The Blind Watchmaker

Most Replayed Moment: The Mid-Year Reset - Atomic Habits Author On How To Get Back On Track

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, 3 July 2026. The book comes up at 22 min 17 sec in.

Richard Dawkins's book is cited as the source of an analogy Jeff Bezos used in a shareholder letter: all living organisms are in a constant battle to resist equilibrium with their environment, and death itself is when an organism becomes its environment. The analogy is used to argue that surrounding yourself with people whose desired behaviour is normal makes habit-building easier, because it reduces the energy needed to stay different from one's surroundings.

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