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David Eagleman

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Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

But possibilism is a much more active thing of saying, hey, we're going to go out and explore the possibility space and shine a flashlight around this and try to figure out what's going on.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

Yeah.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

To this day, every time I see religious conflict, it just blows my mind.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I mean, the whole history of Europe over the last 500 years was defined by fights between the Catholics and the Protestants.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I don't mean fights.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I mean killing, like murdering.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

And it feels like you look at this stuff and it's so goofy.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

And yet, this is the history that we have been surrounded with and still have to deal with in a lot of the world.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I feel like

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I think I'm correct in looking at the world now in 2022 and thinking, okay, we're maturing a bit, at least much of the world is maturing out of this idea of, okay, this particular ancient religion that I was taught is the truth.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

Yeah.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

But anyway, I hope that's right.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

Yeah.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I mean, so this is gonna be my next cup.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

So I'm running three companies right now, but this is going to be my next one is called live wire because I'm really interested in building this.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I mentioned this before.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

I just feel like the way we think about building all our technology now and the way that everything is set up, our factories are set up and our education system is set up is okay.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

Yeah.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

You make a hardware layer and then you put software on top of it.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
David Eagleman: The Psychology of Time, How the Brain Shapes Reality & Human Nature | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

And that's been a great idea and it's been super successful, but it's just not the way that biology ever does anything.