Ep 249: Why watching The Walking Dead gives me comfort and what it tells us about creativity
The Creative Condition podcast - A podcast by Ben Tallon - Wednesdays
Lights off, blankets on, The Walking Dead on, forget about the world's insanity for one hour. Many of us can relate to that feeling, but what are the deeper themes? I drill down into the sense of comfort I get when I watch survival horror, or played those old Resident Evil games. It's not that I want everything to collapse, but could there be a better balance? What is 'evolutionary mismatch' and what can we learn from this comforting feeling about the foundations of o...