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• Network School
• Dr. Shanna Swan
• 1638 - Dr. Shanna Swan - The Joe Rogan Experience
• Global Organic Textile Standard: Home - GOTS
• Follow Alyssa on IG
• Dr. Stacy Sims: Female-Specific Exercise & Nutrition for Health, Performance & Longevity
• MAMAVATION | Non-Toxic Products For Healthy Families
• Natural Pads for Periods - Natracare
• GoodwillFinds: Online Thrift Store
• How Dangerous Are Lululemon Leggings?
• Toxic fabrics in Shein’s clothes: what are the materials to avoid?
• Shishi San’s Vibrant Tufted Sculptures Celebrate the Colorful Motifs of Chinese Vases

Alyssa will soon be sharing content on sustainable style, thrifting tips, and identifying quality garments. Stay tuned for her website link, which will be added to this page as it becomes available.

In this conversation, Björn Öeste discusses the Darksun.is project, an AI agent designed to explore esoteric knowledge and connect disparate ideas. The project includes a meme coin and aims to enrich the marketplace of ideas by uncovering suppressed knowledge.

Björn Öeste shared the significance of the #binary meme, the role of the AI agent Holmes, and the importance of community engagement through gamification content. He also touches on decentralized archaeology and the collaborative nature of the project, highlighting the team's dynamics and future plans.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:

• darksun.is
• Follow Björn Ö
• Follow Mitch
• The Network School events
• Why I created darksun
• Nemesis Star Theory: The Sun's 'Death Star' Companion
• Robert Sutton Harrington
• Michael Saylor
• Nemesis Star Theory w/Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The Three-Body Problem
• The Network School

My guests today are Mili and Neter, my classmates from the Network School. In this episode, we reflect on our experiences so far, dive into some exciting ideas from our lectures and discussions, and share our personal journeys in crypto and beyond. Whether you're curious about the Network School or the future of decentralised living, this episode has something for you.

WE DISCUSSED:

• Two months in: Our lives at the Network School and daily routines
• Highlights from student-led events and how AI can help you understand yourself better
• Guest speaker insights and Balaji's thought-provoking lectures
• Pop-up cities and the concept of network state nodes
• How we entered the world of crypto and Bitcoin hitting $100K
• Our plans for life after finishing the Network School

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:

• The Network School
• The Network State
• The Network School events
• My First Million Podcast with Ryan Peterson
• Vitalik Buterin's website
• Inside Network School X Thread
• Zuzalu City

My guests today are Berkeley Wanner and Sterlin Lujan. In this episode, we discussed their journeys into cryptocurrency, the influence of Balaji's ideas, and their experiences within the Network School.

Timeline

00:00 Introduction to Network School and Guests

02:50 Philosophical Foundations of Cryptocurrency

06:39 Experiences with Balaji's Ideas

10:07 Application Process for Network School

13:49 Daily Life and Structure at Network School

34:47 Expectations and Future of Network School

39:57 Advice for Future Network Schoolers

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:

• The Network School
• Follow Berkeley Wanner
• Follow Sterlin Lujan
• A Newsletter That Pays You

• Timothy C. May: Libertaria in Cyberspace
• Blueprint Bryan Johnson
• Lu.ma
• Toastmasters
• Counter Governance Substack
• The Network State
• Praxis Gets $525 Million in Commitments for Planned ‘Heroic’ City
• Zuzalu City
• H.L. Mencken
• Burning Man

• Follow Jack Connor on Twitter
• Navajo language
• [Navajo Code Talkers](https://www.britannica.com/story/navajo-code-talkers-infographic#:~:text=That language had no alphabet,code based on word substitution.)
• Code Talker, book by Chester Nez
• The Future of Data Preservation - AWA
• Sami language
• Naba language
• Basque language
• Mutual intelligibility
• Cahuilla language
• Documenting Endangered Languages: 𝕏 Interview
• O'Shaughnessy Fellowships
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

• MJDorian’s website
• The Third Eye Drops Podcast
• The Red Book (Jung)
• MJDorian Patreon
• My Spiritual Odyssey
• The Ancient of Days
• Nikola Tesla & The Paradox of Genius
• Alexander McQueen • Woven in Shadows
• Jimi Hendrix Electrifies The Star Spangled Banner
• Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
• The Magic Secrets of Salvador Dali
• Caravaggio: 100 Famous Paintings Analysis and Biography
• Chiaroscuro
• Leonor Fini • The Dark Masquerade

In May this year, in Manchester, I witnessed an aurora reminiscent of angels descending to earth. Later, I came across trending news on X about a blue meteor appearing in Portugal. Coupled with constantly seeing fractal geometries in purple, gold, and green during breathwork sessions, and Buddhist mandala patterns, I've been in a dreamlike state, prompting me to ask myself deeply: What exactly is our universe up to?

During a recent breathwork session, I suddenly saw my Huachuma (San Pedro) guide playing the flute in the valley, calling me back into the embrace of one of Peru's most sacred plants. So, I immediately booked a train ticket and headed to The Lighthouse Retreat to seek guidance and find clarity.

The past four days in the remote mountains of Portugal felt like I've lived millions of years, experiencing the joys and sorrows of everything... I wanted to record my thoughts and feelings, but I realised the limitations of written words. So, I'll leave these scattered notes here, in the hope that if you happen to stumble upon this piece, you can personally experience this natural gift and interpret the messages that Huachuma communicates through your own bodily sensations.

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• The Lighthouse Retreat
• Transcendental Meditation
• Exploring Psychedelic Journeys
• Life is nothing but a grand role-playing game
• Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
• Sisyphus
• The Doors
• The Doors of Perception

The written article of this piece can be found on Chiwi Journal Substack

• Memories, Dreams, Reflections: An Autobiography
• The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
• The Red Book
• CATAFALQUE: Carl Jung and the End of Humanity
• Tom Morgan's newsletter
• In Basel
• Rudolf Steiner
• Goetheanum
• Retrospect on My Two Years at Leipzig. 1868.
• I Ching (易经）
• Mandala
• Higanbana

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

- Carl Jung

• Premier League
• Follow Liv Wang on Instagram
• Ruben Dias’ nickname
• “What a scarf” with Jude Bellingham
• Essential Items Campaign

Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming three individuals to our conversation. Joining us are Luis Eduardo Arruda, not only a head Coach but also a co-owner of @thebakerycrossfit. Alongside him is Melissa Haun, a formidable athlete representing the Bakery Athletics team. And last but not least, we have Diogo Costa, who wears dual hats as both a data analyst at Revolut and an athlete within the Bakery Athletics team.

This podcast is being recorded live at Bakery Cafe. If you happen to be nearby, why not stop in for a cup of coffee or even join us for a training session at the Bakery CrossFit? We’d be super happy to have you here! So, get comfortable and let's delve into today's conversation.

