Elliott Botterill argues our brains are optimized for comfort and stability, not the rapid changes of modern life. Our two-million-year-old neural architecture pulls us toward ease, but real growth requires deliberately stepping into discomfort.
You see, as humans, we are fighting a 2-million-year-old operating system because our brain has been there alongside our species for such a long time. It has slowly evolved, and due to how fast technological advancements have been in the last, uh, couple hundred thousand years, we're now rocking a brain that really hasn't had a chance to evolve yet for the society that we truly live in. What this means is the brain is designed for comfort, and it leans into comfort, and all of our default behavior is about leaning into comfort. And the fact of our reality is that growth that we strive for as individuals and within our businesses is uncomfortable.
