Is Loving Nature Genetic? + How To Find A New Internet with Laura Wright
In this episode, we discuss the debate around biophilia / a love of nature – is it an innate attraction, is it in our genes, or are we just othering nature altogether? Then we move inside and talk about the death of the (fun) internet scroll, how Google is slowly killing businesses, how to stay curious, building your own internets, and going offline to find out what you actually like again.
About this week’s guest: Laura Wright is the founder of The First Mess, a blog for plant-based recipe inspiration as well as a of cookbook of the same name. Laura enjoys taking on way too many projects in the garden, hiking with her dogs, working on a weekly feel-good newsletter, dilly dallying, and doing pretty much any offline activity.
Show notes!
This week’s sponsor: Basker Garden Club
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Book: The First Mess
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Things We Talked About:
Is Love Of Nature in Our Genes via Psychology Today
The Biophilia Reactivity Hypothesis
The End of Google Search and The Internet As We Know It via The Ringer by Katie Baker
Ways of Listening: Building a Deeper Relationship with Music in the Streaming Era by Rollie Pemberton