1. Let's kick things off with a brief introduction to Edu, Melissa, and Diogo, and their deep involvement with Bakery CrossFit.
2. Ever wondered what CrossFit is all about? We'll delve into its significance, particularly exploring why the CrossFit Open holds such weight within the community.
3. Follow along as we trace Edu's coaching journey, culminating in his role as co-owner of the Bakery CrossFit Box.
4. The Bakery Athletes program
5. Discover how Diogo balances his role as a data analyst at Revolut with his dedication as a Bakery CrossFit athlete, leveraging his analytical skills to enhance his training.
6. Melissa shares her transatlantic journey from the USA to Europe, alongside a heartwarming love story with Edu.💗 We'll also explore her daily routine, balancing training with work commitments.
7. What makes Bakery CrossFit so special, delving into the creation of a supportive and inclusive community for all its members.
8. Conquering fear and cultivating mental resilience are key themes. Join us as we explore everyone's unique perspectives on competitions.
9. Discover how Edu collaborates with fellow coaches and staff to ensure members receive an excellent fitness experience.
10. Get to know the remarkable staff members and coaches at Bakery CrossFit, including another enchanting love story that blossomed within the box.💗
11. Being a vegan in the fitness world presents its challenges. We'll share valuable tips on maintaining nutritional balance to support optimal training.
12. Finally, we'll discuss the future vision for Bakery CrossFit and hear Mel and Diogo's aspirations, both as athletes and in their personal journeys ahead.
13. Bonus: Obi’s story 🐶❤️

Links mentioned in this episode

• Join The Bakery CrossFit
• Follow Edu, Mel, Diogo and coach Sara, Hugo, Slavik and Gui
• CrossFit official website
• CrossFit Open
• Learn more about The Bakery Athletics
• Visiting Bakery Cafe

• The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
• Famen Temple
• 《尼采传：我是太阳》
• I Ching (The Book of Change)
• Ray Dalio
• Tim Ferriss
• Transcendental Meditation
• Journey to Inner Peace: A Ten-Day Vipassana Meditation Experience
• Flowism: My Philosophy of Living
• How I overcame depression, learned to trust myself and grew as an indiepreneur
• Bronte Parsonage Museum
• The Invisible Third Culture Adult
• Jim O'Shaughnessy: Infinite Loops
• Tom Morgan: What's Important?
• The Lighthouse Retreat
• The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
• A books recommendation thread on spirituality
• Unearthing Hidden Emotions through Zen Buddhism Study
• Auerbachs Keller
• Ye Gong Hao Long

What we know is a drop. What we don't know is an ocean.

– Adam, Dark | Netflix

• Life Integrity
• A Transformation Guide. Interview with Devin Martin
• Ken Wilber
• Jordan Peterson
• Ayahuasca
• Devin’s blog
• Tom Morgan: Presence, Synthesis, and Giving the Master Its Due
• The Art of Living
• Vipassana Meditation
• Dance your darkness with this playlist
• Dark retreat

@HooCrypto

@Simonpuebla_

@nastyarods

@vDarph

@filmacedo

Special thanks to @TakeOffWeb3 @TalentProtocol for sponsoring 15 scholars coming to Istanbul to attend DevConnect and ETHGlobal.

My guest today is Fabrizio Rinaldi and Francesco Di Lorenzo. They are serial tech founders and currently focus on building a writing, scheduling & publishing tool on 𝕏 and LinkedIn, Typefully.

In today’s episode, we talked about…

1. Explore the story of Fabrizio and Francesco’s initial X (Twitter) encounter, which led to the co-founding of business.
2. Learn about the inspiration behind Typefully and discover key features designed to enhance the writing experience for users.
3. Delve into the dilemma of offering AI content generation features for creators.
4. Gain insights into building a remote, lean team while maintaining a work-life balance as founders.
5. Discover Lisbon's unique living and working atmosphere and recommendations for newcomers.
6. Uncover the personal and business benefits of being based in Lisbon while addressing potential drawbacks.
7. Get to know upcoming features and the future vision for Typefully.
8. Learn what they enjoy most about co-building a business and how their partnership has evolved over time.

Lisbon Recommendation

From Francesco:

• Best Italian pizza in Lisbon

https://www.marrecreo.com/en/home/

• Best pasta

https://www.instagram.com/ilmatricianolisbona/

• Nice higher-end Italian cuisine

https://www.rocco.pt/

• Best Cortado in Lisbon, laptop-friendly

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZCRAGP6qb6bmMS7EA

From Fabrizio:

• Small and cozy, amazing specialty coffee https://maps.app.goo.gl/mfjd5UbYEsPJVLV68?g_st=ic
• Best “salted caramel latte”, seriously incredible https://maps.app.goo.gl/mTR4c8UBD2AgCaf98?g_st=ic
• Amazing ramen at the original Ajitama https://maps.app.goo.gl/dtEKenGWwMAdHwY86?g_st=ic
• Good pizza and standup comedy for a different night out with friends https://maps.app.goo.gl/NReLRX3sSoCQ4YWJ6?g_st=ic

From Camellia:

Google map list: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6Qv3YdpZk6jUrCiH9

Follow Fabrizio Rinaldi, Francesco Di Lorenzo and ⁠Typefully⁠ on X

• Follow Ellen on Instagram @minor_demon
• Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective Report
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• First Interview in the Metaverse
• Flexible Dieting by Alan Aragon
• Why Calories Don't Count by Giles Yeo
• [Body positivity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_positivity#:~:text=Body positivity is a social,as an undesirable social construct.)
• The Circadian Code by Satchin Panda
• Dose-response relationship between weekly resistance training volume and increases in muscle mass
• Exercise Snacks
• Huberman Lab
• Lex Fridman Podcast

Follow Sapiens Club Dou Yin 1: @SapiensClub Dou Yin 2: @新西兰Summer WeChat Channel: @SapiensClub

“For humans and all species, the sensations, the perceptions and the thoughts and the feelings that we have in our life span, none of that is actually carried forward, except the ones that we take, and we convert into actions, such as writing, actions, such as words actions, such as engineering new things.”

- Andrew Huberman

• Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe by Mona Sobhani, PhD
• Mona Sobhani, PhD website
• Windbridge Research Center
• The Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project
• Finding Your Highest Path with Psychic Medium Laura Lynne Jackson
• Many Lives, Many Masters
• Deep Connection Within - Voice Workshop with Yogetsu
• Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies ( IACS )
• Brave New World of Psychedelic Science Substack
• Join the community for curious scientists: Exploring Consciousness
• Support Neuroscience of Consciousness Symposium

• Follow @put_it_on_lisbon on IG to keep up with the latest events!
• Paddy’s cheesecake
• Banana cider
• Indie writer’s books
• Tattoos & Arts
• Daffee l Innovative coffee
• Oitava Colina Cerveja / Craft Beer

"I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who is a part of my journey, even if I didn’t mention you in this episode. I genuinely appreciate you from the bottom of my heart, and I want to say thank you, as always!"

— Tereza ❤️

My guest today is Dylan O'Sullivan. Dylan is a media specialist at OSV, guest lecturer at Write of Passage, columnist at a few major media outlets and the creator behind a writing-focused brand Essayful.

In today’s episode, we talked about…

• How does Write of Passage help us embark on our online writing journey?
• Exploring our initial love for reading and writing, and our earliest memories of writing.
• Contrasting experiences of studying English Literature in different countries.
• A friendly conversation between a Manchester United and Manchester City fan.
• Delving into the life and works of Ernest Hemingway.
• Examining the process of online writing and the beauty of writing on paper.
• What tricks and traits have writers made or used to achieve their writing goals?
• The influence of weather and surroundings on the work of writers.
• Reflecting on the most fulfilling aspects of being a writer.

