00:00 Most people have a positive outlook on life
04:00 Suicide catalyst Teal Swan, https://gizmodo.com/weve-launched-an-investigative-podcast-about-a-controve-1826416613
16:40 Elliott Blatt joins
18:00 I pulled off my first pullups in 34 years
21:30 How do you live without purpose? Elliott’s journey of discovery
26:30 Elliott’s magic mushroom community
30:00 Finding the right distance, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=236YtgmB3zM
57:00 Life group, https://www.theringer.com/2022/3/3/22956353/fatherhood-cancer-jonathan-tjarks
1:00:30 Friendships – One Part of Your Life You Shouldn’t Optimize, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/opinion/culture/making-friends-covid.html
1:14:40 The Libs of Tik Tok, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/
1:16:00 The ‘Libs of Tik Tok’ Exposé Is Part of a New Trend: Shaming Private Citizens who Dissent, https://www.newsweek.com/libs-tik-tok-expose-part-new-trend-shaming-private-citizens-who-dissent-opinion-1699120
1:18:00 Why Taylor Lorenz’s Libs of TikTok Expose Has Outraged Conservatives, https://www.newsweek.com/why-taylor-lorenz-libs-tiktok-expose-has-outraged-conservatives-1698841
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