Living in Modern America: Why We're Scared and What We Can Do About It

We live in a crazy time. Everyone is confused overwhelmed stressed and/or scared to some extent. The speed at which the world is changing is unlike any other time in the history of humankind and were having a hard time keeping up. Living in Modern America explores why the world today feels scary and what we can do about it. Through examples from science history and psychology we explore the unique qualities that make us human and how those qualities act as a filter for our experiences and how that filter helps create our reality. We unpack why what we dont know scares us and how this fear manifests itself in different ways socially politically and economically. Finally we consider questions that help us understand that what were going through though alarming at times makes sense given what we know about our biology and what we can do to navigate it.