Derek Thompson

And it was this kind of mass hysteria that occurred.

And we see this all the time, that every few years, there's some kind of mass hysteria where people become infected with these thoughts that become their biology in some way, that it feels physically true.

Now, if that can happen,

physiologically, if we can create these symptoms in our bodies that take people to the hospital, it absolutely happens in culture as well.

I see this when I travel all over the world, that you find that some cultures have what's called a tall poppy syndrome, where they perpetuate this idea that

Don't get too big for your britches.

I see this a lot.

Don't stand out too much.

Don't try too hard.

You're just going to fail.

You're going to embarrass us.

Whereas in other cultures, I think particularly one thing we do amazingly well in America is that we not only celebrate success, we also celebrate failure.

When I lived in Silicon Valley and I had a startup that didn't work, hey, I still had VCs lining up to give me more money because they said, okay, great, you've learned from that experience.

That's terrific.

You'll do better the next time.

That would be an example of how we can have these culture-wide beliefs that perpetuate what we're able to try.

I think with your work around abundance, by believing what is possible, by imagining a possible future, this is how we get it done.

We can't do what we can't see, what we can't imagine.

And so having those beliefs that the world could be better, that we could lead to an abundant future, it's not just about self-help tricks and tips.

It really is about the future of society.