I love this metaphor that you offer at one point in the book, of treating your life as a marble sculpture. One selects a way the universe will be and thereby eliminates ways the universe could have been like so many fragments of marble chiseled away. So there's a rationality involved in trying to not make especially big decisions,. Big decisions have big consequences, and then you have to take responsibility for them. And do you think most people fully appreciate kind of how extraordinary this power is that they have?

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode