The Scarcity Brain: How To Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough | Michael Easter X Rich Roll

Surprised bitcoin wasn’t mentioned

Someone said, “all addiction is gambling “. I believe it to be true.

thank you thank you as usual Rich. I love that you are so interested in how minds work. As an artist, I've had to think and dig really hard to asnwer the question: why am I doing this anyway? And also about consumption. I have grown to really value constraints. Rather than buying a product , maybe evenone I believe I need, it forces me to solve a problem without it. Professor Easter's remarks about our choices we make that are "not our fault, but are our responsibility" .. like the default to the easier way.. needs to become a big billboard or bumper sticker .. or make-your-own refrigerator magnet! I do have hope in future generations because of people like yourself and Easter and many others who are aware, making choices, some more extreme than others like the "one-back-pack" person or the nomad woman, but you are helping us realize that choice is there. So is the threat to our own enslavement to consumerism... it's like prejudice. The first step is to know you're prone that way, the next step is to step back from it. Maybe not as far away as to the woods, but away from all information coming from a device. Watch the birds , the squirrels, the frogs, the flying insects, and the groundhogs! God bless them.they have no cellphones! yet they survive.

Hey boys, great video!

Great work sir! 🙌🏽

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Love it....we overcomplicate life.

Only 350K views for this? This is some good content.

You should bring on a guest who speaks on porn addiction

Good conversation. Thanks.

Wow. That's great. ❤

Why is there so much BASS in the audio on this podcast? It's really hard to listen on big speakers.

I am sorry, and I know it is not his fault, but his voice makes this pod cast a chore to listen to

scientia potentia est" is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge itself is power",

What causes tmd

What’s the name of that app for screen time management? Thanks!

I'm reading the book now. Bhutan sounds like a great place. They have figured it out.

I want to like Michael Easter, but just something about him and his writing don't connect. I've read the books and appreciate his message. I guess it's like bono of the podcast circle. No matter what he does, he will always come off this way. I still think that this guys life really isn't that bad and he over exaggerates the events. Resiliency is being able to drink and have self control. I just can't someone that can't trust himself. Oh well.

Rich roll podcast this man talks more than the guest. I would have informed you ask only questions and keep quiet don't make your own story

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Simply sounds like a life-changing podcast to me! Wow.

Shame we create “wars” poison a people after mutilating them & then profit off their trauma
Oh , not to mention our agencies benefit from drug cartels and spend on arms, test on its citizens and ignores its Veterans- and we
Ponder why we’re a pill popping addicted nation?!😮

Pickleball is addicting

Correction: left to our own devices some small percentage of us WILL self regulate.
As a child i noticed i was able to do this whereas most people around me were not. Why is this?

As to the slot machines, it's like the movie dumb and dumber.. so your saying there's a chance. I always get creeped out by the energy of the people playing.. like mindless zombies.

i remember taking a bus from NY to Washiginton DC starving . When I got to the train station i purchased the only thing they had in a machine :a sliced white bread egg sandwich......best sandwich i ever had!

This guy seems to reference the book "Irresistible" a lot.

Had to look up Laura Zerra - yes, definitely a one of a kind human, living life her way. Thanks!

Rich, Your interviewing skills and preparation are the bomb! Thank you for providing so much thought provoking content intended to help us understand the human condition/ourselves! And thanks for showing your cache of daily supplements, which helped me to feel more 'normal' ... Lol. Cheers!

Also eat alot of salt and patasium get the gates opening and closing

That DFW reference ✨ "Everyone worships"

Rich Roll and Michael Easter, blessed with a beautiful brain. Thanks for sharing !

The only thing I have to say is exercise has been around for about 3000 years, gymnasiums existed in ancient greece and Persia as well🫶🏼

Fantastic stuff. Thank you both. Need to pick up this book!

Does anyone know the name of the screen time app he mentioned?

Does anyone know which app they were talking about for reducing screen time?

Incredible episode.

I wonder how Janet is doing! Lol

my mom used to cook the tastiest food when we were short on money

this was a good listen

Oh yes, I’ve been waiting this topic.

We probably don't need more apps, but more conversations about our inner worlds.

When compulsive eating is the addition, it takes self awareness, but I can still abstain from compulsive eating. And know the difference between compulsive eating and eating. Overeaters Anonymous taught me a lot about compulsive eating and obssessing over food. It's really not at all like just eating.

As I'm watching this, I realize that I am completely addicted to procrastination. I better start working the steps on it. Not even kidding. Maybe I'm addicted to comfort really.

The amount of times he's talked about hunting, does he forget he's on a vegan podcast.

It’s not true that food addiction is worse than alcoholism. We do still have to drink I drink, water, tea, orange juice, etc. I just had to stop drinking poison food addict got to keep eating they just need to quit eating
poison.!! Same deal