In this first episode we take a look at the "elephant brain" and follow the story of Kate, an accomplished executive who is suddenly afraid to fly.

If you would like to learn more about the topics discussed in this show, then I recommend:

• Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (Vintage: 2012)
• Daniel Kaneman, Thinking Fast and Slow (FSG: 2011)
• Joel Weinberger and Valentina Stoycheva, The Unconscious: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications (Guilford: 2020)
• Louis Cozolino, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy (Third Edition) (Norton: 2017)
• Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson, The Elephant in the Brain (Oxford: 2018)
• Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber, The Enigma of Reason (Harvard: 2017)

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