Jason Silva on Fear | Brain Games

fear is connected to the fight-or-flight

fear is connected to the fight-or-flight response and that it’s a sort of a

response and that it’s a sort of a

response and that it’s a sort of a nervous system response is characterized

nervous system response is characterized

nervous system response is characterized by a rush of adrenaline that’s meant to

by a rush of adrenaline that’s meant to

by a rush of adrenaline that’s meant to quickly make you react and decide if you

quickly make you react and decide if you

quickly make you react and decide if you are going to fight this danger or flee

are going to fight this danger or flee

are going to fight this danger or flee this danger this is something that we

this danger this is something that we

this danger this is something that we have inherited this isn’t biologically

have inherited this isn’t biologically

have inherited this isn’t biologically selected for because it proved useful to

selected for because it proved useful to

selected for because it proved useful to our survival in more dangerous time when

our survival in more dangerous time when

our survival in more dangerous time when we were running through the savannahs of

we were running through the savannahs of

we were running through the savannahs of Africa and a tiger suddenly lunged from

Africa and a tiger suddenly lunged from

Africa and a tiger suddenly lunged from the forest

the forest

the forest you needed quick fight-or-flight and I

you needed quick fight-or-flight and I

you needed quick fight-or-flight and I take this Tiger what do I run from this

take this Tiger what do I run from this

take this Tiger what do I run from this tiger but it needed to be instantaneous

tiger but it needed to be instantaneous

tiger but it needed to be instantaneous almost like a reflex so I think fear is

almost like a reflex so I think fear is

almost like a reflex so I think fear is tapped into that we all know that and we

tapped into that we all know that and we

tapped into that we all know that and we all have felt afraid in our lives and

all have felt afraid in our lives and

all have felt afraid in our lives and it’s a feeling that in many ways you

it’s a feeling that in many ways you

it’s a feeling that in many ways you think we want to avoid we want to avoid

think we want to avoid we want to avoid

think we want to avoid we want to avoid fear panic and desire to avoid it on the

fear panic and desire to avoid it on the

fear panic and desire to avoid it on the other hand we’ve kind of like hack our

other hand we’ve kind of like hack our

other hand we’ve kind of like hack our own nervous system response because we

own nervous system response because we

own nervous system response because we have this very meta brains we have this

have this very meta brains we have this

have this very meta brains we have this ability to create these contexts in

ability to create these contexts in

ability to create these contexts in which we simultaneously and scare

which we simultaneously and scare

which we simultaneously and scare ourselves while knowing that we’re safe

ourselves while knowing that we’re safe

ourselves while knowing that we’re safe the appeal of scary movies I want a

the appeal of scary movies I want a

the appeal of scary movies I want a scary movie to freak me the hell out

scary movie to freak me the hell out

scary movie to freak me the hell out because on a meta level I know

because on a meta level I know

because on a meta level I know everything’s fine we can hack into the

everything’s fine we can hack into the

everything’s fine we can hack into the fight-or-flight response and enjoy the

fight-or-flight response and enjoy the

fight-or-flight response and enjoy the rush of fear if we know that that fear

rush of fear if we know that that fear

rush of fear if we know that that fear is in the safe context thus the appeal

is in the safe context thus the appeal

is in the safe context thus the appeal of skydiving haunted house and scary

of skydiving haunted house and scary

of skydiving haunted house and scary movies anything is amazing because it’s

movies anything is amazing because it’s

movies anything is amazing because it’s gonna testament to our ingenuity we’ve

gonna testament to our ingenuity we’ve

gonna testament to our ingenuity we’ve infused our own fight-or-flight response

infused our own fight-or-flight response

infused our own fight-or-flight response with narrative fear now has sort of

with narrative fear now has sort of

with narrative fear now has sort of extended consciousness to it we’re so

extended consciousness to it we’re so

extended consciousness to it we’re so smart we hack our own like engineering

smart we hack our own like engineering

smart we hack our own like engineering designs it’s amazing

designs it’s amazing

designs it’s amazing you

you

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