“POISON!” - Palantir, Afghanistan’s SICK Secret & Deadliest Preacher
Julian Dorey · Solo
Show notes
James Corbett is the Co-Founder of Project Refit, a Non-Profit Organization that works to combat isolation and reduce depression/suicide rates within the veteran and first responder communities.
To learn more about Project Refit, visit their website: https://www.projectrefit.us/
TIMESTAMPS
3:01 - 12:37 ~ Fight or flight communication; James’ “childhood curiosity”; Steve Jobs & attention to detail; Learning how to be wrong; Jeff Bezos’ analytical mindset
12:37 - 20:42 ~ James’ baseball dream growing up; James talks about dealing with anxiety; James’ path through Columbia University studying complex systems
20:42 - 31:01 ~ Caring about what people around you and the outside world think of you; Julian tells a Kobe Bryant story from Bryant’s Patrick Bet-David Interview; “Society’s anxiety”; Negativity Bias
31:01 - 36:41 ~ Veterans understanding of life and death; Veterans mentality towards the rest of society; “The monsters” in the world
36:41 - 42:44 ~ James’ early work to find solutions for cancel culture; Apes & blunt communication; What genocide data charts tell us about other things completely unrelated
42:44 - 47:26 ~ How James and veteran Dan Lombard started Project Refit; Comedy, Argumentation, & Logic
47:26 - 58:26 ~ How comedy is a form of problem solving; Project Refit concept analogy: balancing gym partners with gym trainers; the Project Refit app and online community and how they work
58:26 - 1:02:31 ~ The military “tribe” and the struggle many veterans face once they leave it behind; The parallels between athletes and the military
1:02:31 - 1:11:04 ~ The Project Refit “Fire Teams” and how they work; How veterans just want to help people; Other trauma victims outside the veteran and first responder communities who gain comfort from Project Refit; “Trauma is trauma”; Helping encourage veterans and first responders to see therapists
1:11:04 - 1:19:17 ~ Therapy and the problem of “telling people what to do”; The DARE Program and why it failed; the problem with Suicide “Awareness” and why Breast Cancer Awareness works; Copycat suicides; Psychological conditioning; Empowering the every day person
1:19:17 - 1:27:43 ~ “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell and its discussion on war games; General McChrystal, JSOC, and the actions the US military took after 9/11 to empower their units on the ground
1:27:43 - 1:32:23 ~ How the Project Refit app was built; The importance of taking Project Refit directly to the veterans and first responders; James tells a story about a young marine veteran he met on the road
1:32:23 - 1:36:16 ~ Town fairs, the mobile “box” project, and the Project Refit Hybrid Model
1:36:16 - 1:44:39 ~ Veterans, First Responders, and the evil they see and therefore understand; focusing on the “little things” in life; the “Grateful Challenge”
1:44:39 - 1:50:16 ~ How Project Refit, which began in 2017, was literally built for Covid-19; the “movement” that Project Refit has created; The difficulty of sitting in a room alone with your own thoughts and being okay
1:50:16 - 2:02:31 ~ A discussion on whether or not a “fight” exists within many veterans and never leaves them; “Your bullet can change history”; the overlaps of PTSD with veterans, first responders, and rape victims
2:02:31 - 2:14:16 ~ Why “the judgement” is so annoying; How police officers are in a tough spot now today given he political climate; comparing police officers with doctors; “Doorside Manner”
2:14:16 - End ~ How to donate to Project Refit and other ways you can help
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Chapters
Timestamps seek the player Chapters.
- 3:01 12:37 ~ Fight or flight communication; James’ “childhood curiosity”; Steve Jobs & attention to detail; Learning how to be wrong; Jeff Bezos’ analytical mindset
- 12:37 20:42 ~ James’ baseball dream growing up; James talks about dealing with anxiety; James’ path through Columbia University studying complex systems
- 20:42 31:01 ~ Caring about what people around you and the outside world think of you; Julian tells a Kobe Bryant story from Bryant’s Patrick Bet-David Interview; “Society’s anxiety”; Negativity Bias
- 31:01 36:41 ~ Veterans understanding of life and death; Veterans mentality towards the rest of society; “The monsters” in the world
- 36:41 42:44 ~ James’ early work to find solutions for cancel culture; Apes & blunt communication; What genocide data charts tell us about other things completely unrelated
- 42:44 47:26 ~ How James and veteran Dan Lombard started Project Refit; Comedy, Argumentation, & Logic
- 47:26 58:26 ~ How comedy is a form of problem solving; Project Refit concept analogy: balancing gym partners with gym trainers; the Project Refit app and online community and how they work
- 58:26 1:02:31 ~ The military “tribe” and the struggle many veterans face once they leave it behind; The parallels between athletes and the military
- 1:02:31 1:11:04 ~ The Project Refit “Fire Teams” and how they work; How veterans just want to help people; Other trauma victims outside the veteran and first responder communities who gain comfort from Project Refit; “Trauma is trauma”; Helping encourage veterans and first responders to see therapists
- 1:11:04 1:19:17 ~ Therapy and the problem of “telling people what to do”; The DARE Program and why it failed; the problem with Suicide “Awareness” and why Breast Cancer Awareness works; Copycat suicides; Psychological conditioning; Empowering the every day person
- 1:19:17 1:27:43 ~ “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell and its discussion on war games; General McChrystal, JSOC, and the actions the US military took after 9/11 to empower their units on the ground
- 1:27:43 1:32:23 ~ How the Project Refit app was built; The importance of taking Project Refit directly to the veterans and first responders; James tells a story about a young marine veteran he met on the road
- 1:32:23 1:36:16 ~ Town fairs, the mobile “box” project, and the Project Refit Hybrid Model
- 1:36:16 1:44:39 ~ Veterans, First Responders, and the evil they see and therefore understand; focusing on the “little things” in life; the “Grateful Challenge”
- 1:44:39 1:50:16 ~ How Project Refit, which began in 2017, was literally built for Covid-19; the “movement” that Project Refit has created; The difficulty of sitting in a room alone with your own thoughts and being okay
- 1:50:16 2:02:31 ~ A discussion on whether or not a “fight” exists within many veterans and never leaves them; “Your bullet can change history”; the overlaps of PTSD with veterans, first responders, and rape victims
- 2:02:31 2:14:16 ~ Why “the judgement” is so annoying; How police officers are in a tough spot now today given he political climate; comparing police officers with doctors; “Doorside Manner”
- 2:14:16 End ~ How to donate to Project Refit and other ways you can help
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