![]() Focusing beyond ourselves and striving to become more aware of ourselves and how we interact with the world will help us find ways to better use our time, wrenching control back from our instant gratification monkey, and will help us navigate new waters on our journey. ![]() Ultimately, by continually focusing on who we are, who we are becoming, and what stories we tell ourselves and others, we can begin to ensure that our path and actions are in true alignment with the person we want to be. Internal control can still be a useful myth if we tie it to the right structures and systems to ensure everyone can use their agency appropriately and avoid the overwhelming crush of defeatism when things don’t go well. We should then take steps to help improve their situations and to give them more opportunities to find the space that fits their skills and abilities for growth and success. Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. When people fail, we shouldn’t look at them as morally inept, as lacking skills and abilities, but as people who happened to end up in a difficult place. Listen to Rationally Speaking Podcast on Spotify. This should encourage us to apply ourselves fully, but to be humble, and take steps to help ensure others can also apply themselves fully to reach greater levels of success. We need to believe we have agency, but also believe that success is essentially a matter of luck and that we are dependent on society and others to reach great heights. ![]() These are contradictory views on the surface, but I believe they can be combined and live in harmony (especially given the human ability to peacefully and ignorantly live with contradictory beliefs). My solution therefore is to blend the two views, the view of internal agency and the view of external forces shaping the future we have. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. If internal control is a useful myth, it is because it encourages action and flourishing for individuals. Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. ![]()
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