Becoming More Adaptive with Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova

In this episode we talk about adaptability as one of the most important skills to have for the future. The current chaotic state of the world often leaves people feeling scared and helpless. We discuss how to move into a more resourceful mindset. We talk about mental flexibility, self-sovereignty, modern nomadism, minimalism, the need for retooling, and other options that can help us become more adaptive and transition more readily into the world of the future.

In This Episode of Future Thinkers:

Practicing self-sovereignty instead of offloading responsibility to external entities
How to build mental flexibility to adapt as fast as possible to the rapidly changing world
Re-adopting a nomadic lifestyle as one possible response to the state of the world
Re-framing the collapse of current systems as a transition into a new state of being
The importance of retooling in order to overcome the feeling of helplessness
Why it is useful to adopt a minimalist mindset instead of accumulating possessions
How to hold multiple perspectives and frameworks at the same time
How to overcome fear of competition and be more specific about your goals
Building meme tribes of the future

Mentions and Resources:

Facebook video of a young woman driving through a wall of fire in California
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, a book by Yuval Noah Harari
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray and What It Means For Modern Relationships, a book by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
The Four-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join The New Rich, a book by Tim Ferris
Prometheus Rising, a book by Robert Anton Wilson
Oslo Freedom Forum

Becoming More Adaptive with Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova

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