Books/links mentioned in this episode

• Essayful
• Write of Passage
• School of English - Trinity College Dublin
• Gaelic football
• Jack Kerouac
• Allen Ginsberg
• Lenny Bruce
• Arthur Koestler
• Aldous Huxley
• Albert Camus
• The Doors of Perception
• Darkness at Noon
• The Act of Creation
• To Write Like Hemingway
• The Selfish Gene
• Bronte Parsonage Museum
• Bob Dylan on the otherworldliness of creativity
• At Desk (writing BGM)
• Casa Fernando Pessoa
• Follow Dylan on Twitter

My guest today is Ron Rivers. He is the author of Self-actualization in the Age of Crisis and a member of SpiritDAO. In today's episode, we discussed the following:

1. What inspired Ron to write a book about "Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis"? And how do we define self-actualization in today's setting?
2. How does the pursuit of self-actualization differ during times of crisis compared to more stable periods? Additionally, how do spiritual and societal hierarchies impact the evolution of human beings?
3. The concept of "Systemic Actualization" and how individuals can contribute to the larger process of societal transformation and actualization?
4. How did Ron develop the Eight Dignities that encompass various aspects of human life?
5. What is SpiritDAO, what problem is it aiming to solve, and how is it different from other web3 communities?
6. Can we reinvent 20th-century Paris to attract people from diverse backgrounds and make a positive change?
7. Individual heroes vs collective thoughts.
8. The idea of an "authentic imposter"—Ron shares some practical tips and personal experiences for individuals who may be struggling to find their true authentic self while navigating societal expectations and norms.
9. How can visualization and psychedelic experiences impact personal growth and self-actualization?
10. How do we cope with the world not making sense, such as encountering supernatural phenomena and numerous spiritual experiences?

Links/books mentioned in this episode:

• Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• Oneness with the Relational Universe
• Observable Infinities
• The Single Truth
• Eight Dignities
• Confucianism
• Modern Shamanism
• The Network State
• Soulbound
• Conjuring Scenius
• SpiritDAO
• The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell
• Stoned ape theory
• Follow Ron Rivers on Twitter

My guest today is Pedro Oliveira. Pedro is the Co-founder and CEO of Talent Protocol, a web3 professional platform where builders and creators can create their on-chain resumes and find the meaningful connections and support they need to succeed. I met Pedro in person when I moved to Lisbon and participated in many web3-related events and conferences organised by him and his company.

In today's episode, we discussed the following:

1. Many people are sceptical about Web3. What is Pedro's opinion on the concept of Web3, and how does Talent Protocol fit into this new paradigm of decentralised technologies?
2. How does Talent Protocol assist builders and creators in starting their journey in web3, and what problems does it aim to solve in the professional networking space?
3. Why is taking a sabbatical necessary for founders?
4. Will AI take over our jobs and replace human resources?
5. How did Portugal become a tech hub and attract talent from all around the world?
6. How does Pedro structure his team and find co-founders in Talent Protocol? Additionally, why does he plan to step down as Talent Protocol's CEO in the foreseeable future?
7. How does Talent House help young talents in their careers and projects? Some success stories here to share.
8. How to face the crypto winter and make tough decisions?
9. What is the vision for the future of Talent Protocol? What is the difference between Talent Protocol and traditional professional social sites like LinkedIn?
10. What is DeNites, and how does it work to connect local Portuguese web3 projects and people together?
11. What advice does Pedro have for someone who wants to enter the web3 world?
12. What is Pedro's one big lesson to pass on to the next generation?

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Join Talent Protocol
• Follow Pedro on Twitter
• Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
• Talent House
• Protocol Labs
• Celo
• Introducing ChatGPT
• Kevin Kelly — Excellent Advice for Living
• Web Summit Lisbon 2023
• A DAO has no CEO
• Talent House - From 70 applicants to 11 high-potential Web3 talent in Barcelona
• DeNites

My guest today is David Senra. David is the returning guest of Chiwi Journal (episode #131). He hosts the Founders podcast, where listeners can learn lessons from historical and modern figures based on David's selection of a biography of an entrepreneur.

Last time, we focused on the top lessons previous founders can teach current founders and the most inspiring stories among 200+ stories David read. This time, we discussed:

1. David’s top highlight of 2022 (the sixth year since he ran the podcast) and the reason behind joining the Colossus® network.
2. What is the concept of a single-person billion-dollar company? How has a podcast host or a game developer set an example of this business model?
3. How does David stay motivated and engaged in his work as the show grows when there may be more distractions?
4. David's approach to reading and re-reading biographies, and what we can learn from founders outside the American market?
5. Founders Podcast has covered many deceased entrepreneurs whose stories have stood the test of time. Which living founders would David like to have a conversation with?
6. Some stories of how the Founders Podcast has directly impacted or supported the growth and success of its listeners.
7. What does sportsmanship mean to David, and how does he incorporate the spirit of sportsmanship into his daily life and professional career?
8. Talk about our favourite director Quentin Tarantino. What are some traits that make him stand out in the movie industry? What current content creators can learn from him to achieve success?
9. What is the Founder Podcast's role in supporting aspiring entrepreneurs?
10. How to cultivate children's reading habits?

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• Founders
• Follow @FoundersPodcast
• David Senra - Passion & Pain
• David Senra — Pick The Right Heroes
• Insights From History's Greatest Thinkers - David Senra
• Devouring Founder’s Biographies, Self-Belief, and the Power of Podcasting with David Senra
• Almanack of Naval Ravikant
• Pieter Levels
• Chung Ju-yung the Founder of Hyundai
• Edward O. Thorp, A Man for All Markets
• Cities and Ambition - Paul Graham
• Johan Cruyff: A Life of Total Football
• Michael Jordan: The Life
• Joe Rogan #1675 - Quentin Tarantino
• Samwell Tarly

My guest today is Doug Antin, the Founder and Author of TSI Global Media, who writes The Sovereign Individual Weekly Newsletter, picking up where The Sovereign Individual left off and exploring the digital transformation in real-time.

Doug is the return guest of my podcast. Last time, we discussed how to become a sovereign individual, digital transformation trends, cultivating multiple income streams and writing a newsletter. In today’s episode, we discussed the following:

1. A quick review of the past year from a sovereign individual's perspective.
2. Has the concept of a "Sovereign Individual" evolved in the face of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain?
3. How can one find the right community as a sovereign individual?
4. A brief review of The Network State, a book by Balaji Srinivasan.
5. How is technology empowering individuals and changing the way we live and work?
6. How can individuals stay updated with the latest technological and digital transformation developments?
7. The process of writing The Sovereign Individual Weekly newsletter and the discussion on free and paid content as a creator.
8. How can we cultivate media literacy in today's abundant information and potential misinformation world?
9. The current global affairs and how the role of government is evolving in a world where individuals have more power and control over their lives through technology?
10. How can governments address the increasing conflict between remote workers and local residents?
11. Two trends to look for in a remote worker who adapts to an asynchronous way of working.

Books and links mentioned in this episode:

• The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
• The Sovereign Individual Weekly
• Plumia
• The Network State
• What do I think about network states?
• beehiiv — The newsletter platform built for growth
• How to be a Digital Nomad in Portugal?
• 2024 United States presidential election
• [Cash Reserves Definition](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cash-reserves.asp#:~:text=66 license holder.-,What Are Cash Reserves%3F,also be called cash reserves.)
• Follow Doug on Twitter

My guest today is Angelo Alessio. He is the co-founder and protocol architect at buildcities.network, which allows anyone in web3 to overlay their digital communities on top of existing cities.

