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The Influence You Have

Hidden Brain Podcast

This week, we revisit a favorite episode about a phenomenon known as "egocentric bias," and look at how this bias can lead us astray.

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Jonathan Haidt: Religion, Evolution, and the Ecstasy of Self-Transcendence

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

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Jonathan Haidt
2012
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How to Dissolve Your Ego—and Why You Should

Ever want to move forward but find you’re in your own way?

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Scotty Hendricks
2020
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No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism

In this groundbreaking book, Niebauer writes that the latest research in neuropsychology is now confirming a fundamental tenet of Buddhism, what is called Anatta, or the doctrine of “no self.

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Chris Niebauer
2019
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Integration: Psychedelics, Spirituality and the Ego

Integration has become a buzzword in the world of psychedelics, but there are still questions being asked about what it means to be integrated, who can do it, and how it can be done.

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Sharon Rafferty
2019
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The Ego and the Universe: Alan Watts on Becoming Who You Really Are

The cause of and cure for the illusion of separateness that keeps us from embracing the richness of life.

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Maria Popova
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Mike Tyson on Smoking DMT: ‘Do You Understand the Toad?’ | The Art of Conversation W/ Dan Le Batard

Mike Tyson explains to Dan Le Batard the spiritual awakening he underwent after smoking DMT, a psychedelic drug that occurs naturally in some plants and animals. Tyson also shares how his ego has shaped his life, and he goes in depth about his relationship with Cus D'Amato.

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2019
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Cognitive Psychology