Our Social Dilemma — Thoughts on Technology, Addiction, and the Illusion of Free Will

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 140 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Welcome to another edition of Roll On—my bi-monthly deep dive into (semi) current events, topics of audience interest, and of course answers to your questions. Commanding co-host duties is my hype man Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist perhaps best known as David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me co-author. Adam has written about adventure sports, environmental issues and civil rights for outlets such as The New York Times, Outside, ESPN, BBC, and Men’s Health. He is also the author of One Breath, which chronicles the life and death of America's greatest freediver. He's also currently hard at work on a novel and just welcomed his newborn son into the world. Some of the many topics explored in today's conversation include: The new Netflix documentary, 'The Social Dilemma,' and the dangerous human impact of social media The mental health effects of the pandemic on teens Rich's exploration of barefoot running Ethan Hawke's new TED Talk, Give Yourself Permission To Be Creative 30 Day Single-Use Plastic Challenge Update The ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship Tony Riddle's #3barepeaks challenge Maya Gabeira's big wave surfing world record In addition, we answer the following listener questions: How do you balance climate consciousness with realistic needs? How do you know if you are living your purpose or should pursue a career change? How do we navigate professional relationships in the age of Zoom? Thank you to Mark from Germany, Josh from outside D.C., and Victoria from Ottawa for your questions. If you want your query discussed, drop it on our Facebook Page, or better yet leave a voicemail at (424) 235-4626. The visually inclined can watch our exchange on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Enjoy! Peace + Plants, Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Rich Roll Podcast
0:18.6	Hey everybody, welcome to the podcast another hotly hotly
0:23.5	anticipated edition of roll on slash roll call. We're still in a
0:29.2	nomans land. We are call this. I guess it's roll on. It's
0:32.8	roll on that roll call. Roll call is good. Yes. It's been a
0:36.5	minute since we've been here. I think it's been a month
0:38.7	one month since I sat down with you a lot has happened during
0:42.3	that period of time. We're going to unpack all of it, but just
0:45.6	to reintroduce you in the event that there are new listeners
0:50.2	and watchers to the show. I'm sitting across from my friend
0:52.7	Adam Skolnik, journalist at large, adventurer, environmental
0:56.8	lists, author, co author of the great David Goggins book can't hurt
1:01.4	me. New York Times contributor among many other things, swim run
1:08.2	aficionado swim run is like probably the most recurring theme on
1:12.7	this podcast as of late. We're going to talk a little bit about
1:15.3	that today. Even more brief overview. Basically what we do in
1:19.4	this special version of the podcast is talk about what we call
1:23.5	the big story. We pick one thing from the news or something that
1:26.7	peaks our interest. We dive deep into it. We have a teachable
1:29.9	moment. We do a little show and tell. And then in the second half
1:32.9	of the show, we take a couple listener questions. You can leave
1:37.6	your question if you would like it addressed on our Facebook
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rich Roll, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rich Roll and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.