Arthur C. Brooks
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Falling in love, romantic love.
Why aren't we falling in love anymore?
Well, part of the reason is because we're turning off the right hemisphere of our brains.
We're trying to solve love.
You know, the left side of the brain does all the complicated stuff.
Okay.
The complicated problems.
Getting to work, solving a task, turning on the computer, figuring out an algorithm, inventing an app.
Right?
The right side of your brain is the complex stuff, and that's different.
Complex means easy to understand conceptually and impossible to solve.
You just have to live complex problems.
Your toaster is complicated.
Your cat is complex.
That's why you love your cat, because it's alive.
The most complex thing in my life is my marriage.
It's very complex.
I mean, I'm married to a Spaniard, so that's complex.
Probably.
We've been married 34 years.