@cal.callahan: What if the game only works if you forget you’re playing? Behavioral expert Chase Hughes (@readpeople) explores a thought experiment that flips the whole idea of awakening. If you were God, the only way to make anything meaningful is to forget who you truly are—and step into the role. Because without stakes, there’s no story. Without uncertainty, there’s no growth. Without limitation, there’s nothing to feel. When you hold that alongside everything else we unpack in this conversation—media as theater, identity as constructed, perception as programmable—you start to see this reality in a very different way. Check out episode 203: Behavior Expert Chase Hughes on Materialism, Meaning, and the Stories That Influence Us. 🔗 thegreatunlearn.com/chase2 Listen to The Great Unlearn on Apple and Spotify, watch full episodes on YouTube!