Scott Carney’s book ‘the Wedge’ changed my life a little bit, and it has led me down a rabbit hole into his work over the years. From the Enlightenment Trap, to What Doesn’t Kill Us, and into some of his interviews around consciousness. In this episode, we dive deep into death and how our biological programming to fear it can be both a hindrance and a reason to challenge ourselves. We talk about how the wellness industry wants to sell you living forever, and that might not be such a new idea. Ultimately, this is a conversation around our actions and the way we can place what Scott calls “the wedge” between stimulus and response at an individual level, and maybe even at a societal level. It’s also about getting out of our own perspective and imagining what it might be like to be a cat, or the motivations of a cell as much as it’s about learning to change our perspectives. 

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Instagram: @scottcarney

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I thoroughly recommend Scott’s Audiobooks!

The Vortex

The Wedge

The Enlightement Trap

What Doesn’t Kill Us

Other Great Interviews with Scott: 

Scott Carney on Third Eye Drops

Timestamps:

00:14:22: I finally stop talking and start the episode 

00:17:14: How fear of death shapes our biology

00:25:26: the wellness industry wants to sell you living forever

00:28:32: Ripple effects of our actions 

00:39:48: Self and other - being shaped by our environments and microbiome

00:48:15: ‘Umwelt’ and empathy 

00:51:26: Outsourcing our natural relationships to technology 

00:54:24: From a cell’s perspective

01:02:00: ‘the Wedge’ at a societal level 

01:17:42: Changing our minds

01:24:31: Being a generalist

Books Mentioned:

The Sandman (Book 1) by Neil Gaiman

Story of the Human Body by Daniel E Lieberman

Range by David Epstein

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