Memory Palaces and Stoic Eating with Andrew Perlot (Episode 197)
Description
How memory and diet shape your character. Andrew Perlot , former journalist and health coach, explains why the Stoics obsessed over both.
(00:00:56 ) What Stoicism is and why Andrew is drawn to it
(00:05:32 ) Favorite Stoic philosophers
(00:09:00 ) Diet and Stoicism
(00:21:10 ) Why religious groups like Seventh Day Adventists succeed with diet
(00:24:30 ) Shame vs virtue in food choices
(00:29:20 ) Practical tips: simple foods and fasting
(00:33:24 ) Stoicism and memory
(00:39:40 ) Why the Stoics literally meant "memorize this"
(00:43:00 ) How to remember: Method of Loci
(00:48:40 ) Memory as forcing function for focus
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