Episode 11: This is the Legend of Godwin Chan

An episode 20+ years in the making.  Scientist, venture capitalist, angel investor, podcaster.  This is the Legend Of Godwin Chan.  Godwin will also be a regular feature on the podcast and will co-host some episodes.

Amos Vang and Godwin Chan have been friends for over 20 years: since kindergarten/Grade 1!  Over these decades, the two friends have had thousands of fascinating conversations about metaphysical philosophy, epistemological philosophy, cultural philosophy, classical musical philosophy, quantum physics, string theory, T-symmetry and the theoretical reversal of time and entropy, evolutionary biology, peak oil, civilizational collapse, causality, T-symmetry, and many other topics.

#philosophy 
#startup 
#culture
#conversation
#legend 

Join Amos Vang as he features Godwin’s career and adventures.  The conversation gets REALLY good starting at about 57:00 onwards, and it exemplifies their off-camera, off-mic conversations.  Such topics include (but are not limited to):

- the limitations of the schooling system,
- cultural humility and understanding of Western and non-Western cultures, 
- introversion vs. extroversion, 
- Western cultural philosophy vs Chinese cultural philosophy [i.e. Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, etc.] (and why Chinese culture tends to be a bit better at mediation than Western cultures),
- Dunbar’s Number,
- Free will vs predeterminism, predeterminism vs. predestination; why free will (arguably) does NOT exist, why predestination (arguably) also does NOT exist, and why predetermination (arguably) exists,
- Meaning vs. no meaning, intrinsic meaning vs. the illusion of meaning, Kierkegaardian Existentialism, Camusian Absurdism, Schopenhauerian determinism, heat death of the universe, human extinction, and what that means for a human’s life.

You can follow Godwin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godwinhschan/
And you can connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/godwinhschan/

Music by: Scott Buckley              https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/
And by Amos Vang

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