Arthur Brooks
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That's right. At that point, north of the border, it's pretty cramped. Exactly. Every year, my mother would make this golden brown, beautiful turkey, and my dad would say, oh, it's so beautiful, honey. My dad loved my mom so much. And he would go and get the Instamatic camera, and he would take a picture of the turkey in the oven just to commemorate that moment, that beautiful moment.
That's right. At that point, north of the border, it's pretty cramped. Exactly. Every year, my mother would make this golden brown, beautiful turkey, and my dad would say, oh, it's so beautiful, honey. My dad loved my mom so much. And he would go and get the Instamatic camera, and he would take a picture of the turkey in the oven just to commemorate that moment, that beautiful moment.
That's right. At that point, north of the border, it's pretty cramped. Exactly. Every year, my mother would make this golden brown, beautiful turkey, and my dad would say, oh, it's so beautiful, honey. My dad loved my mom so much. And he would go and get the Instamatic camera, and he would take a picture of the turkey in the oven just to commemorate that moment, that beautiful moment.
Now, what was he trying to do? He was trying to memorialize something that was going to be highly pleasurable to eat such that we could enjoy that moment again and again and again. Now, We have 30 pictures of identical turkeys in the identical oven.
Now, what was he trying to do? He was trying to memorialize something that was going to be highly pleasurable to eat such that we could enjoy that moment again and again and again. Now, We have 30 pictures of identical turkeys in the identical oven.
Now, what was he trying to do? He was trying to memorialize something that was going to be highly pleasurable to eat such that we could enjoy that moment again and again and again. Now, We have 30 pictures of identical turkeys in the identical oven.
That's just how we make things permanent.
That's just how we make things permanent.
That's just how we make things permanent.
It works out.
It works out.
It works out.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Yeah, that's right. And part of this is the synaptic development between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. That wiring is not complete in human females till about age 21. in human males till like 70. I don't know, but it's later. And that's one of the reasons, by the way, two of my kids are military. Two of my kids are US Marines.
Yeah, that's right. And part of this is the synaptic development between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. That wiring is not complete in human females till about age 21. in human males till like 70. I don't know, but it's later. And that's one of the reasons, by the way, two of my kids are military. Two of my kids are US Marines.
Yeah, that's right. And part of this is the synaptic development between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. That wiring is not complete in human females till about age 21. in human males till like 70. I don't know, but it's later. And that's one of the reasons, by the way, two of my kids are military. Two of my kids are US Marines.
And my son, Carlos, my middle son, he's a special operator. He was a scout sniper in the Marine Corps, where his job was to jump out of helicopters at night, down a rope, into a theater of battle, and with a high-powered rifle and then shoot with optics at night. That's a really dangerous thing to do. That's an incredibly dangerous thing to do. That was super fun for him at 20.
And my son, Carlos, my middle son, he's a special operator. He was a scout sniper in the Marine Corps, where his job was to jump out of helicopters at night, down a rope, into a theater of battle, and with a high-powered rifle and then shoot with optics at night. That's a really dangerous thing to do. That's an incredibly dangerous thing to do. That was super fun for him at 20.