Low Optionality and Adult Friendships
This week we talk about a few topics that Taimur's been noticing more and more — low social optionality (applied to adult friendships), the plight of kids in society, and treating your personal life l...
8 Mar 202036min
40 Concepts for Understanding the World - Tweet Discussion
This week we talk about @G_S_Bhogal's Twitter megathread of "40 powerful concepts for understanding the world". A whirlwind tour of a bunch of mental models that you may or may not have come across be...
1 Mar 202059min
Motivation, Complaining and Conversationality - A Critique of the Podcast
This episode features Calum, a junior doctor working in Scotland who spent 6 years in medical school living with Ali. Calum has listened to every episode of the podcast so far, and shares some critiqu...
23 Feb 202057min
Margin, Dinner Parties and The Art of Gathering
In this episode, we continue to discuss the difficulties with recording a podcast each week, which turns into a conversation about margin & keeping afloat vs optimising for the long term. We then talk...
16 Feb 202045min
Book Discussion: The Wright Brothers
In this episode, we summarise "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough. It's a biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright, best known for inventing the airplane. It contains timeless themes relevant to a...
2 Feb 20201h 9min
Does travel really broaden our horizons?
In this episode (recorded on a car journey, sorry for the audio quality), we discuss the extent to which travelling, and living in different countries for extended time periods, actually broadens our ...
26 Jan 202045min
Book Discussion - The Courage to be Disliked
In this episode, we summarise "The Courage to be Disliked" by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi. It's one of the very few books that Taimur's actually read, and the concepts it presents are provocative...
19 Jan 202054min
Words that changed our lives
In this episode, we each talk about 3 words/phrases that have changed the way we think about things and see the world. We touch on Taimur's new addiction to David Dobrik's vlogs, and Ali doesn't stop ...
12 Jan 202053min
