Ari Wallach

The other way is your body is telling you in a very, very visceral way, whatever you just did that had you in that situation, don't do it again. Because if you do, you're going to feel a certain way. You know, they did this study where they... At a college campus, they found people who had just been in a kind of a quasi-long-term relationship that had gone through a breakup.

It was about six months. Okay. And people who had gone through the breakup, they gave one group a placebo and another group actually just got acetaminophen, got Tylenol. And the group that got the acetaminophen actually felt better. Why? Because we actually feel emotions. We actually feel pain. Some of the same circuits are being tripped.

It was about six months. Okay. And people who had gone through the breakup, they gave one group a placebo and another group actually just got acetaminophen, got Tylenol. And the group that got the acetaminophen actually felt better. Why? Because we actually feel emotions. We actually feel pain. Some of the same circuits are being tripped.

It was about six months. Okay. And people who had gone through the breakup, they gave one group a placebo and another group actually just got acetaminophen, got Tylenol. And the group that got the acetaminophen actually felt better. Why? Because we actually feel emotions. We actually feel pain. Some of the same circuits are being tripped.

And so that says to me that emotions are there to guide future action. So if we can have pro-social emotions, awe,

And so that says to me that emotions are there to guide future action. So if we can have pro-social emotions, awe,

And so that says to me that emotions are there to guide future action. So if we can have pro-social emotions, awe,

and empathy and compassion and this one we call love as what we're connected to the future generations that we want to see, how we want to see them flourish, we are much more likely to see that happen than if we just have a vision of what tomorrow will look like at an intellectual kind of two-dimensional level.

and empathy and compassion and this one we call love as what we're connected to the future generations that we want to see, how we want to see them flourish, we are much more likely to see that happen than if we just have a vision of what tomorrow will look like at an intellectual kind of two-dimensional level.

and empathy and compassion and this one we call love as what we're connected to the future generations that we want to see, how we want to see them flourish, we are much more likely to see that happen than if we just have a vision of what tomorrow will look like at an intellectual kind of two-dimensional level.

Oh, look, the core of my philosophy is in a story that I heard a very long time ago. It comes from the Talmud. That being said, this story exists in many cultures. And so there's a man named Honi walking – And he comes across a much older man who's planting a carob tree. And he says to the older man, why are you planting a carob tree?

Oh, look, the core of my philosophy is in a story that I heard a very long time ago. It comes from the Talmud. That being said, this story exists in many cultures. And so there's a man named Honi walking – And he comes across a much older man who's planting a carob tree. And he says to the older man, why are you planting a carob tree?

Oh, look, the core of my philosophy is in a story that I heard a very long time ago. It comes from the Talmud. That being said, this story exists in many cultures. And so there's a man named Honi walking – And he comes across a much older man who's planting a carob tree. And he says to the older man, why are you planting a carob tree?

How long will it be until this carob tree bears fruit or even has shade? And he goes, oh, it'll be at least 40 years. And he goes, well, why plant it? You won't be around for that. And the old man says... When I was young, I played in the shade of a carob tree. I ate from the carob tree. So it's my job to plant this carob tree now. This is how societies move forward.

How long will it be until this carob tree bears fruit or even has shade? And he goes, oh, it'll be at least 40 years. And he goes, well, why plant it? You won't be around for that. And the old man says... When I was young, I played in the shade of a carob tree. I ate from the carob tree. So it's my job to plant this carob tree now. This is how societies move forward.

How long will it be until this carob tree bears fruit or even has shade? And he goes, oh, it'll be at least 40 years. And he goes, well, why plant it? You won't be around for that. And the old man says... When I was young, I played in the shade of a carob tree. I ate from the carob tree. So it's my job to plant this carob tree now. This is how societies move forward.

This is how we become great, is by planting carob trees whose shade we will never know. And look, I can give you a bunch of – the Panama Canal, right? That was a great – another way that we think about this, we call this cathedral thinking. So now when we're in California, they'll put up a home in three or four days. But back in the day, it took a really long time to build great things.

This is how we become great, is by planting carob trees whose shade we will never know. And look, I can give you a bunch of – the Panama Canal, right? That was a great – another way that we think about this, we call this cathedral thinking. So now when we're in California, they'll put up a home in three or four days. But back in the day, it took a really long time to build great things.

This is how we become great, is by planting carob trees whose shade we will never know. And look, I can give you a bunch of – the Panama Canal, right? That was a great – another way that we think about this, we call this cathedral thinking. So now when we're in California, they'll put up a home in three or four days. But back in the day, it took a really long time to build great things.

So you go back 200, 300 years ago. Or even further, and oftentimes the architect and the original stonemason who would plant the keystone would not be alive to see this cathedral or mosque fully built. That's cathedral thinking. It's doing things whose fruits you will not be around to take advantage of, to reap and to have as part of your life.