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Robert Wright on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Why Buddhism is True

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The Implications of Mindfulness in Economics

We don't really know our own Best interests. We need to be nudged paternalism is necessary and not just uh It's not something we should hold our nose at it's imperative. Our brain accesses, uh, the hard drive is It's obscured from us. And what almost always works for me and I think it works for everyone is stop thinking about it. In 10 minutes have somebody ask again and it just pops right in your headSomething about the wayOur brain accesses,. uh, thehard drive is It’s obscuring from us. Obviously like many things are let's probably lost all of our economic solicitors, but case anything we're still hanging on.

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