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110 - Erick Godsey on (Why It's Too Soon To Give Up) The Myths That Make Us
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Erick Godsey was almost my roommate in Austin, and even though I trust our destinies I still consider it a bummer that we didnât. He is a nobler beast than I. Heâs also the host of The Myths That Make Us, which is an excellent program for reasons that have nothing to do with my recent appearance on his show, but thatâs nice tooâŚ
What Erick IS is devoted to helping people live the absolute best stories that they can, which means first figuring out why weâre living the stories we already ARE.
Notes are slim for this episode but thatâs because just go listen to it right now.
Erickâs website:
âA great idea reconstructs your map. Itâs one of the most painful things you can go through, but itâs beautiful.â
âI was an atheist but I prayed. At night, I would pray to a thing I didnât understand and say, thank you, because all the people who were asking for things were stupid, and I was self-righteous.â
Donât read GĂśdel, Escher, Bach and then take 5 grams of mushrooms. (Psychedelic Conservatives.)
âIf you tell a twenty-eight year old, âYour story is an illusion,â it f-cks more people up than it helpsâŚespecially in Western culture, itâs not the right medicine at the right time.â
Our stories are not useful for as long as they used to be. Are they no longer serving us in the âinfoquakeâ of life online? How long will our evolutionary drives and archetypes persist amidst this metamorphosis?
Spiritual Bypass. Itâs all perfect. Thereâs a season for bullshitting yourself. Or no, you shouldnât ever do it. Donât resist your own psychodynamic forces.
Most adaptive story: you are not a noun; you are a verb. Least adaptive story: you are a noun; you have to endure; the world is happening to you.
What to do about being disempowered in a global landscape of tragic news, in our own personal lives, to do anything about anything?
Is it better to be good or great?
How to be good ancestors.
Can we bring our full selves to work at our âday jobsâ? What does it look like when we do? (AKA, Whatâs it like working at Onnit?)
What are your coping mechanisms and how can you channel them to make the world a better place? Get bonus content on Patreon
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe
219 episodes
Manage episode 231100010 series 2407639
Erick Godsey was almost my roommate in Austin, and even though I trust our destinies I still consider it a bummer that we didnât. He is a nobler beast than I. Heâs also the host of The Myths That Make Us, which is an excellent program for reasons that have nothing to do with my recent appearance on his show, but thatâs nice tooâŚ
What Erick IS is devoted to helping people live the absolute best stories that they can, which means first figuring out why weâre living the stories we already ARE.
Notes are slim for this episode but thatâs because just go listen to it right now.
Erickâs website:
âA great idea reconstructs your map. Itâs one of the most painful things you can go through, but itâs beautiful.â
âI was an atheist but I prayed. At night, I would pray to a thing I didnât understand and say, thank you, because all the people who were asking for things were stupid, and I was self-righteous.â
Donât read GĂśdel, Escher, Bach and then take 5 grams of mushrooms. (Psychedelic Conservatives.)
âIf you tell a twenty-eight year old, âYour story is an illusion,â it f-cks more people up than it helpsâŚespecially in Western culture, itâs not the right medicine at the right time.â
Our stories are not useful for as long as they used to be. Are they no longer serving us in the âinfoquakeâ of life online? How long will our evolutionary drives and archetypes persist amidst this metamorphosis?
Spiritual Bypass. Itâs all perfect. Thereâs a season for bullshitting yourself. Or no, you shouldnât ever do it. Donât resist your own psychodynamic forces.
Most adaptive story: you are not a noun; you are a verb. Least adaptive story: you are a noun; you have to endure; the world is happening to you.
What to do about being disempowered in a global landscape of tragic news, in our own personal lives, to do anything about anything?
Is it better to be good or great?
How to be good ancestors.
Can we bring our full selves to work at our âday jobsâ? What does it look like when we do? (AKA, Whatâs it like working at Onnit?)
What are your coping mechanisms and how can you channel them to make the world a better place? Get bonus content on Patreon
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe
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