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    When Your Brain Betrays You: The Science of Surprising Behavior

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    2025年9月22日
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    Why do we doomscroll at 2AM despite our best intentions? Drawing from Jonathan Haidt's moral psychology, Andrew Huberman's neuroscience, and the famous Good Samaritan experiment, this episode reveals the hidden forces controlling your choices and how to reclaim control of your decision-making.

    When Your Brain Betrays You: The Science of Surprising Behavior

    When Your Brain Betrays You: The Science of Surprising Behavior最佳语录

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    Our moral judgments happen through intuition first, and reasoning second; it's like we have an inner lawyer that jumps to conclusions before our inner scientist can even boot up.

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    输入问题

    Why do we make choices that go against what we actually want to do?

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    知识来源
    The Righteous Mind
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt
    Thinking, Fast and Slow
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/c062419a-f031-4c16-82ad-cda7884381ed
    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
    link
    https://www.befreed.ai/book/influence-the-psychology-of-persuasion-by-phd-robert-b-cialdini
    The Status Game
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-status-game-by-will-storr
    The Elephant in the Brain
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-elephant-in-the-brain-by-kevin-simler
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/dopamine-nation-by-anna-lembke

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    核心要点

    1

    When Your Brain Betrays You

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    2

    Your Brain's Hidden Agenda

    0:47
    1:07
    1:24
    1:38
    1:57
    2:09
    3

    The Hidden Forces Controlling Your Choices

    2:29
    2:47
    3:04
    0:32
    3:40
    4

    The Status Games We Can't Stop Playing

    4:05
    4:28
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    4:59
    5:11
    5:16
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    The Science of Why Negativity Wins

    5:36
    5:16
    6:07
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    6:34
    6:39
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    Bridging Divides in a Polarized World

    7:00
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    7:33
    7:45
    7:59
    8:06
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    The Design Solution to Willpower Problems

    8:25
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    Shock-Proof Your Brain: Practical Takeaways

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