In this episode we unpack American Sociologist Erving Goffman's 1954 classic, "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life."
This book explores...
* The art of impression management
*The desire to maintain consistent performances
*The self as a social construct
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Jason Doe
Intro Music: Polyenso
Free PDF of the book: free pdf
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Timestamps
0:00:00 Introduction
0:04:46 Historical Context
0:06:43 “All the World is a Stage…”
0:08:13 Audience/Performer Dynamic
0:10:45 First Impressions
0:12:00 Consistent Performances
0:13:45 Working Consensus
0:17:30 Idealization
0:20:24 Mystification
0:22:27 Audience Segregation
0:25:53 Dramatization
0:28:27 Front Stage/Back Stage
0:37:40 Teams
0:42:00 Discrepant Roles
0:51:38 Failed Performances
0:52:20 Audience Tact
0:54:35 The Moral Character of the Definition of the Situation
0:57:13 False Notes
1:08:09 Performing for Ourselves
1:13:25 The Self as Social Construct
1:18:11 Cynical and Sincere Performances
1:20:17 Masks Becoming Personality
1:22:21 Outro
In this episode we unpack The Symposium by ancient Greek Philosopher Plato.
This dialogue explores...
* The Nature of Eros
*The Human desire for immortality
*The Guru Disciple Relationship
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Kilaya Ciriello Author of: Socrates Guru: Plato's Spiritual Philosophy in Comparison with the Indian Tradition
The Fundamentalist Plato (blog/substack)
Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:42 Fundamentalist Platonism
0:06:15 The Tradition of The Symposium
0:09:15 Narrative Structure of The Symposium
0:10:20 The Question of Plato’s Authorship
0:15:35 The Speech of Phaedrus
0:20:10 Historical Context of Pederastic Relationships Between Men and Boys
0:24:31 The Speech of Pausanias
0:28:18 The Speech of Eryximachus
0:31:49 The Speech of Aristophanes
0:38:10 The Speech of Agathon
0:39:46 The Flattery & Humility of Socrates
0:43:25 The Significance of Diotima
0:46:28 Socrates First Argument on Eros
0:50:18 We Only Desire What we Lack
0:53:07 Love as an Intermediary between humans and Gods
0:57:43 The Pursuit of Immortality
1:06:08 Love of “The Good”
1:08:24 The Ladder of Love
1:13:49 Pure Rationality
1:16:24 Criticisms of The Ladder of Love
1:18:42 The Entrance of Alcibiades
1:24:15 The Desire to Possess Another Person
1:27:42 Resentment towards Those Who Highlight our Shortcomings
1:28:45 The Unlikely Chance one will succeed as a Philosopher
1:31:29 Wrapping up
In this episode we unpack Paradiso from The Divine Comedy by Italian Poet, Dante Alighieri.
This Poem Explores...
-The Limits of Language and The Importance of Experience
-Divine Justice & The Problem of Evil
-Dante's Vision of God and The Returning of the Boon
Links to Books/Articles Mention in the Episode
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Great Course Plus-Dante's Divine Comedy Lecture Series
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Philip Kobosov
Music: Polyenso
In this episode we unpack Purgatorio from The Divine Comedy by Italian Poet, Dante Alighieri.
This Poem Explores...
-The Severity of the Sin of Pride
-The Significance of Momentum When Climbing the Mount of Purgatory
-The Importance of Humility When Reforming the Soul
Links to Books/Articles Mention in the Episode
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Great Course Plus-Dante's Divine Comedy Lecture Series
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Philip Kobosov
Music: Polyenso
In this episode we unpack Inferno from The Divine Comedy by Italian Poet, Dante Alighieri from 1321.
This Poem Explores...
Links to Books/Articles Mention in the Episode
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Philip Kobosov
Music: Polyenso
In this episode we unpack, British Mathematician, G.H. Hardy's classic book, "A Mathematician's Apology" written in 1940.
This book explores
-The Permanence of Mathematical Discovery
-The Metaphysics of Mathematical Reality
-The Moral Responsibility of the Mathematician
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
A Mathematician's Apology by G.H. Hardy
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Euclid's Proof of Infinitely Many Primes (explained)
Pythagoras's Proof of Irrationality of Square Root of 2 (explained)
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Brian Allen
Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
In this episode we unpack, Swiss Psychologist, Marie-Louise von Franz's classic book, "The Problem of the Puer Aeternus" from a series of lectures she gave in 1959.
