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Handling the Dark Forest: Survival When the Wor...

Handling the Dark Forest: Survival When the World's On Fire

Arthur Doler

July 15, 2022
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  1. @arthurdoler Arthur Doler Resources: Boring details about me are at

    https://arthurdoler.com @arthurdoler Arthur Doler Resources: Boring details about me are at https://arthurdoler.com
  2. @arthurdoler Your brain and you The Walled Garden & the

    Dark Forest Your brain during the pandemic Surviving the fire Handling the next fire that comes along A roadmap for the next
  3. @arthurdoler WHEN YOU GET INDIGESTION YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE YOU

    FAILED “O my own stomach, why dost thou attack me?”
  4. @arthurdoler YOU DON’T FEEL BROKEN WHEN SOMEONE ELSE GETS INDIGESTION

    AND YOU DON’T Unless you really like the flavor of antacids, I guess?
  5. @arthurdoler THIS IDEA IS CALLED THE EXTENDED MIND The Extended

    Mind, Annie Murphy Paul – also Daniel Dennett and Andy Clark
  6. @arthurdoler STRESS DIMINISHES YOUR ABILITY TO THINK AND TO CONTROL

    YOUR ATTENTION Liston, McEwen, and Casey, 2009
  7. @arthurdoler WE SEEK COMFORT WHEREVER WE CAN GET IT, WHEREVER

    WE’VE GOTTEN IT IN THE PAST Even in some not-so-nice places
  8. @arthurdoler WE STARTED TO ENCOUNTER: A lack of forward progress

    Emotional problems Physical health problems Diagnosable mental problems As the indigestion spills out into the rest of our existence
  9. @arthurdoler SEEK CONTROL IN LIMITED, REASONABLE FASHION, EVEN IF IT’S

    NOT “USEFUL” Key word here is “reasonable”
  10. @arthurdoler WHAT CAN YOU SOLVE BEFOREHAND, SO YOU DON’T NEED

    TO THINK ABOUT IT? Think of it like spinning up other instances