Our Brain in Survival Mode
ALL OR NOTHING VIEWS OF THE WORLD
In survival mode, our model of the world is focused on answering one question: am I OK?
The answer to this question is pretty black and white: yes or no. I’m good or I’m not good. I’m alive or not.
As a result, our approach to the world and our evaluation of ourselves at any give time tends to be all or nothing, all good or all bad.
