#668 - David Pinsof - How To Leverage The Psychology Of Power & Status

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 5 a.m.

b"David Pinsof is a research scientist at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and an author.\\nHumans want things. Then we tell ourselves stories about why we want those things. And these reasons are often very flattering, but almost exclusively bullshit. We do not understand our motivations, and this is part of our brain's design. So, given this limit on introspection, is it possible to ever truly understand ourselves?\\nExpect to learn the difference between bullshitting and lying, why we can\\u2019t we admit that we want status, why human desires are so fickle and silly, how the modern world has hijacked our status games, why we find certain things interesting, why you actually don't want to be happy no matter how much you claim that you do and much more...\\nSponsors:\\nGet 10% discount on all Gymshark\\u2019s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10)\\nGet 10% discount on Marek Health\\u2019s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM)\\nGet 20% discount on Bubs Naturals at https://www.bubsnaturals.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM)\\nExtra Stuff:\\nGet my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \\u2192 https://chriswillx.com/books/\\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\\n-\\nGet in touch.\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\\nTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast\\nEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"