12 min
The Sinful Brain with Stephen Fry Braincare
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- Mental Health
Stephen Fry is a glutton for sin. His podcast "7 Deadly Sins" promises to poke, prod, pry and provoke sin and its myriad manifestations in the modern world. On today's Braincare Podcast, Stephen invites us to indulge in a little bit of sinful self-reflection. We've evolved since the hunter-gatherer era, but are our brains' reward centres any more developed?We talk about:
Stephen Fry's favourite sin of all!
The dichotomy of finding pleasure on the path to temptation
Reward and punishment cycles
How pride and gluttony manifest in the modern world
How tech innovation could be the antidote to societal greed
Stephen Fry is a glutton for sin. His podcast "7 Deadly Sins" promises to poke, prod, pry and provoke sin and its myriad manifestations in the modern world. On today's Braincare Podcast, Stephen invites us to indulge in a little bit of sinful self-reflection. We've evolved since the hunter-gatherer era, but are our brains' reward centres any more developed?We talk about:
Stephen Fry's favourite sin of all!
The dichotomy of finding pleasure on the path to temptation
Reward and punishment cycles
How pride and gluttony manifest in the modern world
How tech innovation could be the antidote to societal greed
12 min