There is a part of the brain that, ordinarily, doesn’t do too much other than watch and wait. The monkey brain, the bit that exists primarily for those moments when things are suddenly happening too quickly for the conscious brain to deal with; moments when destiny is suddenly approaching at high speed. And then it takes over. Its job is to make decisions and to make them instantly. It does this largely by circumventing the entire thinking process, taking no time to assess the consequences of its decisions or the likelihood of them leading to long-term success, merely choosing what seems the
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