Ari Wallach

It's a great question or a great series of questions. One of the things that homo sapiens do extremely well is what we call mental time travel. We're able to actually take ourselves in the current moment and project out.

It's a great question or a great series of questions. One of the things that homo sapiens do extremely well is what we call mental time travel. We're able to actually take ourselves in the current moment and project out.

It's a great question or a great series of questions. One of the things that homo sapiens do extremely well is what we call mental time travel. We're able to actually take ourselves in the current moment and project out.

In fact, Marty Seligman, kind of the father of positive psychology, put forth this idea in this great book called Homo Prospectus, that what separates us out from almost every other species, as far as we know, the ones we can talk to, mostly us, is that we do two things extremely well. We can do mental time travel towards the future, right?

In fact, Marty Seligman, kind of the father of positive psychology, put forth this idea in this great book called Homo Prospectus, that what separates us out from almost every other species, as far as we know, the ones we can talk to, mostly us, is that we do two things extremely well. We can do mental time travel towards the future, right?

In fact, Marty Seligman, kind of the father of positive psychology, put forth this idea in this great book called Homo Prospectus, that what separates us out from almost every other species, as far as we know, the ones we can talk to, mostly us, is that we do two things extremely well. We can do mental time travel towards the future, right?

We can think about different possible outcomes, different possible scenarios, and we can collaborate to make the ones that we want to see manifest, manifest. And that involves language, that involves social interaction, a whole bunch of other things.

We can think about different possible outcomes, different possible scenarios, and we can collaborate to make the ones that we want to see manifest, manifest. And that involves language, that involves social interaction, a whole bunch of other things.

We can think about different possible outcomes, different possible scenarios, and we can collaborate to make the ones that we want to see manifest, manifest. And that involves language, that involves social interaction, a whole bunch of other things.

But at the end of the day, what we do extremely well, as far as we know, we're the only ones who do it, and I think this is part of the reasons why we're so good at what we do as a dominant species on this planet, is to project out into futures that we want. We know... where this comes from mostly. It's coming from the hippocampus, right?

But at the end of the day, what we do extremely well, as far as we know, we're the only ones who do it, and I think this is part of the reasons why we're so good at what we do as a dominant species on this planet, is to project out into futures that we want. We know... where this comes from mostly. It's coming from the hippocampus, right?

But at the end of the day, what we do extremely well, as far as we know, we're the only ones who do it, and I think this is part of the reasons why we're so good at what we do as a dominant species on this planet, is to project out into futures that we want. We know... where this comes from mostly. It's coming from the hippocampus, right?

Which one thing about the hippocampus that's amazing is that it's almost atemporal. It doesn't actually have a timestamp. And so what it does is it takes snapshots of episodic memories that have happened in the past, reassembles them. So that we can mentally time travel and then figure out these different future scenarios of what might happen. So if we take Ari and Andy 150,000 years ago.

Which one thing about the hippocampus that's amazing is that it's almost atemporal. It doesn't actually have a timestamp. And so what it does is it takes snapshots of episodic memories that have happened in the past, reassembles them. So that we can mentally time travel and then figure out these different future scenarios of what might happen. So if we take Ari and Andy 150,000 years ago.

Which one thing about the hippocampus that's amazing is that it's almost atemporal. It doesn't actually have a timestamp. And so what it does is it takes snapshots of episodic memories that have happened in the past, reassembles them. So that we can mentally time travel and then figure out these different future scenarios of what might happen. So if we take Ari and Andy 150,000 years ago.

For the duration of this episode. So Andrew, now Andy, look. Here's the thing. If Ari and Andy are out on the Serengeti 150,000 years ago, right? Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago, about 150,000 years ago, we're kind of starting to spread out of the Rift Valley into Africa. And we're now at a point where we're no longer singular, but we're within a kind of a small tribal structure.

For the duration of this episode. So Andrew, now Andy, look. Here's the thing. If Ari and Andy are out on the Serengeti 150,000 years ago, right? Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago, about 150,000 years ago, we're kind of starting to spread out of the Rift Valley into Africa. And we're now at a point where we're no longer singular, but we're within a kind of a small tribal structure.

For the duration of this episode. So Andrew, now Andy, look. Here's the thing. If Ari and Andy are out on the Serengeti 150,000 years ago, right? Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago, about 150,000 years ago, we're kind of starting to spread out of the Rift Valley into Africa. And we're now at a point where we're no longer singular, but we're within a kind of a small tribal structure.

We want to start hunting larger and larger game. We're no longer reactive. So we want to go after that game. It's not a foregone conclusion that when we go after something, it's going to do what we want it to do. We have to start thinking about different scenarios.

We want to start hunting larger and larger game. We're no longer reactive. So we want to go after that game. It's not a foregone conclusion that when we go after something, it's going to do what we want it to do. We have to start thinking about different scenarios.