In this conversation, I'm joined by mathematician, meditator, and machine learning engineer Blake Hull.

We share stories of therapy, meditation, and Ram Dass, opening up after years of staying in the head, we unravel ideas of masculinity, expand on vulnerability, and dissect what it means to become safe in our own skin. We talk about anger as sacred energy, the strange geometry of emotion, and the daily ritual of saying “Good morning, Blakey Boy” - a quiet reminder that to heal isn't to change, it's to remember who you already are. This is a fluid dialogue that drifts through psychedelics, softness, the mathematics of love, friendship, wisdom - it's an episode that invites you to slow down, breathe, and feel something true. Together, The Great and Wonderful Blake Hull and I explore the space between intellect, emotion, and becoming what we are - I hope you'll join us.

Themes: therapy · masculinity · meditation · Ram Dass · psychedelics · inner-child · emotional intelligence · spiritual growth

Notable quotes from the episode:

“When intellect finally kneels to emotion, that’s when growth begins.”
- Blake, describing the moment logic yields to honesty.

“Emotions are information. You’d be stupid to ignore them.”
- Blake quoting a college professor who first reframed feeling as intelligence.

“When Jesus flipped tables, that was dharmic anger — anger in service of love.”
- Jacob, reframing anger as sacred energy rather than chaos.

“I feel most connected with you when you’re feeling.”
- Blake recounting a moment in therapy that changed his understanding of connection and vulnerability.

“Maybe consciousness has always been doing this — reflecting itself through whatever new medium we invent.”
- Jacob, near the close, connecting AI, identity, and awareness.

“Anger isn’t the problem. It’s what happens when we stop letting it teach us.”
- Blake, redefining emotional intelligence through presence.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 – Intro: Setting up, laughter, first exchange, Blake's Bio
00:02:15 – “I feel most connected when you’re feeling” – therapy and awareness
00:05:00 – Logic vs emotion: learning how to feel again
00:07:25 – Emotional intelligence and inner safety
00:10:45 – Anger as sacred energy (“dharmic anger”)
00:12:10 – Modern society, Idiocracy, and humor as medicine
00:15:23 – Aldous Huxley, psychedelics, and self-reflection
00:16:09 – Paul Stamets, microdosing, and consciousness
00:20:00 – Mushrooms, meditation, and integration
00:26:00 – Masculinity and vulnerability
00:31:00 – Meditation: honesty over peace
00:36:03 – “Good morning, Blakey Boy” – the inner-child ritual
00:40:03 – Ego, death, and Ram Dass on becoming somebody
00:45:00 – Comic relief: fart jokes and humility
00:50:00 – Math and metaphysics: when numbers become poetry
00:58:48 – Math as beauty and the language of existence
01:00:26 – Group theory, triangles, and the philosophy of structure
01:02:06 – Did humans discover or invent math?
01:10:00 – Humor, curiosity, and teaching through questions
01:13:34 – The future of math, AI, and physics (the long view)
01:14:13 – Ray Kurzweil and his father’s digital journals
01:15:15 – iPhone, exponential tech, and AI acceleration
01:16:00 – Touchscreens, prediction, and futurism
01:20:00 – Consciousness and machine learning
01:30:00 – Human identity in the age of algorithms
01:37:01 – AI anxiety, UBI, and the ethics of automation
01:43:56 – Consciousness itself: What is it, really?
02:00:00 – Journaling, memory, and the desire to preserve the self
02:14:00 – Humor as grounding: “Even the enlightened still fart.”
02:20:00 – Compassion as technology
02:31:04 – Returning to therapy: “I feel most connected when you’re feeling.”
02:40:00 – Closing reflections, gratitude, and quiet laughter

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