#713 - Rob Henderson - Why Is Everyone Acting Like A Victim?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Rob Henderson is a psychologist, US Air Force veteran, and author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Humans are an odd species. We know truths on our own but choose to lie in groups. Our thinking gets hijacked by social norms, paths of least resistance, lies and half truths. It's a mess out there, but thankfully there's ideas we can discover to help us navigate. Expect to learn what the friendship paradox is, how we can fix the mate deprivation problem, what green flags most women look for in men, the relationship between social media and hostility, why people reason more wisely about others’ problems rather than their own, what Rob's thoughts are on the most recent wave of the body positivity movement and much more… Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on the best Colostrum from ARMRA at https://tryarmra.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ Buy my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:02.8	My guest today is Rob Henderson.
0:04.7	He's a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge,
0:07.4	a US Air Force veteran, and an author.
0:10.7	Humans are an odd species. We know truths on our own but choose to lie in groups. Our thinking
0:16.2	gets hijacked by social norms, paths of least resistance lies and half trudes. It's a mess out there,
0:22.1	but thankfully there's ideas that we can discover to help us navigate.
0:26.0	Expect to learn what the Friendship Paradox is, how we can fix the mate deprivation problem,
0:32.0	what green flags most women look for in men,
0:35.2	the relationship between social media and hostility, why people reason more wisely
0:40.4	about others problems rather than their own, what Rob's thoughts are on the most recent
0:45.0	wave of the body positivity movement, and much more.
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