We discussed:

1. What is the build_cities? What are the four phases of building this protocol for startup cities?  ****
2. How build_cities can facilitate an online community for meetups and crowdfunding IRL?
3. What are the three types of startup cities?
4. In build_cities, why keep the current city maps rather than disrupt the old ones to build something from scratch?
5. How does Angelo meet his co-founders and work remotely building this project？
6. What is the biggest lesson Angelo learned from his US army time?
7. How do we define an MVC (Minimum Viable City)? Is there a city blueprint IRL build_cities would like to follow?
8. Share some other projects in the Network State dashboard
9. The biggest roadblock that prevents building build_cities.
10. How can people get involved in build_cities?

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Join build_
• Follow Angelo on Twitter
• Interview: Building Web3 Cities
• Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City
• How is Making Friends Changing?
• Startup Cities Map
• build_cities State of the Union
• CityCoins
• The Network State
• What do I think about network states?
• Tour of the Innovation Den, Coeur d'Alene
• It's illegal to hurt a robot in this town
• The Network State Dashboard
• Build Cities: A Protocol for Network States with Angelo Alessio
• Build Cities with CityDAO

My guest today is Chen Qiufan, also known as Stanley Chan. He is an award-winning Chinese science fiction writer, columnist, and scriptwriter. Chen's fiction, described as "science fiction realism", focuses on individuals' internal struggles during times of accelerated change. And recently, he collaborated with Kai-Fu Lee to co-write and publish a novel called AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.

We discussed:

1. How did Qiufan and Kai-fu come up with the idea to co-write a sci-fi book, and what are some AI-related technologies mentioned in the book?
2. How can we prepare for the future facing God-like AI technology such as DeepFake?
3. What moral and ethical code should we consider when we can bring dead people “alive” using AI tools?
4. What are some concerns about using AI arts creations tools like MidJourney?
5. Should artists and writers be worried that AI will replace them in the future?
6. How writers can embrace new technologies and build a new way to communicate with readers?
7. What’s Chen Qiufan’s philosophy regarding creating his sci-fi stories compared with Liu Cixin (Three Body Problems)?
8. A brief introduction to Chinese Chaoshan culture and Chinese New Year rituals.
9. Do Chinese people have religions? What’s the relationship between religion and science?
10. How ancient Chinese books and schools of thought inspired sci-fi creation?
11. Briefly discuss psychedelic and human consciousness.
12. What’s the meaning of life from a sci-fi writer’s perspective?

Books and Links mentioned in this episode:

• Chen Qiufan website
• A sci-fi vision of life in 2041
• AI 2041 by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
• Ai Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
• Chinese writer Su Shi
• Joe Rogan interviews Steve Jobs
• Midjourney
• NEARCON BETA 2022
• AI 2041 - TRLab
• The Subtle Art NFT Collection
• The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
• Chaoshan Culture
• Waste Tide
• The Large Hadron Collider
• I Ching
• Opium Wars
• Stanley Kubrick
• Gaia DAO

This is the special episode featured a guest speaker Eric Jorgenson at 1729writers Cohort 2.

1729writers is a group of writers inside of the 1729 online community. We explore issues related to the Network State, seek truth, wealth and health and share our ideas and thoughts in public.

It’s a great pleasure to have Eric attend one of our weekly community calls and discuss his process of writing the Almanack of Naval Ravikant and the Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan, the framework of leverage and productizing oneself, followed by the Q&A sessions with the community members.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Topic covered:

• The behind scene story of writing the Almanack of Naval Ravikant and Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan
• How to overcome the different types of writers’ block?
• What’s the leverage framework, and why is it so important?
• How to gain insane leverage from advanced delegation?
• How to achieve peak performance with an ultralworking framework?
• How to balance using Twitter to add value to your life and career?
• How to stay motivated to be a high-agency person?

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• Eric Jorgenson website
• 1729writers Articles Collection
• Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher - Farnam Street
• Naval Ravikant - The Joe Rogan Experience
• The Network State
• Almanack of Naval Ravikant
• Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan
• Jorgenson’s Soundbox Episode 38: Robert Hayes and Chris Ho of Athena
• The Three-Body Problem
• Ultraworking

My guest today is Tom Morgan. Tom is the return guest, and we discussed Joseph Cambell, Carl Jung, Jorden Peterson and Iain McGilchrist in episode #129.

Today, we talked about…

1. Commentary on David Fuller's article about Jordan Peterson from two people who are relatively familiar with JP's works.
2. Revisit the Hero Journey coined by Joseph Campbell.
3. Why is it dangerous to apply pattern recognition skills to things we don't fully understand?
4. How shall we deconstruct myth and live between myth and metaphor?
5. How to improve embodiment cognition to make sense of ourselves and the world?
6. Why is the fitness landscape essential, and how can we use that to achieve our human potential?
7. How to get along with the monologue of the voice within your head?
8. How can we leverage the force from the heart to follow our bliss?
9. The importance of setting up family interviews and getting memories on papers or tapes.
10. Anecdotes about Sir John Morgan

"I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity."  

- Oliver W. Holmes

Books and links mentioned in today’s episode

• What Happened to Jordan Peterson?
• Intellectual dark web
• Live Not By Lies
• Hero Journey
• Biblical Series XIII: Jacob’s Ladder
• The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Mike Hill
• John Vervaeke
• Channel McGilchrist
• Philosophy for life by Jules Evans
• Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd
• How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil
• SCOTT ALEXANDER book review
• Sam Harris & Peterson Debate the "Truth"
• The Most Interesting Man in Finance
• The Voice Telling You It's Time To Move
• 21 Useful Ideas. 1 Big One.
• Fitness landscape
• Focusing by Eugene T. Gendlin
• The Secret Life of Plants

Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang.

My guest today is Derek Sivers.  Derek has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He’s an author of four books, Anything You Want, Your Music and People, Hell Yeah or No, and How to Live.

In today’s episode, we talked about…

• The benefit of keep moving across the world and breaking the rules.
• How do different cities shape one’s identity and expand one’s worldview?
• How to say goodbye to old identities that no longer serve you?
• The pros and cons of being a solitary socialite.
• Why shouldn’t you wait for inspiration to come?
• How to be a considerate content creator?
• The good side of daydreaming and building future possibility folders
• How to approach our life?
• How do physical locations matter to your morale?
• Why do people like to use stereotypes to pre-judge others, and why is it so hard to break?
• Learning Mandarin and Portuguese.

• You don’t have to be local
• Moving for good
• Solitary socialite
• Daydreaming is my favorite pastime
• Possible futures
• Anything You Want
• Derek Sivers TED Talks
• Your Music and People
• Hell year or no
• How to Live
• Cities and Ambition - Paul Graham
• The Michel Thomas Method to learn language
• Practice Portuguese: Learn European Portuguese
• Fernando Pessoa
• Philosophy: a Complete Introduction - by Sharon Kaye
• Mark Manson - Life Advice That Doesn't Suck
• The Subtle Art NFT Collection - BookCoin™

Check out Derek Sivers' website and introduce yourself :) 

My guest today is Bear Liu. Bear is a product designer and design mentor. He hosts an award-winning podcast show called BearTalk, focused on sharing his learnings and ideas in design and personal experiences in reading and parenting.

