Curious Worldview Podcast - 53: John Kaag | Hiking With Nietzsche & The Journey To Becoming Who You Are

53: John Kaag | Hiking With Nietzsche & The Journey To Becoming Who You Are

11/06/21 • 73 min

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John Kaag and his magnificent book, Hiking With Nietzsche, is the subject of this episode of the podcast.

The book is a decompression on two journeys, separated by 15 years. John journeyed to Sils Maria - this beautiful mountainous village in Switzerland where Nietzsche published, what some would claim as his masterpiece, a fictional title - Thus Spoke Zarathustra - which is, of course, an allegory on becoming who you are.

In this podcast with John Kaag On Hiking With Nietzsche, you can expect to hear about some of the following. ...

How philosophers romanticise to the point of worship, walking.
Nietzsche being misinterpreted later in life.
The impossible trade-off between fostering a family and pursuing the individual path.
Nietzsche's commentary on killing ones own father - metaphorically of course.
And finally - nothing to serious, just how John responds to being asked what his life purpose is

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00:00 - Introduction.
04:43 - Is There A Mysticism To Sils Maria?
15:38 - John's Experience Intentionally Fasting Himself Into Deleriousnousness.
25:38 - Did Nietzsche Ever Intentionally Harm Himself?
27:19 - The Problem Of Taking Nietzsche Literally.
33:43 - Great Philosophers & Their Devotion To Walking.
38:58 - The Impossible Trade Between Family & Becoming Who You Are.
56:59 - Nietzsche's Call To Kill Your Father.
1:05:23 - How Does One Become Who They Are?
1:08:57 - What Is John Kaags Great & Impossible?
1:10:23 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/john-kaag-nietzsche/

John Kaag and his magnificent book, Hiking With Nietzsche, is the subject of this episode of the podcast.

In this podcast with John Kaag On Hiking With Nietzsche, you can expect to hear about some of the following. ...

How philosophers romanticise to the point of worship, walking.
Nietzsche being misinterpreted later in life.
The impossible trade-off between fostering a family and pursuing the individual path.
Nietzsche's commentary on killing ones own father - metaphorically of course.
And finally - nothing to serious, just how John responds to being asked what his life purpose is

Previous Episode

52: Dan Paech | Journeying From Perth To Stockholm & Entrepreneurship In Sweden

Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/dan-paech/

Dan Peach is the guest on this episode of the podcast and co-owner of the Stockholm based start-up, 100 Point Challenge.

Dan is a mate of mine who I met a couple of years ago when I was selling a booking software for tour operators in Europe. Dan owns the business that was at the time companies first Swedish client. I have since moved to Stockholm and Dan has become one of my closest friends here.

I wanted to interview Dan because he has such an interesting story about moving from Perth over to Sweden. He is a business owner and perennial entrepreneur and he currently owns and runs a business that pulled off one of the best pivots I have ever heard during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is stuff worthwhile of a Harvard business case study.

You can expect to hear in the podcast with Dan Paech about the following and more...

Dan’s story and motivation for coming to Sweden of all places.
Starting and running a business in Sweden.
A bit of Perth history and what its like to grow up there.
Plus you guys will hear about more and more as well, please refer to the timestamps to navigate through the chat.

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00:00 - Introduction.
03:58 - Starting In Perth, Childhood & The Mining Boom
18:18 - Moving To Sydney, Covid-19 & Health Economics
27:18 - Journeying Onto Latin America
35:18 - Onto London & Asking The Question - What Do I Want To Do?
42:18 - Dan Giving An Explanation For The Backwards Housing Market In Sweden
47:48 - Dan's Story Of Entrepreneurship Through Sweden
58:38 - What Did Dan Learn Through His Various Failures?
1:02:48 - The Heroic Pivot
1:10:08 - What Is Sweden Like To Run A Business?
1:16:53 - Reflecting On How The Path Could Have Been Different
1:22:08 - Plans To Return To Australia
1:26:45 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:30:38 - Conversation Between Any Two People
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Next Episode

54: Lachlan McGrath | Understanding Cyber Security & The Realities Of Cyber Warfare

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Lachlan McGrath is the Senior Strategy Consultant for CyberCX and the Curious Worldview Podcast's official cyber security expert.

Cyber Security forces us to make considerations such as the following.

Why deploy an expensive and costly army when you could rather just cripple your enemy via wifi and anonymity?
Why spend billions on soldiers to destabilise a nation when you could rather just meddle anonymously in their elections?
Why risk your life trying to rob a bank, when you could rather and with significantly less risk just inject a line of malware code and achieve the same end goal?
How does the geopolitics of power change when traditional geography, manpower and distance become obsolete?

You can expect to hear in this podcast with Lachlan About Cyber Security the following and more...

Why Cyber Security Threats Must Be Treated As Seriously As If They Were Physical.
Lachlan Going Through All The Key Jargon.
The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security.
The Realities Of Cyber Warfare.
More, more, more and more.

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00:00 - Introduction.
04:39 - How We Should Stop Thinking About Threats As Only Physical.
11:44 - Lachlan Describing His Experience In Both The Public & Private Sector.
18:09 - Defining Some Of The Key Jargon In Cyber Security.
31:07 - Implications Of The Mass Movement To The Cloud.
35:56 - Using Real World Metaphors To Understand Cyber.
41:06 - Why Is The NHS Vulnerable To Attack?
43:36 - The Sophistication Difference Between The Offense & Defense.
54:41 - A Diplomatic Lachlan.
58:01 - The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security?
1:11:41 - What About The Ethics Of Cyber?
1:18:26 - Cyber Warfare.
1:40:23 - Cryptocurrency Regulation.
1:54:05 - Country You Are Most Bullish On?
1:56:42 - Conversation Between Any Two People?
1:57:54 - Afterthoughts.
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Are you into Nassim Taleb? I run a Nassim Taleb podcast covering all the wonderful ideas found in the 5 part Incerto series.
🎙️The Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast: - https://theincertonassimtalebpodcast.buzzsprout.com/My new Geopolitics & Power Podcast - Interesting tidbits from around the world documenting major geopolitical moves or projects you might have missed. Share this with one smart friend!🎙️The Geopolitics & Power Podcast: https://geopoloticsandpowerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Contact me 🐦 for feedback and also for recommendations on what future episodes should be! Twitter @ryanfhogg