This book explores
-The Eternal Child Archetype
-The Mother Complex (Jungian)
-The Loss of Initiation Rituals in the Modern Age
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
The Problem of the Puer Aeternus by Marie-Louis von Franz
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: David Bloome
Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:24 David’s Story Discovering the book
0:12:07 Characteristics of The Puer Aeternus
0:16:14 Commitmentphobia/Megalomania
0:23:00 The Mother Complex
0:28:46 Enmeshment
0:37:45 Analysis of “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
0:40:47 Symbolism of the Boa Constrictor choking the Elephant
0:46:00 Symbolism of the Little Prince Image
0:50:45 Symbolism of The Overgrown Baobob Trees
0:54:11 The Literal and Figurative Crash of Individuals suffering from the Eternal Child Complex
0:58:04 Von Franz’s Antidote to the Problem - Initiation Rituals
1:02:02 Consequences of the Lack of Initiation Rituals in the Modern Age
1:06:00 The literal and Figurative crash of Societies Suffering from the Eternal Child Complex
1:08:40 Jung’s Antidote to the Problem- Work
1:17:18 outro
In this episode we unpack "Common Sense" by English-American Political Activist Thomas Paine.
This Books Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Jared Shoup
Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
0:00:00 Introduction
0:05:01 Historical Context of Common Sense
0:13:37 Thomas Paine’s Background
0:20:48 The Differences Between Society and Government
00:25:00 Government as a Necessary Evil
00:27:28 Anti-Monarchy Sentiments in The Old Testament
0:30:11 Parallels Between The 12 Tribes of Israel and The 13 American Colonies
0:32:01 The Origins of Kings
0:35:35 Paine’s Critiques of Hereditary Succession
00:37:35 Paine’s Critiques of Constitutional Monarchy
0:42:13 The Disease of Monarchy
0:44:19 Paine’s Ad Hominem Attacks
0:45:14 The Present State of American Affairs
0:46:26 Why Separation from England is Necessary
0:47:40 England as “The Mother Country”
0:50:00 Why America Doesn’t Need England for Protection
0:51:16 Why America Doesn’t Need England for Trade
0:52:20 Logistical Nightmare of Communication with England
0:53:52 Why Now is the Time for Separation
0:54:58 The Paradoxical Correlation between a Nation’s Population and Military Size
0:58:00 “Relapse More Wretched Than the First”
0:59:56 Paine’s Ideas in What an American Government Should Look Like
1:04:06 America’s Naval Potential
1:07:44 Paine’s Call to Unite America
1:10:35 The Impact of “Common Sense”
1:13:05 Wrapping Up/Outro
In this episode we unpack several essays from Swiss psychologist Carl Jung's Collected Works on Dreams.
These Essays Explore...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
Dreams (excepts from collected works) by Carl Jung
Memories, Dreams, and Reflections by Carl Jung
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Aiden Moore *For one-on-one dream interpretation sessions with Aiden visit AidenMoore.com
Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:19 Differences Between Freudian & Jungian Dream Interpretation
00:05:09 Beginner's Mind
00:08:14 Assimilation vs. Accommodation
00:12:30 Taking up the Context of the Dream
00:19:45 The Dream as Repressed Wish-Fulfillment
00:24:11 The Language of the Unconscious
00:29:47 Causal vs. Final Explanations of Dreams
00:35:05 Compensatory Dreams
00:37:31 Prospective Dreams
00:41:39 Little Dreams vs. Big Dreams
00:44:07 Archetypes/The Collective Unconscious
00:49:07 The Objective vs. Subjective Interpretation of Dreams
00:55:30 Practical Application to Dream Interpretation
00:56:56 The "Punny" Character of Dream Images
01:00:12 Resisting the "Correct" Interpretation of a Dream
01:03:43 Slowing Integrating Unconscious Material
01:06:03 Repressed Material Will Follow You Until You Face It
01:08:46 The Empathy & Tact needed to Interpret Dreams
01:10:26 Resisting the "Correct" Interpretation of a Dream
01:13:38 The Consequences of Ignoring Recurring Dreams
01:18:10 Wrapping Up/Outro
In this episode we unpack The Bhagavad Gita from The Mahabharata written circa 500-200 BCE.
