What humans are capable of is so fucking awesome. Why don't we lean into more of that and less efficiency and making money?

What does it mean to live fully? How do we be present to enjoy our lives? We explore the value of boredom, and Aaron commits to going on a boredom quest. We discuss the pleasures of getting to know the landscape of our neighborhoods and the simple yet mind-bending idea that we are one with all of existence.

We refer repeatedly to Alan Watts, including The Book, which is available as a downloadable pdf.

In this episode, we explore what it really means to be kind, the cost of being nice, what it means to be real, and what’s the deal with so much fakeness these days?

We mention these pieces:

Kim Scott: Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Greg Story of Brilliant Crank: We've built a society on bullshit and emojis and LinkedIn is a waiting room of doom

Jim Dethmer on conscious leadership

Dave Gray: Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think

Bryan Cantril talk: Principles of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017

From Sahil Bloom's Curiosity Chronicle: Are you into your pattern interrupts?

All humans – including you! – are creative. And we all have creative processes, though we aren't always aware of what they are.

In this conversation, we explore our creative processes, and barriers and facilitators to creativity.

We mention a bunch of people, including:

Gary Bernhardt of Destroy All Software

I credit Maya Angelou with the quote that you should let your failures refine you, not define you, but it turns out it was Max Lucado who said that.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Louie Parkinson of Catalyst Climbing

Brene Brown in reference to midlife "unraveling"

adrienne maree brown and her quote that, "Feeling good isn't frivolous; it's freedom."