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Rationally Speaking #178 - Tim Urban on "Trying to live well, as semi-rational animals"

Rationally Speaking Podcast

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The Importance of Balance in Life

"The rational side gets the full situation. The fact is the animal side is perfectly optimized for us to survive in 50,000 BC," he says. "Now we don't, and that's fine." He adds: "Our biology moves along extremely slowly as basically changes zero percent since 50,000BC"

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