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- Aug 2023
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when we step into uncertainty, our bodies respond physiologically and mentally.
- for: transition, uncertainty, uncertainty - neuroscience, ingroup, outgroup, letting go, lifetime student
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- Uncertainty brings
- immune system deterioration
- brain cells wither and even die
- creativity and intelligence decrease
- We often go from fear to anger because fear is a state of certainty.
- We become morally judgmental, an extreme version of oneself.
- conservatives become ultra-conservative
- liberals become ultra liberal.
- because we retreat to a place of safety and familiarity.
- The problem is that the world changes.
- Since we have to adapt or die, if we want to shift from A to B,
- the first step is not B.
- the first step is to go from A to not A
- to let go of our biases and assumptions;
- to step into the very place that our brain evolved to avoid;
- to step into the place of the unknown.
- to step into a liminal space
- Uncertainty brings
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- Uncertainty is uncomfortable
- and can drive us into our familiar, accepted, insular ingroup
- In other words, lead to greater social polarization.
- Adaptation requires us to step into the unknown.
- Big changes in our lives therefore require us to go
- from the familiar and comfortable space,
- to the unfamiliar and uncomfortable
- movement away from our comfort zone, as is happening as the polycrisis we face gains traction.
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