Jason Silva on Following the Leader | Brain Games

one of the ways in which we follow

one of the ways in which we follow others is known as the deictic gates

others is known as the deictic gates

others is known as the deictic gates deictic gaze involves us looking or

deictic gaze involves us looking or

deictic gaze involves us looking or someone else’s looking I’m looking at a

someone else’s looking I’m looking at a

someone else’s looking I’m looking at a person and they’re looking at something

person and they’re looking at something

person and they’re looking at something else and they look concerned I’m able to

else and they look concerned I’m able to

else and they look concerned I’m able to take on their perspective and find out

take on their perspective and find out

take on their perspective and find out what it is that they’re looking at

what it is that they’re looking at

what it is that they’re looking at contagious life and death I needed to

contagious life and death I needed to

contagious life and death I needed to see what he was looking in case it was

see what he was looking in case it was

see what he was looking in case it was danger what’s really interesting about

danger what’s really interesting about

danger what’s really interesting about that is that that’s the the origins of

that is that that’s the the origins of

that is that that’s the the origins of empathy come from this idea of looking

empathy come from this idea of looking

empathy come from this idea of looking where another is looking because if you

where another is looking because if you

where another is looking because if you look for another looks that you see what

look for another looks that you see what

look for another looks that you see what he sees it to extent you feel what he

he sees it to extent you feel what he

he sees it to extent you feel what he feels

feels

feels in modern contexts cinema and story

in modern contexts cinema and story

in modern contexts cinema and story wouldn’t work without this dying decays

wouldn’t work without this dying decays

wouldn’t work without this dying decays if we didn’t have that ability to see

if we didn’t have that ability to see

if we didn’t have that ability to see the world through the other’s eye

the world through the other’s eye

the world through the other’s eye stories wouldn’t work so in a way yes we

stories wouldn’t work so in a way yes we

stories wouldn’t work so in a way yes we are programmed to be followed that’s not

are programmed to be followed that’s not

are programmed to be followed that’s not always a bad thing its original function

always a bad thing its original function

always a bad thing its original function I think was to enable us to work

I think was to enable us to work

I think was to enable us to work together to towards the common