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Understanding Paleolithic Brains and Climate Change
1:54:00 - 1:59:17 (05:16)
The podcast discusses the challenges of addressing climate change and how our paleolithic brains are not designed to be effective problem solvers in the face of a large-scale issue like climate change. The guest urges listeners to recognize the limitations of their instincts and embrace technologies that work to minimize their impact on attention and streamline decision-making.
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The default settings for many technology applications aim to minimize their footprint on our attention, but a deeper redesign is needed to treat human attention as sacred and conserve it for the most important aspects of our lives.
1:54:00 - 1:55:37 (01:37)
Summary
The default settings for many technology applications aim to minimize their footprint on our attention, but a deeper redesign is needed to treat human attention as sacred and conserve it for the most important aspects of our lives. Developing an awareness of the value of attention and being willing to pay for technology that preserves it is key.
ChapterUnderstanding Paleolithic Brains and Climate Change
Episode#387: Tristan Harris — Fighting Skynet and Firewalling Attention
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The recommended books are Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse and Technopoly by Neil Postman.
1:55:37 - 1:57:25 (01:47)
Summary
The recommended books are Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse and Technopoly by Neil Postman. The podcast recommendation is related to the concept of playing to win vs. playing to keep playing, which overlaps with the idea presented in Finite and Infinite Games.
ChapterUnderstanding Paleolithic Brains and Climate Change
Episode#387: Tristan Harris — Fighting Skynet and Firewalling Attention
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Tristan Harris discusses how our paleolithic brains may not be equipped to handle the overwhelming issue of climate change and suggests checking out the Center for Humane Technology's work.
1:57:26 - 1:59:17 (01:51)
Summary
Tristan Harris discusses how our paleolithic brains may not be equipped to handle the overwhelming issue of climate change and suggests checking out the Center for Humane Technology's work. He also brings attention to the fundamental issues of capitalism.