Crazy Wisdom

Crazy Wisdom

A devious tea-time in Shanghai

September 28, 2020 · 13 min

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About this episode

I've decided to go on a detour with the style of my episodes. I'm currently not as motivated to interview anyone at the moment and so I decided, on suggestion from a friend, to share a few stories from the various experiences I've had in my life. This episode is the first iteration, it's about my time in Shangai back in 2006. Enjoy!

Episode transcript
Stewart Alsop III00:01

Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. So you might have noticed that the world has gone a little bit insane. And to get through this in a way that is sustainable and maybe even joyous, we are going to have to find some crazy wisdom. Which is why I named the podcast Crazy Wisdom. And I try to find guests who are both contrarian and right, as well as people who can help us to understand how we can get through this period of both experiences acceleration as technology accelerates and maybe even a little bit

Stewart Alsop III00:33

of darkness, as well as some of

Stewart Alsop III00:36

you may have been noticing, really crazy stuff is happening right now. So my goal with this show is to empower you with crazy wisdom and give you the tools to figure out how to do it on yourself, because

Stewart Alsop III00:49

we don't can't rely on too much these days.

Stewart Alsop III00:53

So with that being said, if you like what I'm offering with this show, I'm on Twitter to Stuart Allsop. I, I, I. My DMs are open. I'd love to hear from you about how this show has affected you.

Stewart Alsop III01:03

Thanks. Have a great day. Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. Today I'm going to do something a little bit different. I was in a conversation with someone on Twitter and they mentioned that they'd never actually heard me talk about anything about my life. And it's not really intentional, but it's more that I've always been more fascinated by the lives of others because I'm pretty used to and habituated to my own life. So I don't think it's that interesting or noteworthy enough to make a big deal out of it. But I've done some interesting things in my life and I want to do a little bit of a …

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