Your Brain’s Three-Layer Time Machine

You are basically driving a biological time machine made of three different engines stacked

on top of each other. Evolution didn't redesign the brain from scratch; it just kept building

additions. At your core, you have a reptilian brain that handles pure survival and

instinct. Wrapped around that is the mammalian brain, giving you emotions

and social bonds. But the outer layer, the neocortex, is the real superpower. It allows you to

imagine scenarios that haven't happened yet. You aren't just reacting to the

world; you are constantly predicting the future to survive it.