In this episode, we talked about:

1. How do Chinese people pick up their English names?
2. From working at a ‘tier 18’ city in China as a designer and building a business in web2 to migrant to New Zealand to raise a family —- Bear’s story as an immigrant.
3. How to navigate life while moving to a new country, finding a new job and welcoming a newborn at the same time?
4. Why is it essential to have a role model to learn and mimic, especially in difficult life moments?
5. What does it feel like to start a tech podcast in 2012 and win an award from Apple?
6. What motivates Chinese speakers to create content in English? What emotional journey did we go through?
7. How create content online can change people’s life?
8. Two tips on being a productive content creator that can keep publishing content consistently.
9. What tools do we use as bilingual content creators? How to find our audiences, and how to measure success?
10. How to start a content creator journey while still working full-time and having a family to look after？
11. What’s the NO.1 lesson to pass on to the next generation?

Books/links and creators tools mentioned in this episode:

• Bear’s website
• New Zealand Silver Fern Visa
• Les Mills: Taking Fitness to the Next Level
• Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Grammarly: Free Online Writing Assistant
• Notion
• Readwise
• Libby App
• Drafts | Where Text Starts
• Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation
• I Ching
• Conversation with Bear Liu in Chinese

My guest today is Lauren Razavi. Lauren is a writer, speaker and strategist working at the intersection of technology, business, policy, and human behaviour. She is the author of the book Global Natives and writes the Counterflows newsletter about borderless living. Lauren was an early adopter of remote work and has lived as a digital nomad since 2013. Currently, she is Executive Director of Plumia, the mission to build an internet country for digital nomads, at the Y Combinator alumni company  SafetyWing.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. Lauren’s digital nomad journey as an early adopter since 2013.
2. Who coined the term a digital nomad? How digital nomad lifestyle has evolved from subculture to mainstream?
3. How do individuals design lifestyles based on the remote working trend?
4. Why we should rethink global mobility? How policymakers should adjust their strategy to build up a remote working and digital nomads friendly environment?
5. A brief introduction of Plumia and Nomad Border Pass (Nomad Passport)?
6. The history of Leagues of Nations and our current passport system.
7. What makes a good nomad hub?
8. What are the biggest challenges facing digital nomads? How to make new friends with fellow nomads and locals in a new city?
9. The rise of subscription living and slow travel.
10. Why we should read Global Natives book and advocate for global mobility for our human progression’s sake?

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• Global Natives
• The Digital Nomad by Tsugio Makimoto
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• Nomadlist.com by Pieter Levels
• Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
• Plumia: building a borderless future through a country on the internet
• SafetyWing - Insurance for Nomads, by Nomads
• Plumia 10-Year Roadmap
• League of Nations
• DIGITAL NOMADS Madeira Islands
• Gonçalo Hall, a person behind the First Digital Nomad Village in Ponta do Sol, Madeira
• Hacker Paradise
• So you want to be a Sovereign Individual?
• 2022 State of Digital Nomads
• Subscription Living: Zoku
• Counterflows Newsletter

My guest today is Bianca Caruana. Bianca is a storyteller, podcast host, sustainability & equality advocate and writer at The Altruistic Traveller. Bianca and I had a serendipitous encounter in Aveiro (Thanks to Pieter Levels’ Nomadlist.com), and we immediately clicked because we shared similar backgrounds and spiritual growth journeys.

In this episode, we discussed...

1. How to be a sustainable traveller and leverage your skillsets to travel around the world without costing a big fortune?
2. What’s the wake-up call for us to trust and surrender to the universe instead of trying to control our life?
3. How to do our own personal reverse engineering to find out who we are NOT in order to know who we really are on a deeper level?
4. How to overcome the fear of judgment, transform from our old identities and embrace a new life?
5. How does adapting to be a digital nomad lifestyle help us find a sense of belonging and feel seen?
6. Why should you write books and poetries to keep a record of your life and express your feelings?
7. A couple of serendipitous stories on life is only making sense when you look back and connect the dots
8. What’s the Vipassana meditation? What could you get from it?
9. How to find the meditation method that suits you?
10. The benefits of sacred plant medicine and what to pay attention to when experiencing psychedelic trips?
11. How to cultivate empathy?

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• Bianca’s blog The Altruistic Traveller
• Bianca's Podcast
• The Altruistic Traveller instagram
• Workaway
• Trusted House Sitters (get 25% off)
• The Invisible Third Culture Adult: A book about meaning and identity
• Chiwi Journal Vol 1&2
• The Rookery Nook and Brontë Parsonage
• Vipassana Meditation
• National Anthem: Malta - L-Innu Malti
• Qigong
• Tao Te Ching
• I Ching
• Transcendental Meditation® Technique
• Understand Myself

My guest today is Antoine Dusséaux. Antoine is a legaltech entrepreneur based in London and co-founded Doctrine, the first legal information platform.

He’s passionate about law, economics, geopolitics, and languages.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. How to describe 1729 and Network State to children to help them understand this progressive technical concept?
2. What are the fundamental values that bonded the 1729 community? What 1729 community members in common?
3. What's so special about El Salvador? Will the World's First Bitcoin City be the protocol that other countries can learn from?
4. Share the first-hand experience of exploring bitcoin's daily user case in El Salvador.
5. How to be a responsible global citizen and make sense of our world?
6. What's the secret of learning foreign languages as an adult (Antoine is a native French speaker who learned to speak Chinese, Russian and Arabic)?
7. What others hold a stereotype about China is wrong based on your first-hand experience working in a Chinese factory?
8. What's the underground church in China?
9. The relationship between languages and ideologies
10. Why should you start to write online and build connections?

• 1729.com
• The Network State: How To Start a New Country book by Balaji Srinivasan
• Real Bitcoin use cases in El Salvador
• Antoine’s Newsletter on Product, Law, Economics, Geopolitics, and Languages
• Underground church
• Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador
• How to be fluent in 6 months?
• Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
• Handan, City in China
• Cultural intelligence: Become a global citizen
• Linguistic relativity
• Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters
• What do Taiwanese think of simplified Chinese?
• Transcript: Vladimir Putin’s Televised Address on Ukraine
• Learning new languages with Pimsleur
• Build a Personal Monopoly
• How to Increase Your Luck Surface Area
• 1729 Writers Collection

My guest today is Vicci. She is an experienced video producer and digital marketer and hosts a podcast Big Little Screens commenting about British/American TV shows to Chinese audiences. Vicci and I had a girl's chat and recorded this special episode while drinking a bottle of Italian wine and Japanese Umeshu. Cheers, and enjoy 😊

1. Why do many Chinese people born in the 1980s/90s have the American dream?
2. Our first trip to English speaking counties — Australia and New Zealand.
3. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...” what does London mean to us?
4. What’s so special about London’s blue plaques?
5. What biggest TV hits from Britain influenced Chinese people a lot?
6. The comparison of American and British genres on small screens.
7. Let’s talk about class, race, war, dating, stereotypes and diversity in the British context
8. What are the challenges of cross-cultural communications? Why is there always a media bias between east and west?
9. How to learn a second/third language as an adult?
10. Why it’s so hard to be a female fan in male’s dominant area, e.g. sports and entertainment industry
11. What do we learn about turning 30?

