The Genius Life where we try to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and dodge
0:29.0	even more ultra-processed information.
0:31.7	I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and today's guest is Kaizen Asiadu, Harvard grad, Emmy-winning
0:37.4	creative mind
0:38.2	from the early days of League of Legends e-sports,
0:40.5	philosopher at heart, and the creator of clear thinker.
0:43.9	Kisen doesn't tell you what to think,
0:45.7	he gives you the tools to think better.
0:47.8	In a world optimized for outrage,
0:49.8	he's the rare voice showing how to build
0:51.2	a sane, diverse information diet. In this conversation,
0:55.1	we dig into how to spot spin and bias fast. Why everyone is biased is the start, not the end
1:00.9	of clear thinking, and tactical ways to diversify your feeds without losing your mind. We talk
1:05.4	echo chambers, asymmetries in media culture, and why long-form context is the antidote to viral distortion.
1:12.6	Kisen also shares a practical morning routine for thinking clearly, starting with self-awareness
1:16.4	and journaling, plus simple heuristics to separate rhetoric from reality in seconds.
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