MINDFL BARRIERS We edit out the bad parts. The brain is a great editor, sifting through our experiences to construct meaningful narratives. “Hours of mediocrity can be reduced to five or six perfect images,” says de Botton. “Nostalgia is the present enhanced by an editing machine.”

We edit out the bad parts. The brain is a great editor, sifting through our experiences to construct meaningful narratives. “Hours of mediocrity can be reduced to five or six perfect images,” says de Botton. “Nostalgia is the present enhanced by an editing machine.”