18 Psychology Lessons To Understand People Better - Gurwinder Bhogal - #662

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Gurwinder Bhogal. He's a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder happens to be one of my favorite Twitter follows and he's written yet another mega thread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behavior, and social media. It is phenomenal. And today we get to go through some of my favorite lessons. Expect to learn why every debate is fundamentally an argument about the definition of words, whether modern men are right to believe that they would be better off living in medieval times, why people fighting injustice might actually be suffering with an identity crisis, why so many people go shopping for their opinions online, how the culture divide we have today stemmed from our tribal roots, why over analyzing tweets is a waste of time, and much more. These are some of my favorite episodes. I absolutely love sitting down with people that are as smart as Gwinda and getting to just dig into the best concepts and lessons they've got. But these ones are so high bang for your buck. The insight per minute rate of these sorts of episodes are just so huge. And I have so much fun recording these ones. I really, really hope that you do listening to them. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Whoop. Whoop is the only fitness tracker that I have ever stuck with. It is a 24-7 health and fitness coach that tracks your sleep, strain, recovery, stress and more to provide personalized insights that help you to reach your goals. Whether you're obsessed with putting in a little more effort in the gym or getting those extra hours of sleep, Whoop helps you improve your everyday health and wellness. Each morning, Whoop gives you a recovery score that acts as your daily guide for how much you should exert yourself. At the end of the day, you'll get a recommendation for your ideal bedtime and wake time. You can also track over 140 different habits and behaviors to see how they impact your overall health. I've used it for over five years now and it is the only fitness tracker that I have ever stuck with because it's the best. You can join for free, pay nothing for the brand new Whoop 4 strap, plus you get your first month for free and there's a 30-day money back guarantee, so you can buy it for free, try it for free and if you do not like it after 29 days, they'll give you your money back. Head to join.whoop.com/modernwisdom. That's join.whoop.com/modernwisdom. In other other news, this episode is brought to you by MyProtein. They are the number one sports supplement company in the world, literally the biggest worldwide. They ship absolutely everywhere and their product range is insane. If you need a new protein powder, their Clearway protein is the best that I have ever found. It is a complete game changer if you have been dealing with digestive discomfort. If you've just not been enjoying your protein, it's too milky, it's too thick, just not good. This is phenomenal. It looks and tastes like juice. It's light and fruity and refreshing, but has more protein in than a normal protein shake. There's even a vegan version. And on top of all of that, you can see everything that I use and recommend all of the products by going to bit.ly slash protein wisdom. That takes you to my super secret product page with all of my products on there. And that unlocks the code Modern Wisdom, which gives you the maximum discount available sitewide and globally, which is at least 37% or greater of everything. You just need to go and use it right now. Bit.ly slash protein wisdom and the code Modern Wisdom, a checkout. And in final news, this episode is brought to you by Craftd London. If you watched the Sam Harris episode on YouTube earlier this week, that was Crafted London's necklace that I was wearing. I absolutely love all of their kit. It is really hard to find good men's jewelry and Crafted has completely nailed it. They're not too expensive. All of the pieces are between sort of 30 pounds and bucks and maybe 60 pounds and bucks. So it doesn't matter. It doesn't feel like you're terrified of wearing it because in case you lose it, you're going to hate yourself. But it's also so high quality that it looks phenomenal, whether it's formal wear, casual wear, daytime, nighttime. They've got necklaces, chains, pendants, bracelets, rings and earrings, custom designs in gold and silver. They're waterproof, sweat proof, heat proof and gym proof. Plus they come with a lifetime guarantee. So if any of the pieces that you buy break for any reason during the entire life of the product, they will send you a new one for free. Plus they ship internationally and you can get 15% off everything by going to bit.ly slash cdwisdom and using the code MW15 at checkout. That's bit.ly slash letter c letter d wisdom and MW15 at checkout. But now, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for one of my favorite people, Gurwinder Bhogal.