The Path to Wisdom | John Vervaeke | The Tim Ferriss Show

Vervaeke is the director of UToronto’s Consciousness and Wisdom Studies Laboratory and its Cognitive Science program, where he teaches Introduction to Cognitive Science and The Cognitive Science of Consciousness, emphasizing the 4E model, which contends that cognition and consciousness are embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended beyond the brain.

Vervaeke has taught courses on Buddhism and Cognitive Science in the Buddhism, Psychology, and Mental Health program for 15 years. He is the author and presenter of the YouTube series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis” and his brand new series, “After Socrates.”

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Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.

[NeyTorres]

The video discusses the concept of wisdom and how it is related to foolishness and self-deception. The speaker explains that the same processes that make us intelligent problem solvers also make us prone to self-deceptive and self-destructive behavior. He gives the example of playing chess, where the number of possible moves is so large that we have to bias our attention towards certain heuristics to make relevant decisions. However, biases and heuristics can also lead to self-deception when they prevent us from seeing alternative perspectives or solutions. The speaker argues that wisdom requires the ability to recognize and overcome these self-deceptive processes, and that this is a lifelong process of learning and self-reflection

[engineeredaf]

This was the clip that got me to listen to the whole thing… on .75x speed 👀

[edgardosantana]

This was satisfyingly mind-blowing and it all made sense. I can't wait to watch the full episode!

[jip]

Why is the entire episode not on Apple Podcasts yet?

[SterlingCoker]

“The process that make us intelligent problem solvers, are the same processes that make us prone to self destructive behavior” 🔥

[ProfessorRuh]

I can totally see where he’s going with this. It reminds me of a saying as “seeing into the small is wisdom”

[ivanbellman]

Wholly disagree… this is like the cliff notes to behavioral economics.

[steven-lrdh]

The fools says in his heart "there is no God"