Why Your Brain Hates Unlearning and What You Can Do About It

Why Your Brain Hates Unlearning and What You Can Do About It

The following post is from Concepts: 101 Short Stories, Essays, and Insights to Improve your Communication Skills

Learn, unlearn & relearn.

  • Learning is fueled by curiosity, an empowering emotion.
  • Relearning is fueled by optimism, an empowering emotion.
  • But unlearning is often fueled by dread, a draining emotion.

 

‘Why is unlearning fueled by dread?’

Because when we unlearn, it makes us question our identity and life choices.

Very similar to debating someone.

 

In a fantasy world, all parties in a debate know that only the ideas are being attacked.

No need to personalize.

Everything remains civil.

 

But how often do debates really remain civil?

Rarely.

Why?

 

Because people don’t think the ideas are being attacked.

They think they are being attacked.

Similar to unlearning.

 

In a fantasy world, we only think concepts are being unlearned.

But in reality, we feel as though we made questionable life choices and were lied to.

 

Unlearning happens fast or slow.

 

Andrew wholeheartedly believes in job security.

‘My job will never let me go! I am certain of this!!’

 

2 weeks later, Andrew gets fired and replaced with a script.

  • Fast way to unlearn the myth of job security.

 

Mohit sees Andrew getting fired like that.

Now Mohit realizes he needs to unlearn the concept of job security.

 

He begins learning more about economics, supply and demand, automation and more.

  • Mohit slowly unlearns the myth of job security.

 

When we are climbing up the mountain, the journey feels good.

Our destination is clear.

 

But when we’re at the top of the mountain, we see that we have to come down.

Not only do we have to come down, we see there is another mountain to climb!

 

That’s when we think:

‘Wait, why the hell am I climbing mountains in the first place? I could have been home watching Netflix and eating Oreos.’

 

A lot of people refuse to unlearn because it makes them question their sense of self.

Oh well!

 

At times, the evidence is insurmountable.

The idea was flat out wrong.

 

Or the idea was right…back then.

Nowadays, a new idea has taken its place.

 

Unlearning is tough.

One of the toughest things a person will do.

But if you did it once, there is no reason you can’t do it again.

 

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