Episode 39 - Catching Up On Lost Time

Darron and Jeff follow up their last episode about the nature of time - at this point recorded almost 10 months ago back in February - with a discussion about what they’ve been up to in the long pause between episodes. They talk about Jeff’s third annual summer trip trekking across the country with his family and their camper, how his two sons are growing and perceiving the world in different ways, parenting and how they relate to their children, how they handle the issue of children and technology use, the impact of screen-based dopamine addiction on behavior and attention, and finally a bit about the purpose of intentionality in how we choose to spend our time.

Notes:

• 8:56 - At 4,975 feet above sea level Black Mesa is the highest point in Oklahoma

• 17:00 - See the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list (Rolling Stone, 2023)

• 17:18 - See the Cuphead Wikipedia entry

• 18:58 - Listen to “Just Breathe” by Pearl Jam (YouTube)

• 20:38 - See the Hollow Knight: Silksong Wikipedia entry and read “Silksong Broke Me - Then It Got Good” (Polygon, 2025)

• 32:26 - See “The Dopamine Cycle: Impacts of Excessive Screen Time” (The Jacob’s Ladder Group, 2025)

• 37:08 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

• 44:40 - Watch bats swarming out of a cave entrance at Carlsbad Caverns (YouTube)

• 49:00 - The Arthur Schopenhauer quote “we do not feel the health of our entire body but only the small place where the shoe pinches” via the article “The Semi-Satisfied Life” (Aeon Magazine)

• 49:50 - Read “How do our memories differ from our experiences?” for more on the peak-end rule and the remembering self versus the experiencing self (The Decision Lab)