Why Does No One Trust The Media Anymore? - Patrick Bet-David - #703

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Patrick Bet-David is an entrepreneur, founder of Valuetainment, podcaster and author. Given that the world is in chaos, we would usually turn to our institutions and news organisations to make sense of what's happening. But trust in these institutions is at an all time low, so what can we do about it? Expect to learn why it’s actually important to have enemies, Patrick's thoughts on Ben Shapiro's new Snow White movie, what he thinks about Dana White's life philosophy, what it takes to actually impress people, why immigrants have such a strong work ethic, who actually runs the world, whether Tucker Carlson is going to break the internet and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Why You Need an Enemy (09:03) The Importance of Using Your Pain (17:13) The Difference Between Competitors & Enemies (32:57) Reacting to Ben Shapiro & Daily Wire (46:07) Why Current Dating Culture is a Mess (52:38) Is Society Focusing on the Wrong Things? (1:02:33) Patrick's Opinion on Dana White (1:09:32) How People Deceive Themselves (1:16:19) Is Chris Obliged to Have an Opinion on Everything? (1:27:50) Rising Scepticism of Institutions & Media (1:41:01) How to Grow Out of a Lazy Mentality (1:49:30) Giving Your Child the Best Opportunities for Success (1:59:10) Are the Benefits of Paranoia Worth it? (2:03:35) Who Really Runs the World? (2:13:30) Desire For More Vs Self-Love (2:21:47) Where to Find Patrick Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:02.7	My guest today is Patrick Bet David.
0:04.8	He's an entrepreneur, founder of Valutainment, a podcaster,
0:08.0	and an author.
0:09.5	Given that the world is in chaos,
0:11.5	we would usually turn to our institutions and news
0:14.1	organizations to make sense of what's happening but trust in these institutions is at
0:19.0	an all-time low so what can we do about it?
0:22.1	Expect to learn why it's actually important to have enemies.
0:25.0	Patrick's thoughts on Ben Shapiro's new Snow White movie,
0:29.0	what he thinks about Dana White's life philosophy,
0:31.0	what it takes to actually impress people, why immigrants have such
0:35.5	a strong work ethic, who really runs the world, whether Tucker Carlson is going to break the internet,
0:41.8	and much more.
0:43.5	This episode was very fun.
0:45.1	Flew all the way out to Fort Lauderdale in Florida
0:47.8	to record with Patrick and, yeah,
0:50.5	the guy is a real tour de force of capitalism and sort of lean in hard work mentality.
0:57.0	There's an awful lot to learn from this one.
0:59.0	Don't forget that if you are new here or a long time listening but not subscribed and that is
1:04.6	trez bad because you will miss episodes over the next couple of weeks when I have
1:08.6	some of the biggest guests on the planet coming on Modern Wisdom. You don't want to do that.
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