The Philosophy Fan Influencing Millions: Zuby


Dialogues #66

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Resilience is insanely important. I generally believe that most people who fail at things, and this can be anything, anything in life, from a diet to a relationship to a project to a career, I think most failure is actually just giving up too early. I think that's the most common cause of failure.
- Zuby, on the latest Selling Plato podcast episode

🚨 Episode 19 of the podcast with Zuby is OUT! 🚨

Meet Zuby.

Zuby is a podcaster, rapper, author, born in England, raised in Saudi Arabia, and graduate of Oxford University.

And he has over 1.2 million followers on X alone.

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I started following him years ago, when I noticed he had some really thoughtful things to say.

And he doesn't get bored of philosophy.

We talk about his interest in philosophy, but we also talk about what he has learned from having such a unique role, following, and influence through social media, given that well over 1 million people care what he has to say.

But he's not interesting solely because of his follower count. Zuby promotes faith, family values, integrity, good morals, the benefits of fitness for well-being, and much more. And he does all this while interviewing and getting to know Elon Musk, and going on many of the podcasts I pay attention to, like his appearance on Joe Rogan and on Chris Williamson's show.

He also has a podcast boasting over 380 episodes and counting, featuring people I'm also interested in, like Sahil Bloom, Calley Means, and many others. After doing hundreds of episodes, it was flattering to hear his response to many of my questions.

What I love about Zuby, among many things, is that he'll talk to anyone, regardless of their politics, faith, or public perception. We need more of that.

And I was really happy that he enjoyed the conversation. That's what I care about the most.

Enjoy the episode.

Until next time.

Jared

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