Flow states give and interesting perpective on purpose and if you were "meant" or "born" to do something. From superhuman abilities to spirituality and mysticism, we talk about why I believe the concept of flow is the single most important theme of this podcast series.

Links: Global Population of Farmers - https://www.globalagriculture.org/report-topics/industrial-agriculture-and-small-scale-farming.html#:~:text=There%20are%20more%20than%20570,80%25%20of%20the%20world's%20food Subjective Wellbeing of The Hadza People - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296072/ The Paradox of Choice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 Flow Study by Mckinsey - https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/increasing-the-meaning-quotient-of-work Flow Study by DARPA - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140603-brain-zapping-the-future-of-war Flow Study by University of Sydney - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394012003618 Flow Cycle & Neurochemicals - https://www.amazon.com/Breakout-Principle-Creativity-Performance-Productivity/dp/0743223985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1MHyyWsMeE Flow & The Default Mode Network - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171023182609.htm The Task Positive Network - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task-positive_network#:~:text=The%20task%2Dpositive%20network%20is,tasks%20in%20functional%20imaging%20studies Meditation & The Task Positive Network - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529365/ Altered States' Impact on PTSD - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01475/full Altered States & Spirituality - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/what-happens-to-brains-during-spiritual-experiences/361882/ Peak Experiences - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience#:~:text=The%20concept%20was%20originally%20developed,the%20experimenter.%22%20There%20are%20several Social Division of Labor & Hereditary Traits - https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/social-animals https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00035/full Big 5 Personality Analysis & The Flow Profile Quiz - https://similarminds.com/sloan.html https://similarminds.com/global5/rcoai.html https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/flow-profile

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