The Human Flourishing Project

By Alex Epstein

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Episodes: 99

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Hi, I'm Alex Epstein. I started the Human Flourishing project to tackle the problem I care about most: human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge we need to flourish.

Episode Date
Episode 98: How to not be tired
Jul 06, 2021
Episode 97: The Wisdom of Effortless
Jun 08, 2021
Episode 96: How lucky we are to be alive right now
May 17, 2021
Episode 95: The joy of security
May 03, 2021
Best-of: The three ingredients of relaxed productivity (with bonus content)
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 94: Dynamic, handwritten journaling
Mar 29, 2021
Episode 93: How to identify your best practices and bad practices
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 92: Vision and persistence
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 91: Overcoming the Problems of Today's Social Media -- with Brian Amerige
Feb 13, 2021
Episode 90: Mindsets for overcoming adverse circumstances
Feb 01, 2021
Episode 89: Productive role models for 2021
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 88: Lessons from work fortnights
Jan 04, 2021
Episode 87: 6 kinds of focus
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 86: "Performance time" vs. "feedback time"
Dec 07, 2020
Episode 85: How to spend time
Nov 23, 2020
Episode 84: The wisdom of Cal Newport
Nov 09, 2020
Episode 83: The danger of moral safety
Oct 26, 2020
Episode 82: The three ingredients of relaxed productivity
Oct 12, 2020
Episode 81: Learning from master practitioner-teachers
Sep 28, 2020
Episode 80: Avoiding overwhelm (part 2)
Sep 14, 2020
Episode 79: Avoiding overwhelm
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 78: Best-case, worst-case thinking
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 77: Working easier through strategic discipline
Aug 03, 2020
Episode 76: When it’s difficult to get started
Jul 20, 2020
Episode 75: Being proactive about health
Jul 06, 2020
Episode 74: Focus and opportunity cost
Jun 22, 2020
Episode 73: How to think constructively about public injustices
Jun 08, 2020
Episode 72: Mining the past
May 25, 2020
Episode 71: An organism-based understanding of the new Coronavirus
May 11, 2020
Episode 70: Triumphing Over Distraction
May 02, 2020
Episode 69: The disruption playlist
Apr 24, 2020
Episode 68: Triumphing over disruption (part 2)
Apr 18, 2020
Episode 67: Triumphing over disruption (part 1)
Apr 11, 2020
Episode 66: Flourishing during a massive disruption (part 2)
Apr 04, 2020
Episode 65: Flourishing during a massive disruption (part 1)
Mar 28, 2020
Episode 64: Flourishing during a pandemic
Mar 14, 2020
Episode 63: Insights on fasting and food frequency
Mar 14, 2020
Episode 62: An Invitation to Thoughtful
Mar 07, 2020
Episode 61: Lessons From Fasting
Feb 29, 2020
Episode 60: The value of meditation, revisited
Feb 15, 2020
Episode 59: The Wisdom of Terry Hayes
Jan 31, 2020
Episode 58: An Exploration of Expectations
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 57: The most important New Year’s resolution
Dec 31, 2019
Episode 56: Optimizing nutrition for healthspan
Dec 16, 2019
Episode 55: Choosing the right thinking medium
Dec 13, 2019
Episode 54: When to work “too hard”
Nov 29, 2019
Episode 53: How to guarantee progress
Nov 15, 2019
Episode 52: Mastering 80%
Nov 02, 2019
Episode 51: The wisdom of Flow (part 3)
Oct 19, 2019
Episode 50: The value of a clear operating standard
Oct 04, 2019
Episode 49: The wisdom of Flow (part 2)
Sep 20, 2019
Episode 48: The wisdom of Flow (part 1)
Sep 14, 2019
Episode 47: Internal direction vs external direction
Aug 24, 2019
Episode 46: Reengineering routines
Aug 09, 2019
Episode 45: Tracking mental metrics
Jul 26, 2019
Episode 44: No Means Yes
Jul 12, 2019
Episode 43: Recalibrating standards of success
Jun 29, 2019
Episode 42: The Joy of Reverse Procrastination
Jun 22, 2019
Episode 41: The lesson I relearned from my new dog
Jun 08, 2019
Episode 40: The wisdom of The Fountainhead (part 1)
Jun 01, 2019
Episode 39: The case for achieving 80% of your potential (part 2)
May 18, 2019
Episode 38: Clear thinking and human flourishing
May 11, 2019
Episode 37: Life recipes
May 04, 2019
Episode 36: The case for achieving 80% of your potential
Apr 26, 2019
Episode 35: The search for truly great content (part 3)
Apr 20, 2019
Episode 34: The search for truly great content (part 2)
Apr 12, 2019
Episode 33: Cultivating appreciation
Apr 05, 2019
Episode 32: 2019 resolutions--progress report and lessons learned
Mar 22, 2019
Episode 31: How I learn from other people’s systems
Mar 16, 2019
Episode 30: An innovative psychotherapist
Mar 09, 2019
Episode 29: The search for truly great content
Mar 02, 2019
Episode 28: The wisdom of Arnold Bennett (part 2)
Feb 23, 2019
Episode 27: The wisdom of Arnold Bennett (part 1)
Feb 16, 2019
Episode 26: The search for superior systems
Feb 09, 2019
Episode 25: Q&A on resolutions, contexts, and personal assistants
Jan 26, 2019
Episode 24: The benefits of a time-blocked life
Jan 19, 2019
Episode 23: How to evaluate controversial technologies
Jan 12, 2019
Episode 22: The “altitude walk”
Jan 05, 2019
Episode 21: New Year’s resolutions for 2019
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 20: How no news leads to good news
Dec 22, 2018
Episode 19: Engineering your life routine
Dec 15, 2018
Episode 18: Seeking stimulation vs. seeking nourishment
Dec 08, 2018
Episode 17: Focus and opportunity cost
Dec 01, 2018
Episode 16: The art of self-experimentation
Nov 17, 2018
Episode 15: Nutrition (part 3)
Nov 10, 2018
Episode 14: Nutrition (part 2)
Nov 03, 2018
Episode 13: Nutrition (part 1)
Oct 26, 2018
Episode 12: The weekend crisis and the Playtime Planner
Oct 20, 2018
Episode 11: Q&A
Oct 13, 2018
Episode 10: Review and survey
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 9: Relaxed productivity (part 2)
Sep 29, 2018
Episode 8: Relaxed productivity (part 1)
Sep 21, 2018
Episode 7: Rejuvenation
Sep 14, 2018
Episode 6: Respecting context and independence
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 5: Constructive conversations
Sep 01, 2018
Episode 4: The science of explanation
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 3: How to enjoy growth and progress
Aug 17, 2018
Episode 2: Upgrading our knowledge systems
Aug 11, 2018
Episode 1: The problem I most want to solve
Aug 03, 2018