“I don’t know what I was thinking!”
We say things we didn’t mean to. Do things that we know we’d regret. Make stupid purchases. Act aggressively in the heat of the moment. Eat mindlessly.
Almost as if we lose control of our own minds. Why?
Our brain has gone through millions of years of evolution.
Although we have evolved into brilliant conscious, creative beings… there are parts of our brain that are very primitive and animalistic in nature.
Our primal instincts heavily influence our behavior.
And in some situations, these instincts overpower our rational mind, causing us to act irrationally.
Corporations and politicians take advantage of these same primal instincts to manipulate you.
Cultural evolution happens much more rapidly than genetic evolution. As a consequence, our instinctive social behaviors are not fully adapted to the modern way of life.
We are fighting millions of years of evolution. Which is why we all have the tendency to act stupidly at times
I go deeper into this topic to discuss:
- What triggers your reptilian brain
- How you are being manipulated
- How your reptilian brain is holding you back
- How do we win that fight? And how do we stop being slaves to our primal instincts?
12-min read
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