This Book Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
The Bhagavad Gita (Translation: Gita Press)
The Bhagavad Gita (Translation: Eknath Easwaran)
Bhagavad Gita Lecture Series by Gandhar Mandlik *youtube*
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Gandhar Mandlik YogaPoint.com Online/In-Person Yoga Courses and Teacher Training
Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Gandhar’s Personal Relationship to the Gita
04:36 Background of the Gita Story
08:56 All Problems are Interconnected
12:16 False Identification with the Physical Body
15:56 Cosmic Consciousness
18:22 The Trap of Sensual Desires
25:43 Right Understanding & Right Action
27:36 The Two Paths to Self Realization (Monk & Householder)
29:20 Karma Yoga / Dharma
32:20 Nonattached Action
35:00 Contributing to the Ecology
40:37 Bhakti & Jnana Yoga
48:07 Nondualism /The Cosmic Form
57:05 Characteristics of the Self-Realized Person
59:49 Service to Others as a key for Fighting Depression
1:00:47 Wrapping Up/Outro
In this episode we unpack the Second essay in German Existentialist Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's classic work "The Genealogy of Morals" from 1887.
This Essay Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Samuel Le Coutour
Theme Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
03:16 Questions Nietzsche is Trying to Answer
04:12 Origin of Punishment vs. Utility of Punishment
08:25 Punishment Hardens the Individual
10:24 The Etymology of the word “Guilt”
11:01 The Creditor/Debtor Relationship
12:32 Suffering as Compensation
13:48 Suffering as Entertainment Throughout History
14:39 The Link between Sadism and Social Status
17:14 Grace as a Form of Domination
19:31 The Social Contract
22:52 Lack of Free Will in Early Punishment
24:20 Nietzsche’s Hypothesis on the Origin of Bad Conscience
24:30 The State of Nature Theory
27:10 Turing The Will to Power Against Oneself
32:30 Masochism
33:34 Punishment as Entertainment for the Gods
34:47 Aristocrats Create Bad Conscience in Slaves
37:46 Ancestor Worship
40:22 Original Sin / The Psychology of Guilt
44:43 Debt Becoming Spiritual and Internal
46:19 Internalizing the Creditor/Debtor Dynamic within One’s own Conscience
48:59 Nietzsche’s Views on Bad Conscience / The Sovereign Individual
52:40 Wrapping up/ Outro
In this episode we unpack the first essay in German Existentialist Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's classic work "The Genealogy of Morals" from 1887.
This Essay Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Vocation Lectures by Max Weber
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Samuel Le Coutour
Theme Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:35 Challenges in Discussing this piece
00:04:49 Nuances in Nietzsche’s terminology
00:07:15 Questions Nietzsche is Trying Answers
00:09:36 “We are Unknown, we Knowers of Ourselves to ourselves”
00:11:11 Moral Prejudices of his time
00:13:54 Etymology of the words ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’
00:17:15 Language as an Expression of Power
00:21:20 The Function of The Priest in Society
00:23:54 Using Morality to Justify Domination
00:27:29 The Invention of Free Will
00:32:30 The Slave Revolt in Morality
00:36:14 Ressentiment
00:41:07 Nietzsche’s fear of Slave Morality
00:45:30 Nietzsche’s Criticism of Master Morality
00:47:43 Nietzsche’s Solution
00:49:18 The Battle Between Master & Slave Morality on the psychological level
00:55:49 The Battle Between Master & Slave Morality on the societal level
1:00:15 Secular manifestations of Slave Morality
1:02:09 Wrapping up/Outro
In this episode we unpack Jewish-Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's classic book "Man's Search for Meaning" from 1946.
This Book Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo
Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Barbara Spadaro
Theme Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
O2:09 Context of book
0:3:36 Egoism & Altruism amongst Prisoners
09:11 Phase 1: Denial
09:58 The Delusion of Reprieve
12:10 Phase 2: Apathy
13:31 Psychology of Guards
16:15 Two Types of Trauma
18:51 Phase 3: Anger
20:05 The desire for Revenge
22:40 Truth and Reconciliation after WW2
Forgive but not Forget
26:15 Finding Meaning Through Suffering
31:00 Finding Meaning Through Love & Work
33:20 Logotherapy in a Nutshell
33:44 The Will to Meaning
36:28 Paradoxical Intention
37:20 The Paradox of Striving for Happiness
40:02 The Meaning of Life
40:57 How The Meaning of Life Changes During the Course of One’s Life
44:00 The Is One Correct Answer to Every Situation in Life
46:24 “Live as if you were living already for the second time…”
48:47 Outro
In this episode we unpack French Continental Philosopher Henri Bergson's classic essay "Laughter" from 1900.
This Essay Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
Truth in Comedy by Charna Halpern & Del Close
Brain Droppings by George Carlin
How to be Funny by Steve Allen
Night at the Roxbury (SNL skit)
Anchor Man (movie)
Liar Liar (movie)
The Invention of Lying (movie)
Austin Powers International Man of Mystery (Movie)
Crocodile Dundee (Movie)
Tropic Thunder (movie)
Big Mouth (show)
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Patrick McInnis ImprovSanDiego.com
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
In this episode we unpack Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher Marcus Aurelius's classic book "Meditations" from 170 AD.
