How to Deal With the Delusion of Life

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"We are programmed to believe all these things that helped us survive in 50,000 BC. We're not programmed to believe things that are real if they didn't help us then," he says. "I will say that I'm the best place on the planet to maximize the time with the friends that matter most to me." The actor gives himself a B minus for his self-control so far this year.

ABOUT TIM URBAN

Tim Urban is a writer and bestselling author. Above all else, he spends a ton of time thinking about how we can think more effectively. Tim is the creator and author of the popular blog, Wait But Why, and the author of the new bestselling book What's Our Problem.

In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, revisit Robert Glazer's conversation with Tim from 2019. In a wide ranging conversation, Robert and Tim dig into Tim’s career as a writer, his TED Talk on why everybody is a procrastinator, and an eye-opening post Tim wrote that creates a visual timeline of a human life and emphasizes that we have less time with loved ones than we think, even in the best case scenario.

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