066- Jash Dholani: Lessons From The Greatest Thinkers in History

Jash Dholani is the Author of "Hit Reverse: New Ideas From Old Books" and content creator 'OldBooksGuy' on Twitter writing about the best lessons we can learn from the greatest thinkers of all time.

In this conversation we cover ideas from Friedrich Nietzsche, GK Chesterton, C.S Lewis, La Rochefoucauld, and others. 

00:00 The Journey of Building a Platform on Twitter

06:29 Relentless Pursuit of Knowledge

11:48 The Burden of Power and Ambitious Goals

39:21 Humor and Evolutionary Psychology: The Mystery of Jokes

40:40 Challenges of Setting and Achieving Goals

41:19 The Nature of Play and its Significance

42:29 Democracy and the Repression of Excellence

55:32 Education, Values, and Moral Compromise

01:00:39 The Spiritual Impulse and Coherence of Ideas

01:11:01 Belief Systems, Secularism, and Societal Values

 

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