Episode 35: 2021 Yearly Themes

December 31, 2020 by Aidan Dennehy

A yearly theme is a guiding principle that you use to help you make decisions throughout the year. Allowing you to intentionally move your life in the direction you want it to go. Last year the humans both set themes to follow (Aidan’s was Year of the Portfolio and Evan’s was languages) and now it is time to review how they went and set new themes for the next year. It might not shock you to learn that 2020 through a few curve balls at the humans that they weren’t expecting, so make sure you listen to hear all about them.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

Aidan’s Website (His Portfolio)

Episode 12: The Experimental Dozen

Episode 18: Sticking to your Goals during Quarantine

What are Yearly Themes? - CGP Grey video on Yearly Themes

What are Yearly Themes? - The Theme System Guide

The Basics of Pathways Online Seminar

CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science course

The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

Episode 31: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 1) / Episode 32: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 2) - The humans’ thoughts on Social Media

Sophie’s World - Great Intro to Philosophy

Duolingo

Episode 34: Taking Stock of 2020

December 22, 2020 by Aidan Dennehy in Mindset/Philosophy

At the end of every year, it’s good to review what happened before you start making decisions about what you want the next year to look like. In this episode, the humans go back through every episode of the podcast they published in 2020 and talk about what has happened since and how they feel about the topics months later. They end by discussing the future of the podcast and what they want to talk about over the next year.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

Episode 12: The Experimental Dozen

CGP Grey Yearly Themes Video

SH13: Using Meditation to Manage Stress

Transcendental Meditation
The 5 am Club by Robin Sharma

SH14: Using Sport to Understand Other Humans

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Episode 15: How to Stop Procrastinating RIGHT NOW / Episode 16: How to Get Your Schoolwork Done by 4:30 pm

Episode 17: Staying Healthy while Social Distancing / Episode 18: Sticking to your Goals during Quarantine

Episode 19: Parasitic Social Media

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Episode 20: The Life-Changing Magic of GOING TO BED

Episode 21: When is it Time to Quit your School Clubs?

Episode 22: Dear Future Self

A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload by Cal Newport

Episode 23: 10 Books that will Change your Life

Episode 24: The A to Zs of Getting a Job

Episode 25: Super Chill But Good Job Plan

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

Episode 26: How to WIN at College/University

Episode 27: Is Working Hard a Bad Sign?

Chidi refers to Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place

Episode 28: What is a 'Good Life'?

Episode 29: Cooking Basics so you don't Starve

Episode 30: Tao Te Ching

Episode 31: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 1) / Episode 32: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 2)

Episode 33: The 5 am Club

Riemann Sum - Wikipedia

Differential calculus - Wikipedia

Utilitarianism

Deontological ethics

Virtue Ethics

Episode 33: The 5am Club

December 08, 2020 by Aidan Dennehy in Mindset/Philosophy

How do you make time in the day for exercise, self-renewal, and personal growth? How do you wake up feeling inspired, focused, and ready to go? Is it even possible to wake up at 5am?

The this episode of Standard Humans, the humans tackle these and questions and more from Robin Sharma’s The 5am Club. Aidan followed the guidelines for almost 3 month and has a lot to say on the matter.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

The 5am Club by Robin Sharma

The 5am Club Book Summary

Reasons why it is better to sleep before midnight (One hour before midnight is not equal to two after midnight, but it’s still a good idea)

Effect of Coffee on your Enamel

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

It Takes 66 Days to Form a Habit Academic Study

The 21 Day Rule is a Myth based on anecdotal evidence from one plastic surgeon=

Beginner’s guide to Intermittent Fasting

Episode 32: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 2)

November 26, 2020 by Aidan Dennehy

How does Social Media affect you? Does it take away your ability to empathize with others? Does it make you unhappy? What effect does it have on politics? How does it impact your soul?

All these questions and more are tackled in the humans’ second episode on Jaron Lanier’s Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

The Social Dilemma on Netflix

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser - How companies create unique information realities for each of us

How to find out which political parties Facebook thinks you support

Lord Alfred Tennyson - Evan’s Top Ad Interest on Facebook

Google shows you results based on who you are: 1, 2,

Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? - Spoken Word Video about Social Media use

Look Up - Spoken Word Video about Social Media use

All the ways Facebook is making you miserable: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Millennials’ changing attitudes about sex

Russian trolls created the ‘Bernie Bros’

Russian trolls impersonated Black activists

Russian bots fuelled the Parkland Shooting conspiracies

Media bias fact check

Allsides.com bias and fact check

Fake News spreads 6x faster than the truth

Saudi Arabia makes a robot a citizen

The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

Dezinformatsiya

Dezinformatsiya in the US Election

How VPN’s can save you money

Tools you can use to avoid BUMMER

How to download your data from Facebook

How to Delete or Deactivate Facebook

Facebook Feed Eradicator

How to turn off YouTube autoplay

Brave Internet Browser

DuckDuckGo Search Engine

Episode 31: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Part 1)

November 10, 2020 by Aidan Dennehy

What exactly is the problem with the social media companies? Does it have something to do with data? Where is all this fake news coming from? Why is there so much hate online? A lot of people get the feeling that Big Tech is doing something wrong, but can’t quite put their finger on what it is.

In the book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Jaron Lanier explicitly spelled out 10 fundamental issues with the social media companies and what you can do to help. In this episode, the humans discuss Lanier’s first 5 reasons and why they are so important to understand in today’s society. The conversation got so in depth that the humans ran out of time to record and will return next episode with the final 5 reasons why you should delete your social media accounts.