Smart Funny Tortured

TOPICS COVERED:

- Jeffrey Hinton and the rise of AI irrelevance

- Pattern recognition, synthesis, and cognitive flexibility

- Douglas Hofstadter, Steve Jobs, Joy Buolamwini, and Tony Stark as intelligen…

TOPICS COVERED:

- The neuroscience of joy, laughter, and orgasm

- Flow states, emotional intelligence, and pleasure as defiance

- Viktor Frankl, Albert Camus, and the absurdity of hope

- Why funny people…

TOPICS COVERED:

- Trauma, shame, and desire as fuel

- The science of nervous system recalibration

- Carl Jung’s shadow, Resmaa Menakem’s soul nerve

- How shame stabilizes—then cages

- Turning repressed en…

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A world where wit, depth, and resilience aren’t just tolerated but exalted.

A world where being Smart, Funny, an…

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Paul sits down with Dr. Zachary Stein to explore the future of education and the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom. He advocates for dismantling traditional schools and replaci…

Paul sits down with Elissa Strauss, a prominent journalist, essayist, and author. A leading voice in the conversation surrounding society, parenting, and caregiving for over 15 years. Her work has be…

Paul sits down with Caleb and Shelby Ward, Co-Founders of the World’s First Home for AI Storytellers, Curious Refuge. From western Texas to the mahogany boardrooms of Hollywood studios, Caleb and She…

Paul sits down with Professor Timothy Morton, an eco-philosopher, artist, and author of 25 books, translated 40 times into 18 languages. They explore the connection between philosophy, ecology, spiri…

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People of…

Paul sits down with Dr. Habib Sadeghi to talk about love, medicine and what we can do to regain our health and happiness despite a broken medical system.

It’s fair to say that one area of our life whe…

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In a departure from the usual for…

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