Stoicism: Get Better at Life with Massimo Pigliucci
TRIGGERnometry
Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster
4.6 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. He has a doctorate in genetics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, a PhD in biology from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in philosophy of science from the University of Tennessee. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.
00:00 Intro
04:46 What is Stoicism?
11:15 How to Become Wise
24:24 The Need for Philosophy to be Taught More
29:02 Why is There a Lack of Stoic Values in the World Today?
33:45 Does Human Tribal Instinct Outweigh Virtue?
40:41 The Difference Between Sympathy & Empathy
51:19 How to Learn From Past Civilisations’ Mistakes
1:04:37 What's the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Peloton has loads of supermotivating classes. |
| 0:03.6 | I did an invigorating cycling class just this morning, |
| 0:06.9 | but Peloton is also indoor running on the tread |
| 0:10.2 | and an app for yoga in the park, |
| 0:12.2 | dance cardio in the kitchen or boxing, |
| 0:14.9 | well, we're of your fancy. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm now trying a Peloton sleep meditation. |
| 0:18.9 | I wonder how long it takes to... |
| 0:20.6 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:21.5 | Peloton, for anyone, anywhere. |
| 0:24.3 | Internet connection and Peloton, |
| 0:25.5 | all access membership required, |
| 0:26.8 | age, height and weight restriction supply, |
| 0:28.2 | see one Peloton.co.uk. |
| 0:30.6 | Problem with empathy is that it's easy and easily manipulated. |
| 0:35.1 | Because it's mostly an emotional response, |
| 0:38.5 | you can easily fool yourself |
| 0:41.2 | that you're actually in somebody else's shoes. |
| 0:44.9 | Well, yeah, in fact, you're not. |
| 0:46.6 | So sympathy means that you are trying to be helpful to other people. |
| 0:53.0 | You're trying to understand how other people |
| 0:55.4 | might be going through, let's say, a tough time |
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