Intro:

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• We love freedom except if you engage in activities that we don't approve. Then, screw freedom
• Simple laws to follow: don't hurt humans and the environment. Aubrey Marcus for president
• Dolphins getting high: if you are a dolphin, it's hard to get ayahuasca
• Guilt as the gateway drug to giving away your power
• One of the problems with religions: fighting over semantics, using the same words to mean radically different things
• A prime example: "God"
• "All crackers are terrible"
• Tweaking your message depending on who's in front of you
• The transformations of Catholicism
• Most people don't choose, but follow what they have been taught. Mindfulness as an antidote to being a robot
• Not this or that, but this and that
• Nuanced worldviews vs. binary thinking "The nature of the business is complexity. If you can't deal with it, you have no business dealing with history or with life"
• The Warrior Poet philosophy: applied Taoism
• The ghost of Chris Ryan haunts our conversation
• The challenge of the Twenty-First Century: Cosmic Tribes
• South Dakota experiences
• Creating powerful rituals for 21st century tribes
• The power of the mind
• To go to college or not to go
• How the Italian military service pushed me into academia
• Getting college credit for Latin and ping-pong
• Aubrey about jealousy and what that says about you
• Jealousy is the opposite of love
• The evil law of the universe: the least you need something, the more likely you are to get it
• Neediness is not attractive
• How Bruce Campbell Saved Daniele's Wedding
• Check out Aubrey on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarriorPoetUS