Dr. John Deloney
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That's the difference. Look, I've had a number of conversations. Richard Dawkins was one of the people that I had this conversation with. And... I tried to explain to him why trying to force people either out of faith or into whatever worldview it is that he wanted through raw, what he would consider rationality,
That's the difference. Look, I've had a number of conversations. Richard Dawkins was one of the people that I had this conversation with. And... I tried to explain to him why trying to force people either out of faith or into whatever worldview it is that he wanted through raw, what he would consider rationality,
is fundamentally uncompelling because what you're telling people to do is to deny the thing that's most real to them, which is story, narrative, persona, legend, archetype, and rely on the thing which is most unreal to them, which is statistic, probability, We have no sense of that. And I think that you have, I really appreciate the first I learned about your debt snowball.
is fundamentally uncompelling because what you're telling people to do is to deny the thing that's most real to them, which is story, narrative, persona, legend, archetype, and rely on the thing which is most unreal to them, which is statistic, probability, We have no sense of that. And I think that you have, I really appreciate the first I learned about your debt snowball.
is fundamentally uncompelling because what you're telling people to do is to deny the thing that's most real to them, which is story, narrative, persona, legend, archetype, and rely on the thing which is most unreal to them, which is statistic, probability, We have no sense of that. And I think that you have, I really appreciate the first I learned about your debt snowball.
You're right, mathematically, in raw spreadsheet terms, mathematically suboptimal. But as soon as you fold the complexity of a human and our motivation system into it, it makes way more sense.
You're right, mathematically, in raw spreadsheet terms, mathematically suboptimal. But as soon as you fold the complexity of a human and our motivation system into it, it makes way more sense.
You're right, mathematically, in raw spreadsheet terms, mathematically suboptimal. But as soon as you fold the complexity of a human and our motivation system into it, it makes way more sense.
Yeah. Things are going to be hard, but you can do hard things the hard way or hard things the easy way.
Yeah. Things are going to be hard, but you can do hard things the hard way or hard things the easy way.
Yeah. Things are going to be hard, but you can do hard things the hard way or hard things the easy way.
Yeah, he does. He does, among many other things. What about people who sort of self-sabotage their wealth once they achieve it? You know, somebody's finally reached something approximating escape velocity and stuff's comfortable. What have you found from all of the people that you've spoken to, your studies? Why do people end up tumbling back down?
Yeah, he does. He does, among many other things. What about people who sort of self-sabotage their wealth once they achieve it? You know, somebody's finally reached something approximating escape velocity and stuff's comfortable. What have you found from all of the people that you've spoken to, your studies? Why do people end up tumbling back down?
Yeah, he does. He does, among many other things. What about people who sort of self-sabotage their wealth once they achieve it? You know, somebody's finally reached something approximating escape velocity and stuff's comfortable. What have you found from all of the people that you've spoken to, your studies? Why do people end up tumbling back down?
Isn't it interesting? We went from greed is good to wealth is bad in some circles. What an arc. What do you think about how social media distorts our understanding of wealth and success and what we should have by a certain age?
Isn't it interesting? We went from greed is good to wealth is bad in some circles. What an arc. What do you think about how social media distorts our understanding of wealth and success and what we should have by a certain age?
Isn't it interesting? We went from greed is good to wealth is bad in some circles. What an arc. What do you think about how social media distorts our understanding of wealth and success and what we should have by a certain age?
Much more powerful.
Much more powerful.
Much more powerful.