In the book, i make the argument that we do what feels like survival. Our brain is not the best brain to survive in the modern world. It's the best brain for usee ifi wo are good for us, so it's good for our ancestors. If something was good for the survival of our ancestors, the ancestors that were doing it survived more. I make the example of the human civilization going to mars. In a couple of generations there will be the first tume which is born on mars and his gens will still be adapted to live on hearth.
Why do people eat too much even when they don't want to? Why are there so many bad managers? And why might anti-vaxxers be useful? Luca Dellanna, author of The Control Heuristic, thinks the answers to all of these questions are in our heads, or rather in our basal ganglia. Dellanna talks to EconTalk's Russ Roberts about why both brains and employees need immediate feedback, why we're wired to believe our best guesses, and why addiction is just our brain's way of making sure we survive.