Thread by @AGratefulApe

4 things I appreciated while learning about Human Nature from @JeffBooth's Series on @WhatisMoneyShow w/ @Breedlove22 #BTC #Bitcoin (1/11)

1. "New things are harder to learn as we get older because our brains have been wired for different systems" @JeffBooth
I believe this thinking will help me maintain empathy when I find people don't change their mind in the face of something I consider obvious. (2/11)

This practice of empathy towards others when they disagree with me will enable me to be more empathetic to myself when I find my own outdated programs/beliefs need to be updated (3/11)

2. "It's easy for man to mistake the limits of his own vision for the limits of reality" @Breedlove22 quoting Arthur Schopenhauer.
This thinking breeds humility and helps me maintain an open mind no matter how much I learn over time. (4/11)

It also reminds me of the principle "What you see is all there is." from Thinking fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (5/11)

3. "Focus on making changes in the system vs changing the person" @JeffBooth
"Human nature is like water, it takes the shape of its container" @Breedlove22
I appreciate 2 things about these quotes.
(6/11)

1st it helps me separate and judge an action or thought process without judging the human being that it comes from.
2nd it enables me to understand that humans action cannot be abstracted from the environment. (7/11)

My personal belief on this is that our nature is an emergent property of our environmental incentives
This is echoed by @#AlanWatts where he states that to the study of an organism cannot be separated from its environment.
(8/11)

This gives even more power to the idea presented by @JamesClear in his book "Atomic Habits" where he claims "We don't rise to the level of our goals but fall to the level of our systems" (9/11)

4. The fact that there was research after WWII to try and understand the nature of human conflict.
We humans have our faults however no other animal puts this much effort in trying to understand itself for the purpose of improvement. (10/11)

We often fail and will continue to do so but I appreciate the attempts we make to overcome our violent nature as we move towards greater and greater levels of cooperation. It also helps to remember our growth is often not in a straight line. (11/11)