This book explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Steve Chung
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:11 Modern Interpretations of Stoicism
00:04:21 Translation
00:05:13 Why Aurelius Wrote the Book
00:08:30 Doing Good for the Wrong Reasons
00:09:37 Seeking Truth No Matter Who is Speaking it
00:13:10 The Logos
00:15:19 The Importance of Rationality
00:16:39 Doing What is in Our Nature
00:17:40 Focusing on Yourself
00:20:14 Expect People to Do What is in Their Nature
00:22:03 The Interconnected of All People
00:24:30 What is Natural is Good
00:25:58 Death = Change
00:26:49 Death as the Great Equalizer
00:27:43 Momento Mori
00:28:35 The Difference Between Stoicism and Nihilism
00:31:28 Your Legacy Won’t Live On After You Die
00:33:22 Seeking Approval From Others
00:36:08 Focusing on What is in Our Control
00:37:29 The Transgressor Harms Themselves When They Transgress
00:38:56 External Things Can’t Harm You
00:40:58 All Sin is Due to Ignorance
00:48:30 Equanimity
00:50:04 The Appeal of Stoicism During Times of Great Upheaval
00:53:11 Parallels to Buddhism
00:53:24 Seeing Things Objectively
00:57:35 There is Nothing New Under the Sun
01:00:00 The Present is the Only Time That Exists
01:02:55 Wrapping Up/Outro
In this episode we unpack Swiss Psychiatrist and Author Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's classic book "On Death and Dying" from 1969.
This book explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The Trauma of Birth by Otto Rank
Uses of the Erotic by Audrey Lorde
Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag
Empathy vs. Sympathy by Brene Brown (video)
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Andrea Dispenziere Psychology Today
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:58 Autumn’s Association with Death
00:06:15 Reminding Ourselves of our Mortality
00:13:19 Fear of Death in the Modern Age
00:14:40 Decline in Infant Mortality
00:17:25 Impersonal Treatment of Terminal Patients
00:24:29 The Illusion of Control
00:25:39 Summary of Kubler-Ross’s Interview Project
00:28:10 Verbal Ventilation
00:28:59 Importance of Meaning/Purpose
00:33:38 Mourning the Loss of Certain Abilities before Death
00:36:42 The Five Stages of Grief
00:38:23 Stage 1: Denial
00:39:18 Euphemism
00:40:51 Emotional Detachment
00:46:00 The Stigma of Denial
00:48:50 The Last Stage of the 5 stages of grief is the First Step of the 12 steps Program
00:50:05 The Link between Denial and Hope
00:52:16 Shock and Numbness
00:53:22 The Connection between Isolation and Denial
00:55:24 Stage 2: Anger
00:55:29 Anger at God
00:57:06 Anger at Oneself
00:59:05 Victim Blaming
01:01:00 Anger at the Living
01:02:16 Stage 3: Bargaining
01:02:54 Ambivalence
01:04:50 Bargaining with God
01:05:43 Reneging on the “Agreement”
01:10:45 Stage 4: Depression
01:10:49 Reactive vs. Preparatory Depression
01:12:47 Telling the Depressed Person to “Cheer Up”
01:14:15 Grieving your Anticipated Future
01:18:49 Sitting with the Person in Whatever Stage They’re In
01:21:28 Stage 5: Acceptance
01:21:36 Detaching from Life
01:22:30 Conflating Acceptance as “Quitting”
01:23:30 Difficulty Accepting Death in a Masculine Culture
01:25:57 Need for Solitude at End of Life
01:29:12 Kubler-Ross’s View of Death and Dying
01:30:30 Wrapping up/Outro
In this episode we unpack American Naturalist and Environmental Activist John Muir's Spiritual Writings from 1867-1915.
These letters explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
Spiritual Writings by John Muir
Chief Seattle full Speech 1854
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Mark McCann Wordsnvisions.com
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:55 Hiking as a Metaphor for Life
00:05:13 Summary of John Muir’s Life
00:08:35 Water over Stones
00:09:14 Finding God in a Thunderstorm
00:12:44 The Fear of the Unknown
00:16:57 The Call of Nature
00:20:52 The Confessional of the Woods/Solitude
00:24:13 Man’s Relationship to Nature
00:34:10 Seeking God in Scripture and Nature
00:35:06 The Cathedral Effect
00:40:27 Gratitude for The Big and Little Things
00:43:22 The Revitalizing Effects of Wilderness on the Body and Spirit
00:51:00 Muir’s Mission in Life
00:53:34 Wrapping up/Outro
In this episode we unpack British novelist and public intellectual Aldous Huxley's 1954 essay "The Doors of Perception."
