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

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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...