September 18, 2025

Dr. Daniel Crosby - Seek Out the Unexpected

15 minutes

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What can we learn from circus animals about learned helplessness and how can we free ourselves from the chains of a small existence we feel we can’t escape?
What are the positive and negative implications of habituation? How does it serve us evolutionarily and how can it hold us back?
How does habituation affect the joy we get from our favorite songs and how can we renew this joy when we’ve overplayed a song?
How can we change things up to disrupt our status quo and tendency for habituation?
Why is diversifying your experiences, and your life overall, just as vital as diversifying your portfolio?
What does Existentialist Jean Paul Sartre mean by his example of a waiter who is “playing at being a waiter in a cafe?” What does Sartre mean that he is acting in “bad faith” and how can we think about this in our own lives?

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By Dr. Daniel Crosby

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September 18, 2025

15 minutes

Tune in to hear:

What can we learn from circus animals about learned helplessness and how can we free ourselves from the chains of a small existence we feel we can’t escape?
What are the positive and negative implications of habituation? How does it serve us evolutionarily and how can it hold us back?
How does habituation affect the joy we get from our favorite songs and how can we renew this joy when we’ve overplayed a song?
How can we change things up to disrupt our status quo and tendency for habituation?
Why is diversifying your experiences, and your life overall, just as vital as diversifying your portfolio?
What does Existentialist Jean Paul Sartre mean by his example of a waiter who is “playing at being a waiter in a cafe?” What does Sartre mean that he is acting in “bad faith” and how can we think about this in our own lives?

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