Mixed Mental Arts
As kids, we're like little sponges blindly copying culture from the people around us. The cultures into which we were all born evolved to fit very old agricultural environments. Each contains timeless wisdom about human affairs but none of them is ideally suited to navigating the ever-changing environment in which we find ourselves.
The goal of Mixed Mental Arts is to steal the best cultural software from everywhere and apply the core principle of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." Welcome to the dojo! We're excited to learn from you.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 366
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2020
Ep 269 - Thaddeus Russell: Is Truth the Most Destructive Idea in Human History?
For months and months, the members of the Mixed Mental Arts community have been pushing me (Hunter) to have Thaddeus Russell in the dojo. It is a testament to the wisdom of crowds that so many people…
Ep 268 - Paleo Politics: Talking Symbols With The Caveman John Durant
Humans have always been a strongly symbolic species. We painted on the walls of caves. Pharaohs, Kings and Emperors created symbols of their power like crowns and thrones. Religions have fought over …
Ep 267 – Ricky Varandas Of The Ripple Effect Podcast: The Internet's Painful Adolescence In An Age Of Opinion
Ricky Varandas is the host of The Ripple Effect Podcast. Recently, Hunter and Ricky met up in Dartmouth, MA. As they looked out over Buzzard's Bay, they chatted about what it means to live in an age …
Ep 266 - Christopher Leon Price: Learning Life Lessons From Games
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Ep 265 - Jenni Aguilar: Evolution is Smarter Than You
Ever since we had Jon Aguilar on the show back in Episode 251, Jon has been telling me I had to have his very brilliant wife on. And so, while driving back from a friend's wedding, I stopped by Casa…
Ep 264 - Brett Veinotte: Why Does School Suck for So Many Kids?
They must put something in the water in New Hampshire because Brett Veinotte and Katie O'Brien reached very similar conclusions through tutoring: as an experience school sucks for A LOT of kids. And …
Ep 262 - It's Big Mike's Birthday!!! What should we get him for a gift?
When ordinary men have birthdays, they receive gifts. However, Big Mike knows it is better to give than to receive and so, on his birthday, Big Mike has gifted to the people of the Callenphate his wi…
Ep 260 - Chris Ryan: Uncle Chris Took Me in His Van and I Liked It
At this point, Chris Ryan probably doesn't need any introduction but why not give him one anyway. He's the author of Sex at Dawn and one day he'll be able to call himself the author of Civilized to D…
Ep 259 - Walid Darab: They will recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats.
Ep 258 - Meet Your Fellow Mixed Mental Artists: Isaiah Gooley
Ep 257 - Knowledge Bomb: The Art of Losing
Ep 256 - What is Science?
Ep 255 - Knowledge Bomb: Negativity Bias
Ep 254 - Chengyu: Heaven is High and The Emperor is Far Away
Ep 253 - Why Doesn't Western Medicine Turn Us On?
Ep 252 - The Emperor Tries to Keep His Clothes On as He Talks About Sexism
Ep 251 - Navigating the #Jobocalypse with Jon Aguilar: What Kind of Smith Are You?
Ep 249 - #KnowledgeBomb: The Growth Mindset In Three Minutes
Ep 248 - #KnowledgeBomb: Descartes' Error Three Minutes
Ep 247 - SPECIAL: The Theories of Everything Part 3
After hearing the Theories of Everything Part 1 and Part 2, everyone got suuuuuuper jealous that Hunter was getting Spiros all to himself. In the spirit of Mixed Mental Arts, Hunter decided to share …