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comment by kazren
kazren  ·  3774 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Our Minds Mislead Us: The Marvels and Flaws of Our Intuition | Brain Pickings

When I think of this, I think of all the people who live in distant, disconnected countries. The globalization and civilization of most of our planet has greatly altered our interpretation of life. I mean, as an example, I think people depend far less on spirituality. It is less something we turn to in order to explain life. The things we base our decisions are far different from what they even were a couple hundred years ago now.