We all have a moment, a person, or an event that lives in our heads rent-free. And sometimes, we want to kick it out.
What do our "Roman Empires" say about ourselves? And how do we integrate those thoughts into our life stories? Here, we'll explore how the loops of thought and memory shape who we are. Drawing from psychology and philosophy, we’ll look at why certain experiences live on in our minds, how memory is less a recording than a reconstruction, and the role the unconscious plays in repeating what we haven’t yet resolved.
00:55 What is a "Roman Empire" / the meme the myth the legend
02:10 How our thoughts shape us
02:48 The neuroscience of memory
04:04 How memories change over time
04:37 Narrative Identity Theory
05:09 Trauma and memory
05:40 Freud and repetition compulsion
06:32 Remembering is reinterpretation
07:16 What's trapped in the unconscious
09:57 The unconscious and memory
11:05 Sartre and bad faith
13:07 Summary
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