Stefanfan

I've done that too in commuting (in buses, my car) and that is certainly a worthwhile feat to do. For me, listening and driving isn't as effective as being freed of other important tasks for the time. That's a good analysis. Do you only play online/arcade? I suppose that works as long as you're not required to watch cutscenes or endings with dialogue or subtitles. Perhaps I'll have to give "better" games a try as well. I wonder what other games fit for listening to podcasts. "Soul... Calibur... STEF!"

Yeah, a simple game is ideal with podcasts that have no listed facts in the video, and especially with those podcasts that have just the blue background throughout the video.

I don't know about you but often it can be hard for me to listen to Stefan's podcasts effectively on the computer; I hoard good, useful news articles and read them in the same time. Even when I'd realize the podcast is important. A solution to that (at least for me) is a game that keeps one busy, while not distracting your attention too much from the podcast: Cookie Clicker, a simple yet addictive browser game that you can play for thousands of hours. Cookie Clicker I hope no one gets too addicted to it. Remember to keep clicking, buying or anything -- just make sure that your focus stays on A] cookies and B] Freedomain Radio.

It is said that the older you get, the harder it is to gain new friends. I would sign that. Befriending requires some bit of humility (and personal input, essentially.)

Thank you very much for taking your time to a profound response and a warm welcome. I would like to become a great student because I know that I can be a good, innovative teacher and I want to make reading philosophy pleasant to the average students. I do enjoy school, especially the atmosphere in a university that is full of people I like to be with. To think of it, I probably have more potential in being an entrepreneur and a developer of something new (than in teaching philosophy) but I would be more satisfied with philosophy (exclusively or along with product development). Well, I do have problems sometimes trying to recall the focal points in e.g. a podcast Stefan Molyneux has put forth, or I'll just remember a few points of an hour long podcast. Then again, that might be enough in many cases. I most certainly can recall the ideas slightly better when I want to share them with others out of passion. But even then I can't recall everything regarding the subject, so it probably won't be a full coverage of the subject. Perhaps my memory is normal, if you will, in that regard. I have yet to read RTR, but now that you mentioned it, I most certainly will at some point. I would greatly appreciate if you could sum up the message of the bit about Simon the Boxer before that, though. Nervousness makes me a bad haggler too, e.g. when buying a car. Yes, or more likely just one parent, since my father was never there. In one of the few memories I have of him he spanked me pretty hard. But my mom and siblings have been more violent post-divorce. Hmm... It is brilliant that there is hope. I could say that the road won't be a short one.

Perhaps I will die out of my sunburns prematurely instead. I think sunburns are a lot worse than burned food. Fair point – then again one is not instantaneously dead when the bullet hits the brain but maybe minutes or quarter hours after. In the final moment they have metal inside their skull. That's not healthy. Well... a C4 bomb would probably explode me/you in a heartbeat, that would be another story.

Congratulations tasmlab!

I would be interested in this subject as well. The value of academia shouldn't be underestimated but in the end, especially now in the days of Internet, nothing is stopping you doing what you can do in a university I think. What comes to philosophy that is.

Hello Freedomain Radio, I had put fish on the pan an hour ago. I was reading this FDR forum before and between cooking, hence I forgot the fish on the pan and the pieces burned from their bottom sides a bit. I turned the fish pieces around, thinking "Nah! Fish is always healthy." but then I thought about the cancer Stefan had obtained, so after just biting the best parts away, I threw the majority of my fish meal to the garbage bin. Fish isn't that cheap either. But I would rather be Prometheus in this regard and avoid cancer from the get-go, if I can. Does Stefan's cancer have an impact to your daily life? What are your thoughts on cancer overall? Share your thoughts, please.

Greetings great fellows of self-knowledge and philosophy. I have recently joined the board of Freedomain Radio and have been chatting a few times in the chat room ever since. I have instructed people in the past to a better self-knowledge, yet that is something I have yet to obtain myself. Usually I like to be in the helping side so this is very non-habitual of me to ask anything in a forum (especially given these days of Google and Bing.) Stefanfan 101: I’m a worker in his twenties from Western Europe. I wish to begin studying my favorite pastime, philosophy, in the near future of life, since I’m interested in presentation, mind-boggling subjects and virtues. Start-up business like developing innovations is another thing close to my heart. However, the weight would ideally be on philosophy. I’m intelligent and athletic, but far from perfect. My childhood was rough with a violent family and poor conditions. I had nor have little to any power to say anything in home as the youngest – I think that has something to do with why I have a problem in taking independent action; however I’m a fast doer when someone commands to do something (though sometimes I panic a bit amid it.) The home’s quality was nothing to be proud of: it had a lot of mold that has cast awkward injuries to me, albeit frankly they’re not common – wet red eyes or a bleeding nose, both randomly and often during situations when I’d least want that. In my path to university-level philosophy there is one major obstacle, bad memory. Comprehension is not an issue, I can think that ”Aha, so that’s how you do it.” about something in the book, but a day after forget it altogether. Not always but all too often. Then in the exams, I’ll do poorly albeit I have read a lot for it. I have come to think if it’s because of lack of self-discipline, though it’s not that I would do any better if I prepared for it in a class instead. Actually, hours spent reading alone might be more effective for me, as long as I read as much as I’m supposed to. (Well, there's a lot to develop in that regard.) Stefan’s latest podcast about procrastination has been helpful to me and now I realize everything is more about dedication than anything. I still do have a problem of being late constantly – bills, meetings, personal plans – can’t deny that. Last, there is panicking. It doesn't happen daily either, gratefully, and it can also be beneficial sometimes: but e.g. when my angry boss tells to do this or that (we have a hectic environment), I might sometimes panic so that instead of doing a lot I do nothing at all, i.e. I take a small break albeit we’re in a hectic situation. Well it’s not just that. Better example: if an authority like a teacher used to ask me a tight question while I was with a couple of my friends spending a recess in school, I would just blush and be very submissive. That would be humiliating for my friends too and sometimes a great laugh. It was all too common. Albeit I can be nervous, I'm one of the most patient people I've ever met. Perhaps though, if I procrastinated less, I would also panic less. My primary question would be – how can I become a great student? The two other issues come after that. I'd like to read your thoughts on this, as I can't analyze these objectively. Much appreciated