The Jack Lawrence Podcast

#11 Godesulloh aka @Vibesestvida on African Philosophy, Kierkegaard and Effective Altruism

September 01, 2024 Jack Lawrence Season 2 Episode 2

Godesulloh is a philosopher, teacher, podcaster, musician and lover of bubble tea. In this interview we discuss African Philosophy, Kierkegaard, Stoicism vs Broicism, Effective Altruism and much more

Timestamps:
01:15 Who is Godesulloh and why is he in my flat
02:38 Challenges making educational philosophy content on Tiktok
05:00 How would Godesulloh explain African Philosophy
09:40 Where African Philosophy sits in Academia
16:14 The African Logic Conversation
20:44 Why does Godesulloh like Kierkegaard so much
24:25 Reviewing some Kierkegaard quotes
27:35 Living to avoid regret
35:01 Does everything work out for the best?
39:15 Living in harmony with Nature is bad
43:10 Longtermism and its faults
47:09 Effective Altruism
50:25 Godesulloh on Longtermism
59:09 Effective Altruism issue
1:03:45 Mr Beast Philanthropy
1:06:33 Capitalism pros and cons
1:09:45 Do we want a FAIR or GOOD society?
1:13:38 Philosophy as self help
1:15:35 Stoicism vs Broicism
1:24:15 Where to find out more about Godesulloh

Godesulloh has all of his links through here: https://msha.ke/godesulloh
His youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@vibesestvida

And my socials are:
https://www.instagram.com/jack.lawro/ for IG
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.lawrofor TikTok
https://www.Jacklawrence.net for my website