Tom is having one of those days when reality seems to have slipped into an alternate timeline. Workplace meltdowns, unexpected vulnerability, and the ever-present dread of waiting for the next shoe to drop.
Naturally, this leads Glenn, Tom, and Jake into a philosophical wrestling match involving David Goggins, duct tape, learned helplessness, autistic inertia, brain injuries, and the strange machinery of the human nervous system.
When someone says "I can't," are they making excuses, accurately describing their limitations, or simply reporting what their nervous system has decided is possible?
And what if helplessness isn't something we learn? What if the real trick is learning that we actually have some control?
Come for the existential dread. Stay for the neuroscience. And discover why three former Mormons are still trying to figure out who's actually driving this thing.
What is Infants on Thrones?
Infants on Thrones began as a group of former Mormons asking uncomfortable questions and laughing at sacred cows. More than a decade later, the questions have only gotten stranger.
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