First Principles

Why Your Brain Won't Stop Overthinking (And the Buddhist Fix)

Published: September 24, 2026

Duration: 14:03

Your brain produces 60,000 thoughts a day. 80% are negative. And most are the same mental loops you've been running for years. In this episode, Adrian Wells reveals why your overthinking isn't a character flaw but a predictable result of how consumer culture hijacks your mind, plus the ancient Buddhist practice that actually breaks the cycle. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • The psychological trick advertisers use to keep you mentally restless (and why it makes overthinking inevitable) • A simple 3-step meditation technique that stops negative thought spirals in real time • Why religious decline created a "meaning crisis" that fuels modern anxiety • The neuroscience proof that medita...