71 Etiology of Understanding: You Are Smarter Than You Think You Are

Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce · Feb 14, 2022 · 1h 6m

This episode of Cycling in Alignment is another solo pod. I promise I have many guests coming on the show soon but for now you get me. As always I am grateful for your presence. In this discussion, I outline the idea that many people look for validation outside of themselves, rather than inside. That is; people seek knowledge from experts in various fields and become attached or invested in these expert’s opinions. I argue that when people do this, they place power outside of themselves. Culturally we are looking for exogenous forms of expertise. This can be for two primary reasons: -…