Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Jason Silva - Time, Truth, and Surviving the Planet's Panic Attack (Part 2)

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Episode notes

This is Part 2 of my interview with Jason Silva. Listen to Part 1 here. Be warned: after this one, you're likely going to end up a Jason Silva junkie like I did. And be warned again: this episode covers an absurd amount of topics in 30 minutes and may blow your mind.

Jason Silva is an Emmy-nominated and world renowned TV personality, storyteller, filmmaker, and sought-after keynote speaker and futurist. He is best known for hosting 5 seasons of the Emmy-nominated, global hit TV series Brain Games, on the National Geographic Channel, broadcasted in over 171 countries. His inspirational videos, Shots of Awe, have received over 100 million views across social platforms. Most recently he hosted the global miniseries Origins: The Journey Of Humankind on the National Geographic Channel.

In Part 2, we go in-depth on:

  • The nature of reality, of course
  • And the nature of time, of course
  • And objectivity vs. subjectivity, brilliantly framed by Jason as Church vs. State 
  • An Alain de Botton quote (listen to my epic two-part talk with him here)
  • Where science and poetry converge and diverge
  • The Great Gatsby and even more F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The nagging feeling that your life is a film complete with setting, plots, and characters
  • The awe felt in discovering a new world, and literally, the discovery of The New World
  • How our world is currently in a panic attack due to pandemic
  • Negotiating with your amygdala to find peace in the "deep now"
  • Jason's privileged yet dangerous childhood in Venezuela
  • Jason's views on romantic love and his belief that the honeymoon can last forever

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