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Unf*cking the World — Radical Hope for the Future | Jamie Wheal

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

CHAPTER

The New Good Thing

We're constantly seeking two things actually, salience. And then also novelty he calls the magic maybe. We are as hunter gatherers ar on up we're quadrupy rewarded for seeking not just the good thing, but the new good thing. A lot of our horse power upstairs is fronted on scanning and seeking the new. When there isn't any, we become disincented and or static. It's much easier to imagine the devil than god because all things end in decay. Write everything unwise. This is a certainty.

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