This essay explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
General Resonance Theory (paper)
Entropic Brain Hypothesis (paper)
Nested Observer Windows (paper)
The Bhagavad Gita translation by Eknath Easwaran
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Nikki Johnson linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-johnson-free-thinker/
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 introduction
00:03:05 background about Huxley’s trip
00:05:58 the challenge of trying to communicate direct experience
00:11:30 Nikki's multi-sphere model of consciousness
00:14:28 the various terms for “God”
00:16:36 the reducing-valve theory of consciousness
00:27:52 types of people who filter out less primary consciousness
00:28:09 The Artist
00:31:26 The Schizophrenic
00:35:40 The Genius
00:36:33 the terror of witnessing God directly
00:43:06 the morality of the contemplative life
00:46:32 Huxley’s conception of enlightenment
00:48:46 the desire for self-transcendence
00:50:45 the war on psychedelics
00:54:27 integrating lessons from past lives
00:56:15 how a psychedelic experience changes a person’s character
00:57:23 wrapping up/outro
In this episode we unpack Canadian psychiatrist and analyst Eric Berne's 1964 book "Games People Play."
This book explores...
Links to Reading
Games People Play by Eric Berne
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Sonya @selfhelpsonya on TikTok & Instagram
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:04 The 6 Types of Interactions
00:05:59 Withdrawal
00:08:09 Procedures
00:10:13 Rituals
00:11:39 Emotional Stroking
00:14:28 Calculating how many strokes to give
00:19:21 Pastimes/Small-talk
00:20:06 Types of Small-talk
00:21:08 How a host determines the pastimes people play at a party
00:24:08 The rules for small-talk
00:27:16 Why we engage in small-talk
00:28:38 The 3 Ego States
00:29:25 The Parent Ego State
00:29:45 The Child Ego State
00:30:18 The Adult Ego State
00:31:32 Complementary Transactions
00:33:31 Crossed Transactions
00:36:00 Child-Child Transaction
00:38:04 Adult-Adult Transaction
00:38:39 The 2 Levels of of an interaction (social level & psychological level)
00:39:05 Superficial Transactions
00:39:32 Ulterior Transactions
00:39:46 Flirtatious Games
00:42:32 A Thesaurus of Games
00:42:36 "Look Ma, No Hands!"
00:47:32 "Now I've got You, You Son-of-a-Bitch!"
00:52:55 "Why Don't You, Yes But..."
00:55:25 Intimacy
00:56:00 The Uncorrupted Child
00:57:39 Operations ie. stating a need directly
01:00:36 Why most people settle for games
01:01:53 Closing Thoughts
01:03:34 Outro
In this episode we unpack Swiss Epistemologist and Developmental Psychologist Jean Piaget's 1969 book "The Psychology of a Child."
This book explores...
Links to Reading and Other Sources Mentioned
The Psychology of the Child by Jean Piaget
A Piaget Primer by Dorothy G. Singer & Tracey A. Revenson
Conversations with Piaget by Jean-Claude Bringuier
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Jeff Micheal-Johnson
Theme Music: Polyenso
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:26 What Piaget was trying to study
00:09:15 How a Child Learns (Adaptation/Assimilation/Accommodation)
00:17:04 The Stages of Cognitive Development
00:24:00 The Sensory-Motor Stage/Egocentrism
00:30:42 Object Permanence
00:33:19 Language at the Sensory-Motor Stage
00:36:15 Play at the Sensory-Motor stage/Practice Play
00:37:32 The Pre-moral Stage
00:38:21 The Pre-operrational Stage/Superstitious Thinking
00:43:44 Language at the Pre-operational stage/The Monologue
00:46:00 The Collective Monologue
00:47:53 Play at the Pre-operational stage/Parallel Play
00:50:57 Symbolic Play
00:52:48 Animism
00:54:20 Free Play
00:57:39 The Conventional Stage of Morality
01:01:18 Conservation
01:06:36 The Concrete Operations Stage
01:07:15 Language in the Concrete Operations stage
01:10:07 Play at the Concrete Operations stages/Games with Rules
01:16:10 The Autonomous Stage of Morality
01:18:42 The Formal Operations Stage/Abstract Thought
01:22:17 Language at the Formal Operations Stage
01:22:56 Life after the 4 stages of Development
01:24:09 Spiritual Development
01:25:30 Egocentrism vs Egolessness
01:27:17 How the Child Lives on in the Adult
