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Andreessen Horowitz Part I

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The Elephant in the Brain

It's a non fiction book called the elephant in the brain. One of the main theses is that we humans are animals, and so why do we sort of try and go around pretending that we're not? The thing that i took away from it was, once you can be more mindful of the way in which your brain is not acting logically or appropriately as you should present in society,  you can then apply your higher functions on top of it. It's a phenomenal read. Couldn't have found a better place to recommend it a podcast after minownheart. And you know, you're talking to people who are willing to dedicate ten hours of podcast time to a single...

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