Mindful Media Choices
Mahzarin emphasizes the importance of consciously curating the information we consume, highlighting that passive consumption can have lasting effects on our minds. She shares her personal journey of avoiding certain media, like American football, due to moral concerns, while also seeking out diverse perspectives to challenge her thinking. This intentional approach to media not only shapes her worldview but also fosters personal growth and understanding.In this clip
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On Being with Krista Tippett
[Unedited] Mahzarin Banaji with Krista Tippett
Related Questions
Is it fair to say that the brain can build on traumatic memories, preventing a person from taking actions that could allow them to heal themselves, based on the examples from the Huberman Lab Podcast episode 'If You're SICK & TIRED Of Being Pushed Around, WATCH THIS!' with Jenn Cassetta and the clip 'Empathy Through Loss'? For instance, I produced a significant activation, which was the largest success of my career, that opened on my mother's birthday. Two weeks later, she died in her sleep. Now, when I attempt to work on large, challenging projects like this one, I can start the process creatively but have great trouble following through on distributing it to people who could help me execute it. Is that a fair analysis of how my mind is perceiving my actions as leading to a similar tragic outcome?
Andrew Huberman has stated that, perhaps counterintuitively, to control how we feel and perceive things, we need to run the process backward. I'm struggling with this because, on the whole, action follows thought, and even Andrew himself has stated the importance of mindset. What's going on here?