Toxic Thinking: How Our Primitive Brain Is Flawed & Leads To Dangerous Woke Ideology | Tim Urban PT 1

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

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Are we putting our ability to progress as a society at risk giving into the primitive mind? I’m excited for the first part of this two-part episode with Tim Urban, the man that turned his blog into a global movement who is now bringing us a new framework through which to through complex societal issues. You’re possibly one of over 65 million people that watched Tim Urban’s legendary TedTalk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator. Tim is joining me today to introduce ideas from his book, What’s Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, and this leads into the first part of an epic conversation unpacking the primitive mind, woke ideology that has weaponized words, and the tug of war between your individuality and society. Check out Tim’s book, What’s Our Problem: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies-ebook/dp/B0BTJCTR58 QUOTES: “We live in this advanced civilization where so much of our natural programming tendencies actually hurt us and misfire, so we're constantly in this kind of tug of war. “When we have a more accurate picture of the world, we can do more for the world.” “The fact that there is also subjective experience, which each person kind of has their own, to me that's part of objective truth. Objective truth is just reality.” “I see really well-intentioned people get lost in the sequence of, every answer is going to be nuanced and nuance is very hard if you can't talk out loud.” -Tom Bilyeu Follow Tim Urban: Website: https://waitbutwhy.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waitbutwhy/ SPONSORS: Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://bit.ly/AG1Impact. Get $300 into your brokerage account when you invest $5k within your first 90 days by going to https://bit.ly/FacetImpact. Head to www.insidetracker.com and use code “IMPACTTHEORY” to get 20% off! Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://bit.ly/ShopifyImpact. 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. Subscription Benefits: Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more New episodes delivered ad-free Exclusive access to Tom’s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list You’ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more: Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement Money Mindset: Business & Finance Relationship Theory: Relationships Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes 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	I am really excited for this conversation today with Tim Urban, the man that turned his blog into a global movement according to Forbes magazine.
0:10.5	And it draws millions of people looking for high quality writing about complex ideas.
0:16.1	And that is Tim's specialty.
0:18.2	In part one of this two-part conversation, we are thinking through the
0:21.8	primitive mind and its nature, the tug of war between your individuality and society,
0:26.9	and the crisis of courage and woke ideology that's weaponizing words against all of us.
0:32.1	Now, did you know, impact theory is now available on Amazon Music? Head over to Amazon
0:36.6	Music right now to hear more Impact Theory episodes just like this
0:40.0	and catch part two of this mind-opening conversation with Tim Urban.
0:44.8	Do not wait, my friends.
0:46.1	Subscribe to Impact Theory now on Amazon Music and Become Legendary.
0:51.2	I'm Tom Bill You and welcome to Impact Theory.
0:54.0	When things go bad, if we sync to bad times on that merry-go-round in the 21st century,
0:59.3	with all the power we have and all the many different kinds of existential risks we have,
1:03.3	nukes is just one of them now. It could be the worst ever.
1:08.8	There's something going on in culture right now that is driving us into what you call the
1:14.1	primitive mind, which is not necessarily an ideal place to be thinking from. What is the
1:20.0	primitive mind and why in this unique moment do people find themselves there? I use the example
1:26.1	of like skittles or brownies or, you know,
1:28.6	these things are hard to resist, even though a huge part of your brain is saying like, no,
1:32.8	no, no, no, no, no. This is just like trashed sugar. It's going to make you feel bad and you're
1:37.3	going to gain weight. Like, it's bad across the board, except it tastes good for one second.
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