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Part 2 of 2: David Friedberg is All-In on Science (#298)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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You Know I'm Not an Agent Over My Own Control

David Weinberger: We are losing agency which the only thing we control are these chemicals that we call our brain. It's deeply ingrained in human nature to rebel against this notion of I am not an agent over my own control and he thinks that's what gives meditation such a benefit. He says surrendering ego is the hardest thing to do but you need a little bit of swagger to be a good scientist, inventor or father. "I hope we can meet in person someday they're up there down here or wherever in the middle that we can meet" said Winberg. 'The stuff we talked about today is stuff we never talked about ever like what you've been consciousness'

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