Alex Hutchinson

Exploring feels good and that leads us to expand our world and discover better ways of doing things. Those two things kind of in the same way that just because sugar is sweet doesn't mean we should always pursue the taste of sugar, doesn't mean that we should always pursue novelty now. That scrolling through social media doesn't necessarily, it taps into that.

Exploring feels good and that leads us to expand our world and discover better ways of doing things. Those two things kind of in the same way that just because sugar is sweet doesn't mean we should always pursue the taste of sugar, doesn't mean that we should always pursue novelty now. That scrolling through social media doesn't necessarily, it taps into that.

circuitry, that desire for new things, it maybe doesn't teach us about the world. But ultimately, exploring is good because it teaches us about the world and it's very satisfying. It's a route to meaning, I think.

circuitry, that desire for new things, it maybe doesn't teach us about the world. But ultimately, exploring is good because it teaches us about the world and it's very satisfying. It's a route to meaning, I think.

circuitry, that desire for new things, it maybe doesn't teach us about the world. But ultimately, exploring is good because it teaches us about the world and it's very satisfying. It's a route to meaning, I think.

That's exactly right. Genetics is called this frequency-dependent selection. And it's like, if you look at human height, we've all kind of converged to a pretty similar range. There's a good height to be for a human. But if you look at things like introversion and extroversion or aggressiveness and things like that, it's actually good to have a big mix of characteristics.

That's exactly right. Genetics is called this frequency-dependent selection. And it's like, if you look at human height, we've all kind of converged to a pretty similar range. There's a good height to be for a human. But if you look at things like introversion and extroversion or aggressiveness and things like that, it's actually good to have a big mix of characteristics.

That's exactly right. Genetics is called this frequency-dependent selection. And it's like, if you look at human height, we've all kind of converged to a pretty similar range. There's a good height to be for a human. But if you look at things like introversion and extroversion or aggressiveness and things like that, it's actually good to have a big mix of characteristics.

You need some people with some characteristics and others with others. So exploring is absolutely one of those. And you can see this, and there's really neat data in... For example, in hunter-gatherers, where the more exploratory people, they thrive when they're hunting and gathering.

You need some people with some characteristics and others with others. So exploring is absolutely one of those. And you can see this, and there's really neat data in... For example, in hunter-gatherers, where the more exploratory people, they thrive when they're hunting and gathering.

You need some people with some characteristics and others with others. So exploring is absolutely one of those. And you can see this, and there's really neat data in... For example, in hunter-gatherers, where the more exploratory people, they thrive when they're hunting and gathering.

And the more sort of, I'm going to stay back and I'm going to consolidate what we know, they do well for agriculture. They tend to be better nurses. So it's like in any one society, you need people who are pushing the boundaries, but you also need people who are keeping the fires burning at home.

And the more sort of, I'm going to stay back and I'm going to consolidate what we know, they do well for agriculture. They tend to be better nurses. So it's like in any one society, you need people who are pushing the boundaries, but you also need people who are keeping the fires burning at home.

And the more sort of, I'm going to stay back and I'm going to consolidate what we know, they do well for agriculture. They tend to be better nurses. So it's like in any one society, you need people who are pushing the boundaries, but you also need people who are keeping the fires burning at home.

Well, I think a good example of that would be something like ADHD, which maybe this is something we'll get into, but there's a gene that's linked to the desire to explore, which is also linked to ADHD. And so we might say, that gene was awesome. 50,000 years ago when we were hunter-gatherers and the world was unexplored and we were trying to figure out how things worked and where we could go.

Well, I think a good example of that would be something like ADHD, which maybe this is something we'll get into, but there's a gene that's linked to the desire to explore, which is also linked to ADHD. And so we might say, that gene was awesome. 50,000 years ago when we were hunter-gatherers and the world was unexplored and we were trying to figure out how things worked and where we could go.

Well, I think a good example of that would be something like ADHD, which maybe this is something we'll get into, but there's a gene that's linked to the desire to explore, which is also linked to ADHD. And so we might say, that gene was awesome. 50,000 years ago when we were hunter-gatherers and the world was unexplored and we were trying to figure out how things worked and where we could go.

That gene is a pain in the neck if you're a nine-year-old boy sitting in school being told, please sit still for the next 10 hours. So there are certainly ways that in the modern world, being a born explorer is like being a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. There's still lots of scope, I would argue.

That gene is a pain in the neck if you're a nine-year-old boy sitting in school being told, please sit still for the next 10 hours. So there are certainly ways that in the modern world, being a born explorer is like being a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. There's still lots of scope, I would argue.

That gene is a pain in the neck if you're a nine-year-old boy sitting in school being told, please sit still for the next 10 hours. So there are certainly ways that in the modern world, being a born explorer is like being a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. There's still lots of scope, I would argue.