Joshua Greene

And that's part of our strategy.

Yeah.

I remember many years ago hearing about the Dalai Lama being asked,

if he was angry at the Chinese and his response was, well, this is in reference to Tibet.

He said, well, they've already stolen my country.

Why would I let them steal my mind?

You're only hurting yourself if you allow that anger to dominate you instead of taking what information value it has and then channeling it in a productive way.

Well, I think there's certainly an aesthetic dimension to

to things that build, right?

That when you meet someone and at first you're skeptical and you think, oh, this is not going to go well.

This is not my kind of person.

Gritting your teeth and preparing for the worst.

And then you find a surprising connection there, right?

Whether it's about some shared interest or just, you know, your shared humanity.

It's even sweeter than when it's something that you're expecting and there's something that are beautiful about it that makes you not only think, I like this person, but it makes the world feel a little bit bigger and more likely to surprise you in a positive way tomorrow.

So I think that all of those kinds of social growth experiences have a kind of beauty to them.

It's built into the nature of the process.

I mean, I think this is something that we all do to some extent, right?

And in some cases, it's not so bad.

Tell me what you really think of this new outfit, right?