Ian Bogost
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439 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 7 Jul
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Just let it happen.
You don't even have to stop to smell the roses.
Walk by them if you want.
But just take in the smell.
Linger on it a little.
Accept it rather than rushing past it.
I'm glad you asked this because I think that we, it's so hard to trust our senses, to trust our experience.
We're always looking for evidence.
We're looking for like outcome driven evidence or data these days.
And my approach to this problem is a lot more philosophical than it is scientific.
In fact, one of the enemies is popular psychology.
There's this old study or series of studies starting in the 1960s about gratification that kind of created this idea of instant gratification.
gratification, that instant gratification is bad, and that if you take in sensory pleasures in the moment, you're missing out on opportunities for future engagement.
And there was these psychologists at Stanford that studied this, and they tried to prove with science that if you can only defer gratification, then your life will be better and more successful and whatnot.
And all of that supposed science was kind of unwound decades later anyway.
But when you think about it, when you actually like stop and think about it, why do you need a scientific proof that when you touch or smell or taste or engage with your senses in the world, that it feels good and then it connects you to that world?
So, you know, the argument I'm making is trust yourself, trust the experiences you're already having because they can deliver dividends.
I mean, why would I want to do that?
Right.
I mean, it's funny because I think that we're part of the problem is that we're always looking for the, for the benefit.
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