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Arthur Brooks

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Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

Yes.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

And the arrival fallacy is just like, I got to get there.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

And when I get there, I'm going to feel that thing.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

Now, what is the thing I'm going to feel?

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

And this gets back to your question.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

I'm going to feel like I'm worthy.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

I'm going to feel like I'm something.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

I'm going to feel like I'm special.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

I'm finally going to feel like I'm special.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

And you don't.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

And you don't.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

And that's the problem.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

That's what a big part of the striver's curse.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

Yeah, yeah.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

So there's a reason that it's anti-memetic, and that's because it goes against Mother Nature.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

mother nature wants you to be fooled the reason that that the that the the ancient williamsons right from some place some anglo-saxon tribe of something something right yeah yeah the reason they passed on their genes is because they were fooled by mother nature

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

that they were fooled, that they actually, that they chased the arrival fallacy again and again and again and again.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

Now, the reason that you're not going to be satisfied, the reason that it can't be satisfied is because Mother Nature needs you in the hunt.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

But the only way you're going to stay in the hunt is with a promise that you're finally going to get there.

Modern Wisdom
Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109

Now, there's a side note to this.