Podcast about social media effects and the impact on a meaningful life with Dean Rickles and Lisa Cypers Kamen sponsored by Nutrafol and SKIMS

Mind the Dash: Forging a Meaningful Life

Original Air Date Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

Most teenagers’ default setting is mimetic desire. Before online technologies were ubiquitous, teens would mimic the behavior of familial or social influences to shape their morality and conduct. During times of quiet reflection, they indulged in self-assessment. But with social media algorithms designed to manipulate the mind through wasted time, there are entire age groups that are becoming externally referenced.

To discover ways to retain our individualism, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with author and professor Dean Rickles PhD.

Dean offers a philosophical and psychological look into the damaging effects of social media on social connections. He shares the core principles from his book Life is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making it More Meaningful as examples of how death can be a driver to embark on a richer, more meaningful life. 

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Meet Our Guest:

Podcast about social media effects and the impact on a meaningful life with Dean Rickles and Lisa Cypers Kamen sponsored by Nutrafol and SKIMS

Dean Rickles PhD is a professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney and the co-director of the Centre for Time. Dean briefly trained as a concert pianist at the London College of Music. He is the author of many books, including histories of String Theory and quantum gravity, and two recent books: Life is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making it More Meaningful (Princeton University Press, 2022) and Dual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning (Routledge, 2022 – co-authored with Harald Atmanspacher).

Book: Life is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making it More Meaningful

Dean Rickles PhD — Forging a Meaningful Life:

  • Dean describes the focus of his Seneca-esque book Life is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making it More Meaningful and shares why he canceled his social media accounts. {1:56}
  • Capturing the mind’s attention is the capital that is paid to use social media. {8:31}
  • Lisa and Dean discuss distractions, dopamine hits, social connection, and death. {19:13}
  • Philosophy is the ultimate self-help tool about how to live and how to die. {28:14}
  • Derived from his book, Dean describes the ideal balance between wise and childish poles. {30:52}

Shareables:

“Attention is the capital in the social media world.” Dean Rickles on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “Most people are always making ready for the future rather than actually living. So they never actually end up living.” Dean Rickles on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “When you get pulled into a trance the data stream is manipulating you.” Dean Rickles on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “You can make rats into drug addicts very quickly.” Dean Rickles on @HHTalkRadio Share on X

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