If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that human behavior is messy.
To say I was a basket case would probably not be an understatement.
Human behavior is complicated.
Our mind is incredibly adept at simulating all sorts of possibilities, and human behavior is endlessly fascinating.
The mother daughter relationship, in some ways, is a perfect storm.
This is Shankar Vedantam.
Since 2015, I've hosted the Hidden Brain podcast, and now I'm so excited to launch our new podcast subscription, Hidden Brain.
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And I wish I could tell my 20 year old self things are okay.
Things all worked out.
They weren't easy.
They weren't always good, but things all worked out.
But then I said, maybe that's not good because maybe the reason that things turned out okay is because I was so worried.
It's because I was so panicked and figuring things out.
So maybe it's cause and effect.
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