Episode 14: Meta – Of or Beyond the Self

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In this episode, Phil leads the discussion on all things meta, or at least all that he could find. Ranging from metacognition to meta-ignorance to meta-emotion, this one is more of a grab bag than most.

Meta – from greek meaning “after/beyond” or “about”

NEW: This episode was edited by BroganMolloy

References

  • Meta
  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents By Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
  • Steve’s Article on “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents”
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole M.S. R.D. & Elyse Resch M.S. R.D. F.A.D.A.
  • Metacognition
  • Cognitive Defusion
  • Navel Gazing
  • Mindfulness – Often thought of as meta awareness
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Reflection
  • Ekhart Tolle quote: 
    • “Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.”
  • Idea Excavation
  • Land Idea from Internalized Capitalism: Phil wants to buy land and develop it into a co-operative living project that helps people develop a living that they aspire to.
  • Worm Video
  • “That guy” comedy youtuber who blew up recently.
  • Metalearning
  • Mnemonics and Mnemonic Systems (I (Phil) recommend “The Memory Book”)
  • Tim Ferriss
  • My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • Memory Palace, also known as the “Method of Loci”
  • The 4-hour Chef
    • DSSS (DS3)
      • Deconstruction: minimum learning units (like lego blocks)
      • Selection: Which 20% should you focus 80% of your time on? Which is the most payout for least amount of effort?
      • Sequencing: which order is most important to do things in?
      • Stakes: how can you make real consequences to guarantee you’ll follow the program?
    • CFE
      • Compression: How can you encapsulate the most easily graspable stuff on a single page?
      • Frequency: How frequently should you practice? What will your schedule look like? What growing pains can you predict?
      • Encoding: How do I anchor the new information that I’m learning to things I already know?
  • The “Design Thinking” episode which Steve hates
  • Metaskills – Skills that improve your ability to acquire skills (e.g., reading, writing, developing your balance)
  • Metaphysics – a domain of philosophy
  • “Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.”
  • The Wayne’s World clip (example of good vs bad acting)
  • Aristotle’s Metaphysics
  • Metanarratives – Narratives that comment on narratives. May not need to break the fourth wall.
  • Metasanity – A character being so sane that you can see that you’re a part of a certain medium. Examples: Deadpool, The Joker (arguably; this youtube video makes the best case I’ve seen)
  • Solipsism
  • Simulation Hypothesis
  • Black Mirror Episode
  • The Age of Em by Robin Hanson
  • Meta Insanity – focusing on how you might be losing your mind which causes you to lose your mind
  • The Babadook (2014 film)
  • Metacriticism – criticism of criticism
  • Postmodernism
  • Michel Foucault
  • Death of the Author – argues that writing and creator are unrelated
  • Ludonarrative – the narrative that is told through the gameplay itself, how you interact with the game world. The best video on the topic that I found.
  • Ludonarrative Dissonance
  • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
  • Ludonarrative Coherence
  • Metagaming – The player knowing more than the in-game character knows, and the player bestowing their knowledge of the game to the character who should be ignorant.
  • Meta-ignorance – The player not knowing what they don’t know of the game world, but your in-game character should.
  • Meta-emotions – feeling an emotional reaction to an emotion you feel. Example: being angry at yourself for feeling depressed.
  • Hank Hill – Character from the show King of the Hill
  • Meta-discussions
  • Toast Masters
  • Leading from the front
  • Leading from Behind
  • Meta-awareness – taking a birds-eye view of something, seeing the whole picture while also being in the picture (like the discussion)
  • Meta Jokes – jokes that refer to joking (such anti jokes)
  • Metaprogramming – a program that will program itself
  • Recursion example:
    • For example, we can define the operation “find your way home” as:
    • 1) If you are at home, stop moving.
    • 2) Take one step toward home.
    • 3) “find your way home”.
  • Nick Bostrom’s Paperclip Example
  • Metahumans
  • Think Tank – a comic book about a genius DARPA researcher that bases its plots on real-world technology, which it explains at the end of the comic.
  • Meta Analysis – a study of a number of studies on a particular field.

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