Jason Silva (Part 1) - Experiencing the Full Intensity of the Lived Experience

Today’s guest is essentially a professional mind-blower, and man is he good at what he does. This is Part 1 of 2.

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.

I’m a big fan of Jason’s ever since my dear son Ali recommended his show. Call me corny, but I’m in awe of how this guy thinks and communicates.

I had no idea what to speak to him about because his scope of interest is massive: futurism, technology, creativity, the science of awe, disruptive innovation, relationships and mental health. Where we ended up has made for one of the most fascinating episodes yet. Even though we didn’t always agree, he opened my mind to a new paradigm for understanding perception itself. Don’t miss this.

In Part 1, we discuss:

• Our shared love and admiration for the Netherlands
• Why Jason sees himself as an artist more than anything else
• The importance of awe for engaging the world meaningfully
• Flow cycles, and why Jason has been called a “cognitive ecstasy addict”
• Why children are always nomads in a sense, and how that avoids jadedness
• How adults create maps of the world to save energy, but lose the intensity of the lived experience
• The health benefits of awe and Jason’s awe triggers: new experiences and cannabis
• How cannabis puts you in the present moment to experience, as Michael Pollan said, “a sense of first sight unencumbered by knowingness”
• Escapism vs Intensification: a debate on the utility of weed
• Shaking up stuck patterns through psychedelics 

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