#901 - Tom Segura - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Tom Segura is a comedian, podcaster, and actor. These days, making sense of the world is harder than ever. From billionaires reshaping governments to debates over whether modern car chassis can support the average obese person. There’s no shortage of absurdities. Luckily, Tom has plenty to say about them. Expect to learn why Gen Z is more likely to skip the gym and use Ozempic instead, if Tom can and will reset his Instagram algorithm, why Gen Z is more likely to drink less and smoke more, why the younger generation is sexless than most, Tom’s thoughts on Elon’s current rampage through government bureaucracy, Tom’s recent obsession with True Crime documentaries, why being competent is a curse and much more… Sponsors: Get a 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	what is going on with the health and fitness stuff it seems like i looked at some photos of you from
0:04.3	10 years ago and you're like half the size yeah yeah i don't know i just you know you just get
0:09.9	tired of everything so you go i'm just gonna i'd like to be around and feel better so you just
0:18.9	you know it's it's it's a's a, it's an always happening thing.
0:24.5	It's, I don't feel like it's a thing that you just address once and you're done with it.
0:30.6	It's, it's something that you are just thinking about, I think, all the time.
0:34.2	You know what I mean?
0:35.1	Is this sort of gone of the days where you can fully live out the degenerate smoking,
0:41.3	create a lifestyle?
0:43.0	I did that.
0:43.7	I already did it.
0:44.5	Yeah.
0:45.2	I mean, it's, you know, when you're really in it, there's a kind of a freedom to being like,
0:51.2	I'm a fucking gross sack of shit. And just don't care and you just eat in bed and
0:58.8	smoke and I mean I used to go to bed every like at three in the morning almost every day
1:04.0	and I would sleep until I don't know noon like that was normal I did that for years and there's like a freedom in being like yeah I don't care I don't know, noon. Like, that was normal. I did that for years.
1:11.5	And there's like a freedom in being like, yeah, I don't care.
1:14.5	I don't give a shit.
1:15.9	But I do think it has, well, it literally does have an expiration date.
1:20.5	I don't think it does.
1:21.3	Like, you will die quicker if you do it that way.
1:25.0	So I think you kind of just go like, eh, I actually don't feel
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