Our brain starts with a primordial story of 'I'm good and life is good', allowing openness and exploration. Over time, negative life experiences lead to a new story that 'life is not good and I'm not good', becoming more dominant. This shift causes us to believe that life is bad and we are terrible, leading to a dissociated state. Despite trying to convince ourselves of positivity, influenced by mindfulness and positive thinking trends, many live in this negative perception.
Gary Goldman was a writer on “Total Recall”, a Philip K. Dick adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzeneger. It was a big hit. So why do Gary and his writing partner, Angus Fletcher, have so much trouble selling another Philip K. Dick adaptation? They tell Malcolm that it all came down to a roller coaster ride of plot twists that even A-List action actors couldn’t stomach, and an early attempt at AI that was too dumb to pick a smart script.
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