Investing Time and Energy: The Pyramid Scheme of Regret

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In this chapter, they discuss the phenomena of investing time and energy into something and then feeling a sense of regret. They compare it to a pyramid scheme or cult, where the more involved you become, the harder it is to confront the idea that it may all be a sham. They also explore the idea of not being present in one's own life and using closure as a way to avoid processing emotions.

In this episode on Rob Reiner's 80s Classic: The Princess Bride we discuss Grief and loss and the different ways that people react to it. We primarily focus on the presentations of Buttercup, Westley, and Inigo and the different ways in which the deal with losses in their lives. We also discuss the concept of revenge fantasies and how they represent a classic McGuffin that drives many plots, but, in reality rarely works out the way people imagine.

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