1. Vicci’s Podcast
2. Tour in England: National Trust
3. The Rookery Nook and Brontë Parsonage - Haworth
4. Chatsworth House
5. Blue Plaques | English Heritage
6. George Orwell’s London Map
7. Sherlock Holmes Museum
8. Paddington
9. Downton Abbey
10. Years and Years
11. Sex Education
12. Fleabag
13. Bridgerton
14. Comedian Daniel Sloss
15. After Life
16. Inside No. 9
17. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
18. The Surprising Origins of the Fortune Cookie
19. Public dating profile template
20. tick, tick...BOOM!
21. Dark | Netflix Official Site
22. Ted Lasso
23. David Bowie - The Boy From Brixton
24. Gaga: Five Foot Two

My guest today is David Senra. David is the host of podcast shows Founders. Every week, he reads a biography of an entrepreneur so listeners can learn the lessons from those greatest history and modern figures.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. What motivated David to start this niche show to share his learnings of biography and autobiography?
2. How many founders were influenced by those who came before (e.g. Jobs influenced by Edwin Land, Bezos influenced by Sam Walton etc.)? And what’s so special about Benjamin Franklin?
3. What’s the most inspiring story among 200+ founders stories David read? And what’s one unbelievable story from listeners that drove David jumped out of bed every morning?
4. What are the top THREE lessons previous founders can teach and impact current founders?
5. Where do founders like Micheal Jordan and Larry Ellison’s drive come from?
6. What are some intriguing individual connections among founders that surprised us?
7. What creators can learn from Ernest Hemingway, George Lucas and Stephen King?
8. What essential mindset should founders have to turn problems into opportunities?
9. Why shouldn’t current founders follow the formula but focus on the lessons provided by the previous founders?
10. What’s the ONE thing that founders regret on their deathbed?
11. What would David’s biography be? What legacy does he want to leave to his children based on his learnings?

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• Dan Carlin Hardcore History
• Kevin Rose interviewing Elon Musk
• Jocko Podcast
• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by ERIC JORGENSON
• Founders Podcast Books List
• Insisting On the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land
• Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
• Indie Hackers Interviewing Pieter Levels
• Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automobile Empire
• Born of This Land: My Life Story by Chung Ju-Yung
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
• Most Recommended Books by Richard Reis
• Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony by Akio Morita
• Dru Riley 100 Rules — Personal Philosophy
• Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
• Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil

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My guest today is Pieter Levels. Pieter is a serial founder of multiple products, such as NomadList.com, remoteOK.com and rebase.co.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. How did Pieter start his digital nomad life and create 12 startups in 12 months?
2. The original story of the birth of Nomadlist.com
3. What are the common traits of digital nomads based on the 2022 State of Digital Nomads that might surprise people?
4. Why do people need to switch their stereotypes about remote working and adapt to the new way of living?
5. Why has Portugal becomes the indie hacker/nomad / remote worker/entrepreneur hub? What is so good about moving here?
6. The story behind Immigration as a service product: Rebase.co
7. How to overcome depression and anxiety as a serial founder?
8. Why find a therapist speaking a language different from your native language that can work better in therapy sessions?
9. Cliche question: how to balance time and energy as a serial founder?
10. What does it feel like to be a niche famous, and why should people be unreachable?
11. The story about Pieter’s early music career on YouTube channel.
12. What are the future trends of remote working and nomad lifestyles?
13. What’s the current dating market for digital nomads?

• Nomadlist.com
• 2022 State of Digital Nomads
• RemoteOk.com
• I'm Launching 12 Startups in 12 Months
• How is Making Friends Changing?
• Moving to Portugal with Rebase
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
• The next frontier after remote work is async
• How to optimise your 24 hours?
• Fans and Haters
• 11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)

My guest today is Tom Morgan. Tom is the Director of Communications & Content at The KCP Group and writes a newsletter called The Attention Span. Tom has spent the last 16 years on Wall Street in research and data sales and focuses on consuming content and tries to extract actionable insights for busy people.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. What’s a trend of modernist holism? What’s the global phase change?
2. What’s Morphic Resonance? Do we have a solid explanation about coincidence and luck?
3. How to avoid falling into your echo chamber and be a mindful reader/listener in today’s world?
4. What do Joseph Cambell and Carl Jung’s mean about ‘follow your bliss’ or ‘follow your interests? How do we calculate our own hero journey?
5. The three stages of life on ego and surrender.
6. Jordan B. Peterson’s transition from books to books and the hemispheric breakdown from his book Maps of Meanings.
7. Why does ‘Hero Journey’ grips our attention all the time? When you revisit fairy tales as a grow-up, there is always a new meaning behind them.
8. What’s the symbolic meaning behind horned god?
9. The concept of the dragon as a symbol in western and eastern society
10. The hidden meanings behind Pinocchio
11. Why is it so important to calculate the emotional granularity for educating the next generation?
12. What’s the one thing that didn’t make sense to you before, but when you look back and it all connected?

• The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist
• Infinite Loop Podcast | Curation in the Age of Information Abundance (EP.61) All you Need is Love? (EP.74)
• Insights from “The Matter with Things.” | KCP
• Morphic Resonance - Rupert Sheldrake
• Does Nature Have A Hidden Memory? - Rupert Sheldrake | Modern Wisdom Podcast 379
• The World’s Hidden Harmony
• This is Water by David Foster Wallace (Full Transcript and Audio)
• Joseph Campbell -- Follow Your Bliss
• Marie-Louise von Franz 
• The Dragon as a symbol finally explained - Jordan Peterson
• Beyond Order: Twelve More Rules for Life
• Maps Of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
• Biblical Series II: Genesis 1: Chaos & Order
• Nu Wa, Chinese Mythology Figure
• Emotional granularity
• The Midlife Unraveling by Brené Brown

My guest today is Will Mannon 马晓伟. Will is the Course Director of Write of Passage and passionate about online education. In his free time, Will enjoys exploring language, literature, history, and philosophy. He lived in China for six months and is a comfortable Mandarin speaker.

We discussed:

1. The motivation behind learning Chinese and how to learn a foreign language in adult year
2. The difference between the Chinese and American education system
3. What's the uncommon fire that motivates you to keep going?
4. A brief introduction of Write of Passage and how writing online can accelerate personal and career development?
5. What's the future of online learning? Three advantages of building up the cohort-based online course
6. Four common traits and challenges from online writing
7. How to find your online writing process?
8. How to navigate in the age of information abundance?
9. How to form a reading habit and some book recommendations?
10. How does reading biography permit us to pursue our bliss?
11. Chat about Fernando Pessoa and Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. What is the wisdom you learned from your favourite writers?

Books and links mentioned in this episode:

• Will Learns Chinese
• The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao, 高考)
• itakie: 1-on-1 lessons in more than 150 languages
• An Uncommon Fire
• Mimetic theory by René Girard
• Write of Passage – An online course by David Perell
• Building a Second Brain
• Paul Graham
• The Man with 73 Masks
• The Social Dilemma
• Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
• Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• I. Asimov: A Memoir by Isaac Asimov
• Founders Podcast
• Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
• The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
• 读书会分享 | 葡萄牙作家费尔南多·佩索阿
• Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre
• The The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• Flowism: My Philosophy of Living

Follow Will Mannon on Twitter and check out his website

• A Paradise of Poems
• Infinite Loop Podcast with Tom Morgan — All you Need is Love? (EP.74)
• The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist
• Responsive Web Design
• Neuralink
• San Pedro Retreat
• Self Authoring
• Flowism
• Yi Jing (易经）
• Dao De Jing (道德经）

• Hugo Branco, musician and artistic director of VIC // Aveiro Arts House
• Jorge Loura, musician and guitarist from Troll's Toy

We share the behind-scene stories of the 1st Unclassifiable Music Festival of Aveiro and introduce the difficult labelled artists who will perform on 26th and 27th November at VAGA Festival!

Come and join us if you can!

