Jonny Miller
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Podcast summaries
- Prior proto-summary: podcast w Jonny Miller
- Transcript: Podcast with Jonny Miller Transcript
- Keywords - brain hemispheres McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model Perceptual Control Theory barn-raising Internal Family Systems blindspot blindspot feedback is hard (but possible!) it's only possible to be rational within a frame make shared or different frames explicit Change doesn't just happen Intend productivity Intend Philosophy & Paradigm how to think about goals PCT internal conflict much of human collaboration scales sublinearly but it's possible to scale superlinearly What are the components or dimensions required for collaborative culture? Geoffrey West Questions for teasing apart the concept of commitment commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets Everyone is basically living in a dream mashup of their current external situation & old emotional meanings everyone is constantly overgeneralizing acceptance isn't the same as acceptance safety self-trust right hemisphere left hemisphere self-energizing
- Outline of ideas discussed. (I'm M, Jonny is J)
- 9:40 - 18:36 - New insights on Questions Are Not Just For Asking
- 29:11 - 43:49 - Reconnecting to desire, aliveness vs exhaustiveness Intend productivity Intend Philosophy & Paradigm how to think about goals PCT
- 1:02:27 - 1:10:32 - Why is Ian McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model valuable? McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model brain hemispheres much of human collaboration scales sublinearly but it's possible to scale superlinearly What are the components or dimensions required for collaborative culture? Geoffrey West Questions for teasing apart the concept of commitment commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets
- 1:11:05 - 1:17:15 - 'Should's, i.e., "I should do this, or that" are not useful for generating intrinsic motivation, but are, at least, they useful as crutches for intrinsic motivation? internal conflict
- 1:17:54 - 1:35:18 - How do you wake yourself up from dream mashups? How do you interact with people projecting their dream mashups on you? Everyone is basically living in a dream mashup of their current external situation & old emotional meanings everyone is constantly overgeneralizing acceptance isn't the same as acceptance safety self-trust right hemisphere left hemisphere
- 1:35:30 - 1:55:32 - Domino memes, barn-raising, new ways to non-coercively collaborate. self-energizing barn-raising Game B
October 25th, 2021
- podcast w Jonny Miller
- einstein's dreams
- micro-stories where time works differently
- Keats' negative capability
- sitting with uncertainty
- blindspot feedback
- Robert Augustus Masters
- dark night
- spark, aliveness, deeper motivation, desire
- strong intentions
- M > before...
- startup world, ambitious goals, from a place of ego
- PCT
- part of aversion to setting goals stems from a sense of arrogance around thinking I know what I want
- "I want to feel a certain way, and I'm making a guess that if I go in this direction it'll allow me to feel a certain way"
- "often the specific guess of a goal shifts as my view changes"
- every few steps
- pituitary gland, endocrine system
- Whyte middle path - uncomfortable tension until 3rd way
- magic of mcgilchrist model
- Michael Singer - beauty in surrendering
Malcolm podcast appearances
- November 5th, 2021 on Curious Humans with Jonny Miller
- talks extensively about my ribbonfarm essay Questions Are Not Just For Asking