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We overvalue the things we buy because we attatch emotions to them.

This part of the book is making me think about the kinds of rewards I can use to motivate myself to not procrastinate :)

Learned about the “hot” and “cold” state and the terrifying responses people had in the “hot” state ha ha, passion drives irrationality.

Learned about social norms versus market exchange, how people can be motivated by social pressure to perform better than low wages and salaries. Those influenced by social pressure perform the same as those given competitive pay, but those given uncompetitive pay perform worse.

There is a cost to free… but it’s a good motivator. Slap something free on, people flock!

Learned about the topics of arbitrary coherence, anchoring and self-herding. The qoute: “Descartes said, Cogito ergo sum - “I think therefore I am”. But suppose we are the sum of our first, naive random behaviors. What then?” stuck with me. We irrationally follow first impressions and herd our lives around them. Interesting.

Learned about Numa :)

A whole chapter on embryology - sign me up!! :)) I loved hearing about some of the critical embryology discoveries that helped define what a stem cell is (and the bioethics of it). The allegory of the Delphic boat helped me reframe my own scientific pursuits. A good chapter.

Your liver, pancreas, brain and kidney are all very important in the homeostasis of life.

Admittedly, I am not a neurobiologist by any means. I’ve never had much interest in neuroscience, but “The Contemplating Cell” showed me this world of biological circuitry. I loved this chapter.

Much of the early part of this book is spent on deciphering the earliest known version of “Rome”. Did the idea of Rome truly begin when the wolf nursed the twins - or was that a legend put atop a scattered and confusing origin story. Now we’re delving into what really made Rome… Rome!

Finally got into it, the start was a little rough but now the plot is interesting.