🏞️ Sign up for free and exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/subscribe Joseph LeDoux is one of the greatest living neuroscientists in the world. He is an expert in understanding fear and anxiety. He’s in the tent today to explain why I’m anxious, where consciousness comes from, and how to be less afraid. WELCOME. TO. CAMP. 🏕️ Thank you to our sponsors: Morgan & Morgan, Bluechew, Bespoke, and Bakscape Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 15% off of their first monthly shipment! Go to https://bespokepost.com/campgagnon and enter code [CAMPGAGNON] at checkout. Edited and Produced by @99OvrAll ** TIME STAMPS ** 00:00 Why are we anxious today? 3:52 Animals v Humans complexities 9:14 Behaviors aren’t accurate + creating habits 16:50 Motivated by goal, memory + mental models 22:49 Consciousness is a read-out of our mental models 30:41 What drives our behavior? Amodel language of thought 37:37 Studying consciousness + we make up stuff to make sense of the world 47:54 3 kinds of consciousness 53:17 People’s desire for narratives + all memories are fake 56:22 Careful what you say to yourselves + locking yourself into narratives 1:03:24 How to break your own narratives? 1:04:25 Different forms of Memories + Amygdala’s role 1:12:47 Where is fear formed? 1:15:34 Epigenetics 1:20:40 Practicality of LeDoux’s views + medications’ limitations 1:30:25 Psychiatry rejected subjectivity + therapies to deal with anxiety 1:44:34 Consolidating memories + Stopping memories forming 1:54:23 “The Four Realms of existence” + biology already shapes our decisions 2:03:45 Existence’s tiering + AI can never be conscious 2:12:30 The Amygdaloids