No Freewill, No Purpose, No God? Only Way to Change Your Life in 2024 | Robert Sapolsky PT 1

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🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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I had a super compelling conversation with the legendary biologist Robert Sapolsky to challenge the concept of free will and pull together what can be done with these ideas when you feel lazy and lack purpose or direction. We dive into the unsettling reality that everything we perceive may just be a simulation, and how evolution has optimized us for survival, not accuracy. But don't despair! Even without god or free will, we discuss how you can still massively improve your life. We explore the societal implications of free will being an illusion and why acting as if it exists could be beneficial for your mental health. Don't miss this riveting conversation that will challenge your perspective and empower you to leverage your biology for self-improvement. Renowned biologist Robert Sapolsky, presents a compelling argument that free will is an illusion that is deeply rooted in our biology. His ground-breaking insights, as detailed in his book "Determined," challenge conventional wisdom and reshape our understanding of human behavior, asserting that we are in fact products of our biology, not the autonomous agents of free will you believe yourself to be. If you’re on the edge of your seat wanting more, check out Robert Sapolsky’s latest book, Determined, A Life Without Free Will: https://www.amazon.com/Determined-Science-Life-without-Free/dp/0525560971 Follow Robert Sapolsky: Website: http://www.robertsapolskyrocks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky/ Follow Me, Tom Bilyeu: Website: https://impacttheoryuniversity.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ SPONSORS: If you purchase an item using these affiliate links, Impact Theory may receive a commission. Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://drinkag1.com/impact. Try Audible free for 30 days! Just visit https://audible.com/impacttheory or text impacttheory to 500-500. ButcherBox is offering our listeners their choice of meat—2 lbs of ground beef, 3 lbs of chicken breasts, or 2 lbs of salmon—for free in every order for a whole year! Plus, get $20 off your first order.Sign up today at https://butcherbox.com/impact Right now, download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free, at https://netsuite.com/theory Start your free online visit today for your personalized ED treatment options at https://Hims.com/IMPACT. Prescriptions require an online consultation with a healthcare provider who will determine if appropriate. Restrictions apply. See website for details and important safety information. Subscription required. Price varies based on product and subscription plan. Right now get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at https://Babbel.com/IMPACTTHEORY. ***Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact?*** If you’re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you. Want to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness. This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. * New episodes delivered ad-free *****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz***** Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Evolution has pulled a simulation over your eyes that optimizes you for survival and not accuracy.
0:07.2	Tragically, this prepares us for savannas, not cities, and that makes modern life very difficult to navigate well.
0:13.6	But joining me today is legendary biologist Robert Sapolsky, and we're going to take a hard look at the hidden truth.
0:19.9	While there is no God, there is no free will, and nothing happens for a reason,
0:23.9	you can still massively improve your life.
0:29.1	Let me ask, right now I think there's a lot of people that feel lost, they feel lazy,
0:35.2	they have no sense of what to do with their lives.
0:38.3	And given that there is no God, no purpose, and no free will, how do people go about improving
0:46.3	their lives?
0:47.3	Right off the bat, what I think that's tapping into is one of the misconceptions about the notion
0:53.3	that there's no free will, which is that is
0:55.6	synonymous with, oh my God, if everything's determined, nothing can ever change.
1:01.5	And all you need to do is look at the world around you and know that like people change
1:07.4	dramatically, societies change, all of that changes, the brain changes.
1:12.4	There's this whole trendy, sexy field of neuroplasticity about how the brain does all that.
1:18.6	Yeah, change occurs.
1:21.5	Where people get into trouble is when change has occurred, they conclude, thus I chose to change.
1:30.9	And that's where you are predicating your whole stance and the notion that we are captains of our ships and there's free will and all of that.
1:38.9	And that's not the case in the slightest.
1:41.2	When we change, it is because we have been changed by a certain circumstance.
1:48.2	And why have we been changed in the particular way that we have? Because all those prior
1:54.4	circumstances that made us who we are, over which we had no control, brought you to that moment so that you were going
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