We talked about:

• Portuguese treasure artist Vasco Branco and his residence Vic Art House in a glance
• VIC NIC, a sanctuary for wild artists, thinkers and technicians, aiming to stimulate togetherness, experimentation and co-creation via sound, visual and literary works.
• The story of music band Troll's Toy
• The new trend of undefined music
• VAGA Music Festival 2021
• The artist way of living
• There is much beauty and inspiration everywhere in life.
• The vision of VIC NIC and the digital transformation facing musicians
• What's #ATERELINCHAS
• Introduction of the featured artists 【BGM】

Troll's Toy (Rock | Jazz | Improvisation | Exploratory) 【Troll's Toy - Inibicao Da Ira】

Azia (Psychedelic Rap | Hip Pop) 【Azia - Foque-o! (ft. DEL)】

LÄGRIMA (Folk | Exploratory | Visual Art) 【Lägrima - live at VIC Aveiro Arts House】

Santi Lesca (Exploratory | Electronica | Rock | World) 【Santi Lesca - Simultaneidad】

Skier and Yeti (Original | Humor | Electronica) 【Skier_and_Yeti】

DJ: OMLET JD & FREIMATIC DJS

JOIN US FOR THE FIRST-EVER UNCLASSIFIED MUSIC FESTIVAL IN AVEIRO！

https://lifeisavicnic.com/vaga2021/

My guest today is Christin Chong. She is a neuroscientist at heart and enjoys investigating consciousness through the Buddhist lens. Christin's work history continues to evolve—from research in the lab to biotech marketing, to creating a delicious self-care tea for physical + mental health, to establish a community for accelerator compassion.

In today's episode, we discussed:

1. Our experience with Write of Passage Cohort 7 online writing course led by David Perell.
2. What's it feel like to be the Third Culture Kids/Adults?
3. How to deal with a multi-culture identity crisis?
4. The journey of moving to the US and a serendipitous chance to study neuroscience under a strict apprenticeship model
5. How does intuition help us make decisions? What's your hero's journey?
6. What's the difference between western and eastern Buddhism? What's the connection between Buddhism and neuroscience?
7. What's Alliance for Bhikkhunis? And what's Theravadan Buddhist tradition (e.g. four noble truths and noble eightfold path)?
8. The San Pedro psychedelic experience. How does psychedelic help us to have different perspectives about the world and clarify life purpose?
9. Why is meditation not the cure for every your problems?
10. What's the future of online courses to build the community?
11. Introduction to Compassion Accelerator and Honeyritual Tea

Books/Links mentioned in this episode:

• Write of Passage
• Third culture kid
• Third Culture Adult Book
• American Born Chinese (ABC)
• Trainspotting
• Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
• Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
• Antonio Damasio
• The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
• Infinite Loops Podcast: Tom Morgan — All you Need is Love? (EP.74)
• Theravada 南传佛教
• Four Noble Truths
• Noble Eightfold Path
• The San Pedro psychedelic retreat experience
• Flowism: My Philosophy of Living

Connect with Christin:

• Christin's website
• Christin's Twitter
• Compassion Accelerator
• Honeyritual Tea - CHIWI20 for 20% off (US customers only)

My guest today is Zach Caceres. He is an experienced software engineer and focuses on modern web technologies. He is interested in education and ##StartupCities and initiated a couple of cool projects in the relevant areas.

In today's episode, we discussed:

• Zach's unschooling experiences at a young age and his way of learning.
• Why choose to go back to university later on?
• Hilarious stories on the arbitrary bureaucracy of our modern education
• What's the essence of education?
• Case study of innovating education from within Guatemala's top university
• Sneak peek of The Intuitive Programmer project, learning how to learn
• What's community technology? What's Startup City?
• Stories on informal entrepreneurs and almost dead experience in Africa and South America.
• How does technology power up the city building and enhance people's living conditions?
• Brief introduction of Benjamin Blooms's two sigma problems
• What's 'The Great Fact' raised by Deirdre McCloskey
• What get you most excited about the future?

Books and links mentioned in this episode:

1. Zach's super cool website
2. Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential
3. Innovating Education from Within Guatemala's Top University
4. Professor Barbara Oakley
5. Polymath Michael Polanyi
6. The Intuitive Programmer: Learning How to Learn Programming
7. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
8. Learning how to learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity
9. Focused vs. diffuse thinking: which is better for learning?
10. Pathological Altruism
11. The Start Of Startup Cities
12. Culdesac Tempe: The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US!
13. CityDAO: Blockchain Cities IRL
14. Informal Entrepreneurship
15. Stealth of Nations by Robert Neuwirth
16. City of God movie
17. Amazing video shows 10-story high-rise built in a day
18. Maybe the Coronavirus Was Lower-Hanging Fruit
19. Benjamin Blooms's two sigma problems
20. Khan Academy
21. Duolingo
22. Ad Astra Academy
23. The Great Fact- the humongous increase in humans' standard of living that began about 200 years ago.

• Bridget Romanes LinkedIn
• Free Move to NZ Checklist
• Tall poppy syndrome
• 30 Kiwi Slang Terms you need to know before you visit
• Third culture kids (TCK)
• The Third Culture Adult Book
• New Zealand MIQ System
• Are we returning to the office? Or is the future remote?
• Christchurch mosque shootings
• New Zealand Offers One-Off Resident Visa to 165,000 Migrants
• Mobile Relocation— Impacts of Reverse Culture Shock for Returning Kiwis (mobile-relocation.com)

• Digital Nomads Madeira Islands
• Tim Ferriss 4-Hour Workweek
• Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu
• 煽风点火 Shan Feng Dian Huo Podcast
• Rumi
• American neuroendocrinology researcher and author Robert Morris Sapolsky
• Yoga With Adriene
• Transcendental Meditation
• Zen Buddhism 101 - The Power of Zen Meditation
• Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway
• "Memento Mori": The Reminder We All Desperately Need
• Ryan Holiday
• Seneca
• Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi
• Chinese writer Su Shi
• Zhuangzi loses his wife
• Prelude to Water Melody by Su Shi
• Qingyuan Weixin three stages of life

My guest today is Jay Yow. Jay is a recording and mixing engineer and a gamer. He was born in Malaysia and immigrated to America in his adults year. Jay is currently the producer of one of my favourite podcasts James Altucher Show.

We discussed:

1. What's it like to be a bilingual writer producing two newsletters to two different audiences?
2. How James Altucher adopted Jay and trained him to be his sound engineer?
3. What are the top three lessons learnt from James Altucher Show that interviewed 700+ guests?
4. How does playing games teach us about life and learn a new language and business strategy?
5. What's the traditional Chinese education role in the Malaysian education system?
6. What's the origin story of famous Chinese festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-autumn Festival?
7. Who are the most famous poets in ancient China?
8. Why there are so many different versions of history? What's the TRUTH?
9. What's the fundamental difference between Chinese philosophy and western philosophy?
10. Share some four-character idioms that are valuable: Wo Xin Chang Dan and Sai Weng Shi Ma

Books/Links mentioned in this episodes:

• David Perell Write of Passage
• Jesse Itzler: The $160,000 Lesson
• How to connect with the greatest network in the world with AJ Jacobs
• How to Have Impossible Conversations when facts don't matter with Peter Boghossian
• How to start a conversation with Strangers? with Joe Keohane
• Fantasy Premier League 20/21 Review
• One Hundred Thousand Whys
• A story of Sima Guang
• Three Character Classic
• China’s Shakespeare - Du Fu
• Li Bai and Du Fu
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Mid-Autumn Festival
• Dynasties in Chinese history
• Qin Shi Huang
• Burning of books and burying of scholars
• Legalism (Chinese philosophy)
• Opium Wars
• Journey to the West
• Black Myth: Wukong

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My guest today is Doug Antin. He is the Founder and Author of TSI Global Media, a company covering the Digital Age and how the current digital transformation creates a new class of people. Doug is also writing The Sovereign Individual Weekly Newsletter, providing insights, analysis, and actionable advice helping you become a Sovereign Individual and make the most of the digital transformation.

