603: Jason Silva | Origins of a Performance Philosopher

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🗓️ 28 March 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Jason Silva (@JasonSilva) would have been called a "performance philosopher" by counterculture icon Timothy Leary. Among many things, he's a futurist, filmmaker, creator of short video series Shots of Awe, former host of the National Geographic Channel's Brain Games and current host of Origins: The Journey of Humankind. "In the information age, you don't teach philosophy...you perform it." -Timothy Leary "Everything I do is a response against meaninglessness." -Jason Silva The Cheat Sheet: How our concepts of self are formed -- often through the eyes of others -- and how they affect our behavior. How top performers excel by shutting down the editorial parts of the human brain coined by Buddhists as the monkey mind. Why "unscripted" isn't the same as "unprepared," and how videos can be edited to elicit altered states of consciousness. How good directors help performers get out of their heads -- while bad directors do just the opposite. How is day-to-day reality edited by context, similar to the Kuleshov effect demonstrated by Alfred Hitchcock? And so much more... Want three free rides up to $10 each? Download the free Lyft app today and enter promo code AOCPODCAST in the payment section! Whether you're a lady or a gent, you don't need to know what MicroModal fabric is to enjoy the comfort of MeUndies; you just need to wear them -- support this show (and yourself) with MeUndies here for 20% off! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/603/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	There was a recent article in New York magazine called the psychological impact of boring buildings.
0:04.1	And it was actually saying that like city design, again, that boring buildings, that uniform
0:09.6	buildings that don't have enough diversity, like the city landscapes can trigger depression,
0:14.7	can cause anxiety, you know, architecture when it's too functional and not aesthetic enough,
0:21.8	you know.
0:22.8	So as we walk, it should change enough that every five seconds there's a new structure
0:26.3	and building a different storefront, that constant novelty.
0:30.5	So it almost looks like a Disneyland for adults.
0:39.5	Welcome to the Art of Charm.
0:40.5	I'm your host Jordan Harbinger.
0:42.4	Today, we're talking with my friend Jason Silva.
0:45.0	He's a kind of performance philosopher, I guess you could say, host of the Emmy nominated
0:49.5	show Brain Games on National Geographic and as a new show called Origins, which you might
0:53.6	already be watching, also on National Geographic.
0:56.7	Super passionate guy on his YouTube videos, super authentic, interesting.
1:00.8	One of those guys that just seems like he's on another level.
1:04.2	I'll let you fill in the blanks on that one.
1:06.4	We're going to talk about how our concepts of ourselves are formed and how that affects
1:10.0	our behavior in the world, his addiction to cognitive ecstasy and connecting the dots on
1:14.4	ideas and why this is important for us and for him.
1:17.4	And if you liked our episodes with Stephen Kotler and Stealing Fire, you'll dig this episode
1:22.2	with Jason Silva.
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