Joshua and Ryan discuss how we’re too often led astray by the status quo and how we can benefit from doing the opposite, and they answer the following questions: What does it mean to be authentic? (00:00) What is so problematic about trends? (04:58) Can we find meaning in suffering? (10:56) Why are opinions so inconsequential? (20:48) When have you benefited from thinking the opposite? (22:21) I’m being advised by my ethics class in college that retirement is detrimental to our growth and development as human beings—do you think that is true? (29:20) What is the best kind of growth? (34:31) Some of the worst advice I’ve received is, “Fake it until you make it”—what is wrong with being a work in progress? (44:30) How is all advice flawed advice? (44:59) Do we improve our lives more by addition or subtraction? (52:00) Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast Support The Minimalists: minimalists.com/support