Archive - Socratic State of Mind

Can We Be Slim if Obesity Isn't Bad?

You can't fight obesity without this question.

10 hrs ago •

We're All Deluded About Food & Obesity

On weight loss drugs and barking up the wrong tree

Jul 10 •

June 2025

How to Remember Any Number

Make numbers mnemonically sticky

Jun 26 •

What No One Told Us About "Love Thine Enemy"

Contextualizing Ben Franklin's Social Jiu-Jitsu

Jun 23 •

What No One told Us About "Love Thine Enemy"

Listen now | Contextualizing Ben Franklin's Social Jiu-Jitsu

Jun 23 •

8:04

The Social Jiu-Jitsu of Ben Franklin & The Stoics

The weirdest way to turn enemies into friends

Jun 19 •

The Social Jiu-Jitsu of Ben Franklin & The Stoics

Listen now | The strangest way to turn enemies into friends

Jun 19 •

8:47

Why Crowds Roar At The Wrong Places

Knock offs are the key to our heart

Jun 16 •

Why Crowds Roar At The Wrong Places

Knock offs have always been tempting

Jun 16 •

8:38

Is Wisdom Hidden in Our Crowds?

Another look at the mob

Jun 12 •

Is Wisdom Hidden In Crowds?

Listen now | Another look at the mob

Jun 12 •

6:47

We Should Judge More

"Don't judge me, bro," examined...

Jun 9 •

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