We discussed:

1. What’s the definition of the Sovereign Individual? Why should you care?
2. How does a book written 20 years ago perfectly predict our current world?
3. What digital trends support sovereign individual lifestyles?
4. How do we deal with information abundance as a content creator?
5. What role does blockchain and bitcoin play in this Sovereign Individual movement?
6. Is there a conflict between becoming a sovereign individual vs be part of the community?
7. Why should you have multiple citizenships?
8. What stops people from becoming sovereign individuals? What’s the reason behind that?
9. How to cultivate multiple income streams?
10. If you can live and work anywhere, where would you go, and what criteria to consider?
11. What’s the difference between a sovereign individual and an anarchist?
12. How to build the system to run a weekly newsletter?
13. Which three books to read when consider being a sovereign individual?

Books and links mentioned in this episode:

• The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
• How to Start a New Country by Balaji Srinivasan
• Neo-medievalism
• The Sovereign Individual Weekly
• Important Things About the Digital Age
• Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
• Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• Night as Frontier: Colonizing the World After Dark by Murray Melbin

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Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang.

My guest today is Royal Reed. Royal has 20 years of experience in the NZ legal profession. She is also well respected in the Chinese community as a TV and Radio presenter and for her legal education programs for the community. Her legal practice and excellent cross-cultural dispute resolution have received recognition in New Zealand and Greater China.

We discussed:

• What’s it like of being a girl born in a traditional Chinese family that parents favour boys over girls? What’s the bias that the old generation hold of giving birth to a girl?
• The decision making process behind picking up a career and move abroad.
• Why do Chinese people consider the National College Entrance examination as the only way to lead to a bright future? Does it contribute to many competitive Chinese students?
• What’s the difference between the New Zealand education system and the Chinese education system?
• How many stereotypes have Asian women received overseas?
• What’s bamboo plus glass ceiling facing Asian migrants in career?
• How to skin in the game and achieve a career breakthrough?
• Does local working experience still matter that much in today’s digital world?
• What internal and external factors drive Royal to start her own business?
• How to cultivate business culture as a female migrant leader?
• A brief introduction about On Being Bold organisation?

Books and links mentioned in this episode

• Qingming Festival
• One-child policy
• The National College Entrance Examination (aka Gaokao)
• Empowering Women | On Being Bold Conference
• Bamboo ceiling
• Royal's interview on OBB

（*Correct: The year I attended Gaokao was with 10 million people, not 20 million）

My guest today is Richard Reis. He is the co-founder of Most Recommended Books, a voracious reader and a blogger. Richard also enjoys finance and building stuff.

We discussed:

1. Richard recently has done a three-month Zen Meditation retreat and shared his experience.
2. What’s so unique about Zen Meditation compared with other meditation (e.g. mindfulness and TM)?
3. Why should we focus on cultivating our intuition?
4. What’s the motivation to build the Most Recommended Books?
5. What’re the most recommended books in common?
6. What’s Tim Ferriss’s effect?
7. How to deal with self-doubt when building something new or running a startup?
8. What traits of Larry Ellison worthy learning?
9. Where does people’s competitiveness come from?
10. What are the benefits of speaking multiple languages? Do people change personalities while speaking different languages?
11. How to deal with loneliness and lack of community support while moving around very often?
12. Is personality test the way to help Know Thyself?

Books and links mentioned in this episode:

• Mountain Cloud Zen Centre
• A conversation between Sam Harris and Henry Shukman
• The Mysterious/Unsolvable Zen Koans - Henry Shukman, Associate Master of Sanbo Zen
• Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy
• 10% Happier by Dan Harris
• Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
• Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley
• Steve Jobs on Intuition
• Most Recommended Books
• The Tim Ferriss Show
• Derek Sivers
• The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick
• If it's not a hit, switch
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle by Larry Ellison and Matthew Symonds
• The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing’s Greatest Race, The America’s Cup by Julian Guthrie
• Founders Podcast (Highly recommend!)
• How to think like a programmer — lessons in problem solving

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Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang.

My guest today is Nick Lee. He is a university instructor of Sociology and Humanities and Co-Host of the Revolution and Ideology program.

We discussed:

• Nick’s combined background of finance, technology, sociology and phycology
• Brief introduction of the Revolution and Ideology podcast
• How do we judge whether a revolution is successful or not?
• What’s Cyber Anarchism? What’re the responses to Balaji’s Network State/Union essays on 1729.com?
• Are we conditioned to be settlers or nomads?
• What’s the definition of a state? What’s the rule of violence?
• How do ideologies and -isms affect people’s life and behaviour? Can we escape from ideologies?
• What misunderstanding from the mass about anarchism?
• How can we challenge the status quo and build the Network State?
• What are technology debt and ideology debt?
• Is China a real Communism country? What about Russia?

Books and links mentioned in this episode:

• Revolution and Ideology podcast
• French Revolution
• American Revolution
• Cyber Anarchism
• Network State/Union by Balaji Srinivasan
• 1729.com
• The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. Scott
• Max Weber's definition on Nation State
• Rogers M. Smith
• Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony
• Cultural Revolution
• The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
• Werner Herzog's films
• Anarchism as a philosophy
• Lenin’s Conception of Socialism

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Kia ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang.

My guest today is Monica Tong. Monica was born in Nanjing, China, and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. She spent eight years in the finance industry in New Zealand and Australia before she turned to her passion for art and design. She studied and practised as a multi-media artist in Los Angeles and currently lives in London.

We talked about:

1. What's Chiwi (Chiwi Kiwi)? And What traits of Chiwi have?
2. What’s so good about New Zealand’s working-life balance environment and career break policy?
3. The journey of giving up a highly paid banking job to pursue a passion in the art world.
4. How does work with clay can bring a time-travelling experience?
5. Why does making ceramics artworks can bring you mindfulness and joy?
6. How to deal with self-doubt that and gain back confidence while shifting your career path?
7. How to cope with peer pressures and traditional Chinese family’s values when choosing to be an artist?
8. Brief intro about egg-frozen experience and women in 30s dilemma
9. Success means have a single impact on individual life and let the ripple effect brings on positive changes.
10. Bring ceramics to elders and children to see the world through different lenses.

Books and Links Mentioned:

• Wabi-sabi philosophy
• Dao De Jing
• The Third Cultural Adults
• Ralph Waldo Emerson - To laugh often and much; to win respect; to earn appreciation; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world better; one life has breathed easier because you lived here.

Get in touch with Monica

• Instagram: @momo_production @studio.m.ceramics
• Monica's website
• Royal Colleague of Arts profile

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• Education
• Tim Ferriss Show with Balaji
• 1729.com
• Jean Paul Sartre: NO EXIT
• The Start Of Startup Cities
• Waldorf School (Steiner School)
• Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You by Titus Gebel

Get in touch with Gabriele!

Twitter @gabrielepizzi, Linkedin, Email