7 Shades of Jekyll and Hyde
Its nigh Halloween. Monsters (in costume) and revelry. As humans - we each possess a rational, caring ‘Dr. Jekyll’ and an atavistic, emotional, reactive ‘Mr. Hyde’. This brief (15 minute) reflection shows 7 areas of our life where Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde interact and suggests ways for a stable (and more sustainable) integration might occur.
Show Notes
01:19 - Jekyll and Hyde
04:15 - Comparing ourselves to others is the driver of social status
04:54 - Climate change
05:37 - People want meaningful work
06:45 - The best and worst of the US
07:20 - NATO Involvement in Ukraine/Russia war
09:21 - Left vs right brain dynamic
09:32 - The neocortex can plan for the future but the limbic system cannot
10:42 - Andrew Huberman, Dopamine Fasting
12:46 - Bush quote on the American way of life
13:38 - 25% of the humans to ever live were in the last 500 years
