Parenting

Aristotle vs Plato.
Everything philosophically comes down to Aristotle vs Plato, especially personal growth.

Plato gave us the cave and the perfect Forms: the ideal versions of things that exist in a higher realm, of which our ordinary lives are only imperfect shadows. Aristotle rejected that separate realm. He was the empiricist, the realist who insisted we start with what is actually in front of us.
In our own development we face the same choice. We can take the Aristotelian path: clear-eyed, empirical, sometimes hard on ourselves, working with the person we actually are. Or we can lean Platonic and reach for the perfect version of ourselves that seems to exist somewhere beyond our current reality.

Neither is universally right. People have different tolerances for unvarnished truth. Some need the bracing realism of Aristotle. Others need the aspirational fire of Plato. That is why I distrust one-size-fits-all personal growth systems. You have to experiment. You have to stay relentlessly curious until you find the philosophy that actually fits your particular mind, body, and spirit.

I deliver a dose of skepticism and bio-inspiration, answering the December Biohacking and lifehacking questions in this Q&A podcast.

Listen to this podcast on the go (perhaps while training for your Space Force entrance exams) with the Castbox app.

I’ve been an obsessive Biohacking/Lifehacking self-experimenter for 14 years now; trialing over 200 Smart Drugs and Nootropics along with doing a bunch of weird and wacky personal growth things. And I’ve documented it all on my website LimitlessMindset.com (over 1.2 million words written) and in over 600 podcasts and videos.

For over a decade, I have been relentless as a professional Biohacker and “content creator,” but my life has changed in the most significant way recently. I now have something in my life A LOT more important than creating content - I became a father - a beautiful baby boy!

Underslept? It happens to even the best Biohackers sometimes -- fortunately, there are some effective hacks for operating at almost 100% while sleep-deprived.

The obvious solution to get better sleep: do meditation and go to bed earlier, avoid screens before bed, wear blue-blocking glasses, take magnesium or melatonin before bed - stuff you've no doubt heard of before. But sometimes even the best sleep hacker finds themselves sleep-deprived. I'm no stranger to it myself as I've been a salsa-dancing pickup artist, a digital nomad, an obsessive entrepreneur, and now - a brand new dad!

The worst day of my life was June 23rd, 2023 (I'll explain why I'm telling this story now - two years later)

The day before, my wife grew increasingly concerned that she hadn't felt any baby kicks from our son, who she was six months pregnant with. We visited the emergency room to get an ultrasound. I sat in those uncomfortable metal seats, bracing myself for the worst possible news an expecting father can get. My wife finally appeared speechless and white as a ghost; she slumped down beside me and didn't need to say anything. Our son was dead within her.

Baby-making is more complicated than it might seem, and any couple struggling to conceive and achieve a successful pregnancy is faced with a confusing maze of fertility optimization measures.

This is where whole genome personal genotyping can be very helpful. Your genes obviously have everything to do with fertility, and your genes are unique. Personal genotyping can illuminate what you might be doing wrong in the fertility optimization department. It empowers you and your partner to practice precision Biohacking by identifying the medicine, supplements, therapies, and lifestyle changes you need to bring a beautiful baby into the world.

This article will elucidate 17 problematic fertility genes you may have, how to find them, which conditions they are associated with, and give you a jumping-off point for addressing them...

In this very special podcast, I interview my mom, Connie Akins.

We discuss her story, growing up in small-town America, living in a haunted house, faith, marriage, the sexual marketplace (Yes, I talk with my mom about sex), parenting, my American life in Bulgaria, and why...

“The worst things that happen to you are the best things that happen to you”

A rare in-studio interview with my dad, Eric Roseland, about my family's NASA connection and a lot more...

Please excuse my father’s “ahhing” and the occasional background noise, courtesy of my wife’s ferocious little Pomeranian.