
269: Where Do Epiphanies Come From, Acting different w different people, Self-destructive behavior
Beat Your Genes Podcast
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The Ego Trap Is a Unique Lever Inside of a Human Motivational Opportunity
The ego trap is adaptive strategy that says, conditions now exist where i am better off not trying at all than I am trying and coming up about where i think i'm going to. It's a unique lever inside of a human motivational possibility tat leads to self destructive behavior. But we can look at it another perspective and say, wo that’s really expensive and brutal, which it is. We're the evolutionary psychology podcast for finding happ in the modern world.
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