Robert Greene on Why Time Felt Slower in Childhood
Robert Greene and Andrew Huberman explain how thought gaps stretch time perception and how to regain temporal depth.
Access the Sublime & Live Your Best Life | Robert Greene
With Andrew Huberman, Robert Greene · Monday, November 2, 2026
Author Robert Greene joins Andrew Huberman to discuss his book 'The Law of the Sublime' and explain how individuals can access transcendent experiences in day-to-day life. Greene and Huberman explore how sensory pruning, modern digital technology, and cultural cynicism restrict human consciousness, and how practices like deep attention, slowing down time perception, and radical vulnerability can restore awe. Greene also reflects on how surviving a major stroke transformed his emotional landscape and creative process, emphasizing the urgency of reconnecting with childhood impulses and the non-human universe.
Key takeaways
- Childhood time feels expansive because kids have unprogrammed gaps between their thoughts, whereas adults pack their waking hours with continuous internal monologue. Read more →
- Most career confusion in your twenties comes from silencing what Abraham Maslow termed your "impulse voices" beneath layers of parental pressure and academic expectations. Read more →
- The human brain uses sensory pruning to reduce incoming sensory data into predictable routines, preventing sensory overload while deadening everyday experience. Read more →
- Robert Greene wrote his book across more than 100 notebooks using fountain pens after a stroke paralyzed his left side. Read more →
- Robert Greene distinguishes the tactical maneuvering in The Art of Seduction from "the love sublime," which demands shedding protective defenses rather than calculating an advantage. Read more →
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