Chris Williamson

And I think, yeah, that's like the curse of the over-optimizer.

Somebody who just for everything at every opportunity.

I have a friend who is huge into credit card points.

He got every different airline and he knows to use this card for this flight.

And then if he goes to this supermarket, he can get an additional 3%.

And then he gets to fly for his whole family for free and all of this stuff.

One of his best friends is the most...

simple person oh you must have a complex system just like a mutual friend he's like no I just decided that there was an area I had to consciously be de-optimized in and that was just one of the ones I can't pick it for everything all of the time and the advantage of that is

When you make the big decision around, I'm not going to bother about this at all, all of the sub-decisions fall away if you can sort of relinquish it.

And there is a power in sort of letting go.

It's the same sensation anybody's had if they've left a bad relationship, that they go, that thing and all of the decisions and all of the rumination around it wasn't serving me.

And by letting go of it, I feel liberated.

Isn't that great?

So yeah, it's a funny blend for that.

You mentioned anxiety there.

Do you think anxiety is just the natural consequence of seeing reality clearly and being a deep thinker then?

Is the pursuit of truth really about truth or more about sort of a psychological security then?

It feels to me like our desire for truth is a fear response to the uncertainty of the future.

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