Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Episode 797: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) react to the wildest Elon Musk interview yet.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) We react to the elon podcast
(6:11) Evidence of exceptional ability
(10:33) Maniacal sense of urgency
(11:36) limiting factor
(23:31) Human emulators
(39:33) Stolen focus
(55:39) IDEA: Attention testing

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Links:
• Full interview - youtube.com/watch?v=BYXbuik3dgA
• Stolen Focus - amazon.com/Stolen-Focus-Attention-Think-Deeply/dp/0593138511
• Kumon - kumon.com
• Lightwork - lightworkhome.com/aboutus

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• Shaan's weekly email - shaanpuri.com
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• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: mercury.com
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