David Eagleman

I only mentioned this going back 10 minutes because the issue of, do these systems work out some sort of nice gameplay? Sort of, but there's also the fact that they're always in conflict. You're just always dealing with this, even when you have... Well, that's also... Well, maybe I would say...

I only mentioned this going back 10 minutes because the issue of, do these systems work out some sort of nice gameplay? Sort of, but there's also the fact that they're always in conflict. You're just always dealing with this, even when you have... Well, that's also... Well, maybe I would say...

I only mentioned this going back 10 minutes because the issue of, do these systems work out some sort of nice gameplay? Sort of, but there's also the fact that they're always in conflict. You're just always dealing with this, even when you have... Well, that's also... Well, maybe I would say...

That's right. Right. And this allows us to go back and tie two pieces together, which is that You know, the brain's job is really to burn things into the unconscious when it says, oh, I've got this, I've got that. This is a routine I've seen before, right? But the reason we're always conscious, the reason the brain's always burning a lot of energy is because the world throws lots of novelty at us.

That's right. Right. And this allows us to go back and tie two pieces together, which is that You know, the brain's job is really to burn things into the unconscious when it says, oh, I've got this, I've got that. This is a routine I've seen before, right? But the reason we're always conscious, the reason the brain's always burning a lot of energy is because the world throws lots of novelty at us.

That's right. Right. And this allows us to go back and tie two pieces together, which is that You know, the brain's job is really to burn things into the unconscious when it says, oh, I've got this, I've got that. This is a routine I've seen before, right? But the reason we're always conscious, the reason the brain's always burning a lot of energy is because the world throws lots of novelty at us.

And so despite all our best efforts, every day is full of the unexpected. And therefore, we're always in these novel conflicts, right?

And so despite all our best efforts, every day is full of the unexpected. And therefore, we're always in these novel conflicts, right?

And so despite all our best efforts, every day is full of the unexpected. And therefore, we're always in these novel conflicts, right?

That's right. Although I suspect that a lot of our future simulation is unconscious because some amount of our future sim is, you know, is something that we've... Right, it's using the machine. It's using the machine, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

That's right. Although I suspect that a lot of our future simulation is unconscious because some amount of our future sim is, you know, is something that we've... Right, it's using the machine. It's using the machine, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

That's right. Although I suspect that a lot of our future simulation is unconscious because some amount of our future sim is, you know, is something that we've... Right, it's using the machine. It's using the machine, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

And so we certainly can pull things up into consciousness and think, okay, I really want to understand what it would be like if I did this and if I moved to this other city and got this other job. But much of the time, we're just slamming things forward.

And so we certainly can pull things up into consciousness and think, okay, I really want to understand what it would be like if I did this and if I moved to this other city and got this other job. But much of the time, we're just slamming things forward.

And so we certainly can pull things up into consciousness and think, okay, I really want to understand what it would be like if I did this and if I moved to this other city and got this other job. But much of the time, we're just slamming things forward.

Let me make sure I can unpack that. It's that if you're looking at a high entropy state where there's lots of possibilities, then you have higher anxiety. Anxiety actually indexes that.

Let me make sure I can unpack that. It's that if you're looking at a high entropy state where there's lots of possibilities, then you have higher anxiety. Anxiety actually indexes that.

Let me make sure I can unpack that. It's that if you're looking at a high entropy state where there's lots of possibilities, then you have higher anxiety. Anxiety actually indexes that.

That's almost by definition. And by the way, this goes back to what we were saying also about, you know, for example, the Tetris players, or let's just say, I don't know, let's say when you, did you play soccer as a kid? Okay, so when you first were learning how to play soccer, again, your brain, if we could have measured it while you were running around on the field, it's on fire because you're,

That's almost by definition. And by the way, this goes back to what we were saying also about, you know, for example, the Tetris players, or let's just say, I don't know, let's say when you, did you play soccer as a kid? Okay, so when you first were learning how to play soccer, again, your brain, if we could have measured it while you were running around on the field, it's on fire because you're,