Why You Feel Overwhelmed All The Time (and how to fix it) - David Epstein - #1121
The episode explores how constraints paradoxically fuel creativity and decision-making, using the 'Green Eggs and Ham Effect' as a central metaphor: when easy options are removed, people innovate more deeply. It challenges the myth that freedom equals creativity, arguing instead that limi
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