When you make a decision about what food to order, what's happening in your brain? How do you clinch long-term decisions, like hitting the gym instead of doomscrolling? And what does any of this have to do with the ancient Greeks, alien hand syndrome, and constraining a president who wants to launch a nuclear bomb? Join Eagleman this week and next to discover how your brain weighs alternatives and nails down decisions.

Ep147 "Can we engineer human thought?" with Tom Griffiths
50:21

Ep146 "Who Counts as Human in Your Mind?" with Lasana Harris
1:07:33

Ep145 Why do we compulsively click on ragebait? with Angele Christin
1:10:27