Take in the Good - Rick Hanson at Chicago Ideas Week

Today we don't gather our own food, fight off wild animals, or live in caves. And yet, explains Dr. Rick Hanson, we're equipped with stone-aged brains. With practice, however, we can change our brains, and our lives, for the better.

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[jehkjshrfk]

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[ExertionDiver]

(1) It's only part of negativity that is drilled. Other part is most probably comes from how our brain works. There are too many factors that can't be explained if we see it as some kind of taught knowledge.

(2) It's not about actual scarcity of resources. In the earlier days of humanity though there were actually more resources per person and there were no need to divide them as we have now those resources were more difficult to get on constant basis.

[Alexandros Sofocleous]

My opinion is that resources are scarce because of competition. And back then, conditions were more difficult. People didn't have the luxury of housing, running water, even porcelain toilets were established quite recently. This stuff is not easy to do. Nobody is expecting me to start thinking of happy thoughts when I'm doing terribly; I need to deal with reality sooner or later. But meditation and good company are a start for every individual.

[farid1323]

The core message in this is great. BUT,

(1) The negativity bias is taught/drilled into us and has been for generations. We learn all this negativity from everything around us as we grow.

(2) Hunter/gatherer societies competed for scarce resources? In pristine lands, before "civilisation", with clean water, air, and abundant vegetation thus food, I am to believe there was scarcity? A misguided assumption.

Nevertheless, great core message in this talk. Strengthen our thoughts. With love.