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Welcome to another power-packed episode of Impact Theory, I’m Tom Bilyeu!
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Gad Saad to discuss a wide range of topics that hit at the core of our modern geopolitical and social issues.
Sad Gaad has long been a vocal commentator on societal unrest and political strife. Drawing from his personal experiences during the Lebanese civil war, Sad has repeatedly warned about the potential for civil discord in various parts of the world, including the West.
We dig into various academic and philosophical critiques, including content analysis of Islamic texts, the phenomenon of global cultural movements, and the challenging landscape of political rhetoric in the West today. Gad also sheds light on behavioral psychology, the evolutionary underpinnings of human behavior, and the crucial role of evidence-based reasoning in preserving truth.
Throughout this interview, Gad shares his profound insights on the formation of Israel, the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the deep-rooted historical and religious tensions that underpin it.
Don’t miss this riveting and nuanced conversation that confronts some of the most pressing issues of our time, questioning the fundamental values and beliefs that govern our world.
CHAPTER MARKERS:
[0:00] Western cultural theory of mind
[30:12] Trump becoming a dictator
[44:53] Affect as information
[1:23:28] the reliability of a prescriptive trajectory
[1:44:24] Ideological mind control
[2:29:36] Jewish identity amid conflict
POWERFUL QUOTES FROM Gad Saad:
“Well, it baffles me to see how westerners have zero cultural theory of mind, for example, when they interact with leaders in the Middle east. What do I mean by that? Compassion, empathy, generosity, kindness, magnanimity. Each of those traits that I just listed are viewed as laudable virtues. In the west, what the Middle Eastern mind reads, it is weakness, weakness, weakness, weakness and weakness.”
“There is no pathway for Donald Trump to ever be dictator. That’s the beauty of the American system.”
“I can link pretty much every single public policy disaster that you could think of to the misfiring of empathy.”
“The stochasticity of life is oftentimes the thing that stops that prescriptive foolproof thing from working.”
“And that’s why the parasitic mind became the success that it did, because it aptly and accurately and poignantly captures what happens to human brains when they are prone to ideological raptor.”
“If I’m a caustic atheist and you’re an avowed Catholic, notwithstanding the lovely mantra of love will conquer all, we’re starting off on the wrong statistical foot and that statistically, we’re not putting all the bet in our favor.”
“Does the Quran and the Hadith have a lot of Jew hatred in them? Well, I don’t have to guess that. I can use the scientific method to gauge that.”
“So to go into your prescriptive world, what is the algorithm that they’re running so that I can emulate them and I’m going to beat those assholes?”
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Themes: Mindset, Finance, World Affairs, Health & Productivity, Future & Tech, Simulation Theory & Physics, Dating & Relationships
