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Peeking in on Nature’s Hoodwink

We are born with a bio-illusion — a bio-hoodwink(1) — that goes like this: Through hunting, “I” gathers fillers to satiate (fill) the hole. Primal emotions of need (e.g., desire, wish) and fear (e.g., insecurity, anxiety) drive this illusion forward. This illusion originates in the survival instinct to find food to fill the empty belly. […]

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Dec 13, 2008 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Observations,  'Podcasted' Tagged With: balance, bio-hoodwink, civilization, hunter gatherer, pleasure v pain

AI Deep Dive ‘Podcasts’

These audio clips are generated by Google’s NotebookLM Deep Dive ‘Podcast’ feature. Listen to one or two and see what you think. I would appreciate your criticisms, constructive or otherwise. If enough people feel such AI overviews are a useful addition, I’ll do the same for my other post. If not, I’ll delete the ones […]

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Jan 1, 1000 by Carl Abbott
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