Scarcity Brain

Benedict even taught that self-denial and going with too little often stirs up pride, a snooty “holier than thou” attitude.

I realized my own “online brain” was acting like a middleman preventing me from having genuinely new experiences. We rarely enter completely unknown worlds anymore. Like, I can’t do anything without googling it first.

We crave information, but we’d prefer it to be easy to get. Picking up the phone or meeting someone in person is more uncertain, unpredictable, and uncontrollable than being behind a screen and reading what someone else already interpreted.

“No. No. No. If you want to know how much the pope makes, you call the fucking Vatican.”

When we know nothing, adding information helps us make better decisions. But if we continue piling on information, we hit “information overload.” At this tipping point, more information usually leads to worse decisions.

A recent study in Psychological Research discovered that a group who walked freely with their awareness on the open world scored significantly higher in a creativity and idea test than people who walked while focusing on their phones. Another study found that children who walked for twenty minutes improved their concentration and ability to underst

The more resources we could get, the more we could fuel the development of our amazing brains. The more our amazing brains developed, the more we could figure out how to explore new territories. This might be why still today walking while paying open attention to the world can enhance creativity, concentration, and understanding.

I landed on “gear, not stuff.” Stuff is a possession for the sake of

Zerra uses the loop in a way that gives her purpose. It leads her to radical presence, time in nature, exercise, and improved mental health. She’s turned the scarcity loop into a powerful positive habit-building loop. An abundance loop.