In the 1st Enlightenment, the “age of reason”, opened up the exploration of “why?”. The idea of the 1st Enlightenment was that through study you could figure out how things work and make them better.

In the 2nd Enlightenment we’re finding out our brains aren’t as rational or reasoned as we thought they were. We’re coming to the realization that emotions play a much bigger role in shaping our perception, understanding and decisions.

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References

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

Win Bigly by Scott Adams