Mixed Mental Arts

Fear: The Emotion That Makes You Stop Thinking

Perhaps more than any other emotion, fear is the emotion that reveals that…

Shame: The Feeling of Stupid

Going to an English boarding school, shame was a big part of the academic experience. Things that would never, ever be done in the American system were standard operating procedure in England. The limeys loved to name and shame…literally. After finals, each grade would gather in…

The Yellow Belt is about practice

While attaining the white belt we learned that everyone has a culture and that culture shapes our…

Automaticity: If You’ve Learned One Thing, You Can Learn ANYTHING

Humans are creatures of habit. We pick up nasty habits like smoking. We try to pick up good eating habits. We can have a habit of blaming each other when things go wrong. And we try to get into the habit of thinking…

The Gospel According to Joe Henrich: Why Do We Seem So Smart Compared to Other Animals?

Awe! The Emotion That Gets You to Blindly Copy What’s Cool