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Curiosity Weekly

Living In A Computer Simulation, Billionaire Success Trick, and Phones Saving the Rainforest

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

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0:00.0

Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

0:05.1

I'm Cody Gough.

0:06.1

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

0:07.1

Today you'll learn about the heated debate over whether we're living in a computer simulation,

0:11.3

how a non-profit is using old cell phones to save the

0:14.0

rainforest and a thinking technique used by billionaires.

0:17.0

That's satisfied some curiosity. Actually, have you ever wondered what it's like to be

0:20.6

a billionaire? Well, I've been watching the show billions and

0:24.3

there are a lot of billionaires in that show is that literally what the show's about

0:27.3

literally what the show's about it's very good well if you're ready to get rich

0:30.4

today we've got a billionaire tactic for setting yourself up for

0:33.4

success Charlie Munger is the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and his business

0:37.4

partner happens to be Warren Buffett a guy who knows something about money and

0:40.8

monger uses a tactic called inversion. You can try it right now.

0:44.8

Think about your dream accomplishment. Got it? All right now focus on its opposite.

0:49.7

Think about all the things you do not want to happen, everything that might go wrong on the way to reaching your goal.

0:55.0

Now you can take action to avoid those things.

0:58.0

You can use this for little goals like day-to-day problems too.

1:01.0

Like maybe you want to get stronger and start weightlifting.

1:04.0

Okay, well so what might go wrong? You could drop a weight on yourself or hurt a muscle by using bad form

1:09.5

or get really hungry or thirsty after your workout for just a few examples.

1:13.4

Well, you can not drop a weight by keeping a log of how much weight you're lifting,

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