Gena Gorlin & Yaron Discuss The Builder's Mindset and Much More | Yaron Interviews
Channel: Yaron Brook
Date: 2023-12-15

00:00 Intro
02:33 Substack https://builders.genagorlin.com/
03:19 Work at the university
05:10 The Builder's Mindset
09:10 Is it applicable to everybody?
11:07 What are they building?
16:18 It applies to everything in life
17:24 Integration of work and life
20:35 Build relationships
23:10 Elon Musk
25:08 Do you have to suffer to achieve greatness?
29:17 Don't wait until you fix yourself
34:34 Open AI Drama

Live Questions:
43:52 Is the basic error of evolutionary psychology that it takes its own scientific conclusions as a primary over all human cognition, as more basic than philosophy, ignoring the necessary hierarchical order of knowledge?
49:00 I'm reading up on Attachment Theory, and psychologists often talk about getting our needs met. But they don't define what our needs are. What would you say our needs are? Are these needs a matter of life and death?
54:08 For years, not reading Branden was an unspoken Objectivist rule. You say you hadn't read him due to a bad taste, but why aren't you curious about the content of the main voice of psychology in the history of the movement?
56:15 Fun question: Do you know of any support groups for people with mothers like Henry Rearden's?
57:28 Do you think one can label oneself as shy or an introvert, and then use that as an excuse to miss out on potentially valuable relationships?
58:38 Rand wrote, "Art fulfills one's needs to love their life." Would a romantic relationship do the same? I think a person experiences meaning to the extent that romantic art or relationships meet that need. What do you think?
1:01:50 Have you read "The Worlds I See," autobio of Fei Fei Li, an AI builder who left industry for Stanford so that her building medical AI would not be subject to FDA? The only autobio of a great builder I know of. Your opinion?
1:02:36 Can youu touchh on the delineation betweeneen a builder/founder struggling with their standard vs second handedness.. building for the sake off others to benefitfit/approve.
1:05:44 If you're honest, and willing to be vulnerable, can't you work on relationship skills within a relationship?
1:06:35 Reading Don’s ‘Effective Egoism’ & listening to Sabine’s ‘Existential Science’ & suddenly I understand the ‘Free Will’ ‘Determinism’ debate ( fun❤️) which I find to be annoying discussion of definitions. I take Sabine as info & Don as ‘instruction for action’ OK?
1:07:52 I hypothesize that one experiences meaning from fulfilling their higher needs, like enjoying romantic art. What do you think?
1:10:13 How do anxiety disorders which involve panic attacks and derealisation/depersonalisation relate to a person's self-esteem and how to best deal with that problem? (original question Feb 3rd ’23).
1:13:39 Do youu haveve experience with narcissism? I find that term used as a synonymm to selfishness but I think a true narcissistssist would be very far from rational and very concerned with others and not honest withth themselves
1:15:24 How would you deal with an emotionally repressed person who loves their life and family only as a moral imperative?
1:17:13 Is Andrew Tate doing damage to teenage boys psychologically?
1:17:49 Is insomnia mental or physical?
1:18:26 Can a thorough philosophy like Objectivism be a hinderance towards ironing out psychological difficulties vs say common sense (i.e. overthinking).
1:19:24 How does one quit fidgeting? Is it worth quitting?
1:20:10 Can you increase agency in structured jobs eg. law enforcement or military?
1:21:07 I become nervous in competitive contexts, especially for ranked matches like in tournaments. What causes can I enact to view my opponent's competence as a win-win enabling virtue rather than a threat?
1:22:56 Can you talk abt discoveries you’ve made while researching ruminations?
1:24:04 How do you know if you need coaching or therapy?
1:24:50 What are the most common problems brought up in therapy? And does Objectivism offer some kind of advantage to solving these?
1:26:08 See pinned comment for timestamps of additional questions

1:40:20 Outro

Gina Gorlin: https://builders.genagorlin.com

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