"The Brain" with David Eagleman (WiM132)
The "What is Money?" Show
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Are You a Self Made Man?
Our past is not a faithful record. Instead, it's a reconstruction. And sometimes it can border on mythology. When we review our life memory s, we should do so with the awareness that not all the details are accurate. Some came from stories that people told us about ourselves. Others were filled in with what we thought must have happened. So if your answer to who you are is based simply on your memories, that makes your identity something of a strange, ongoing, mutable narrative. That kind of thing yets an excellent point i've often take in issue, without myself, the idea of a self made man. Even even though you can have those qualities, you're not,
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