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Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> On this episode of "The Science of Success", we explore one of the fundamental underpinnings of psychology: the brain itself. <br> <br> <br> Your brain is a roughly million-year-old piece of hardware, designed to operate in the world of hunting and gathering, where dangerous animals and competing humans may lurk behind the nearest bush.<br> <br> <br> <br> While our society has changed massively in the last 10,000<br> years (or even the last 500 years), our brains have not had time to catch up.<br> <br> <br> <br> As a result, you and I are equipped with a tool that is riddled with shortcuts and processing errors, which can manifest themselves in<br> mistakes, calamities, and all around terrible decisions.<br> <br> <br> <br> To find out how you can get around these and make life a little easier, listen to this week's episode "The Biological Limits of the Human Mind".<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also continue the conversation by following Matt on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBodnar">(@MattBodnar</a>) or visiting his website<br> <a href="http://www.mattbodnar.com/">MattBodnar.com</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br>