Two-Thirds of Your Life Is on Autopilot

HigherIQ · Oct 13, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:35 — Why Your Brain Delegates to Autopilot 02:02 — What Is and Isn't Happening Behind Your Eyes 03:20 — How to Work With the System Instead of Against It 04:38 — Wrap Up Sources: - How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study (Rebar et al., 2025): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08870446.2025.2561149 - Our actions are dictated by autopilot, not choice, finds new study — University of Surrey: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/our-actions-are-dictated-autopilot-not-choice-finds-new-study - Your brain runs on autopilot most of the time…