Arthur Brooks

You need more buffalo jerky and flints in your cave. Okay, so you got two left, pleasure and honor. Now it's hot in here because these are things that you like. Yeah. And this is normal. Yeah. But you've got to get rid of one and go to the population mean, which is a...

You need more buffalo jerky and flints in your cave. Okay, so you got two left, pleasure and honor. Now it's hot in here because these are things that you like. Yeah. And this is normal. Yeah. But you've got to get rid of one and go to the population mean, which is a...

You need more buffalo jerky and flints in your cave. Okay, so you got two left, pleasure and honor. Now it's hot in here because these are things that you like. Yeah. And this is normal. Yeah. But you've got to get rid of one and go to the population mean, which is a...

Yeah, and now we've established what your temptation is. Now we've established, that doesn't mean that you can't tame it, but you must know it. You must say to yourself, When I do the wrong thing, it's because I pursue honor. By the way, I'm exactly like you. Why? That's too bad for you. Well, it's too bad for my wife and yours.

Yeah, and now we've established what your temptation is. Now we've established, that doesn't mean that you can't tame it, but you must know it. You must say to yourself, When I do the wrong thing, it's because I pursue honor. By the way, I'm exactly like you. Why? That's too bad for you. Well, it's too bad for my wife and yours.

Yeah, and now we've established what your temptation is. Now we've established, that doesn't mean that you can't tame it, but you must know it. You must say to yourself, When I do the wrong thing, it's because I pursue honor. By the way, I'm exactly like you. Why? That's too bad for you. Well, it's too bad for my wife and yours.

Yeah, I mean, it's because, you know, I hate people having power over me. I don't want to have power over others. I was a chief executive for 11 years, and the thing I hated was when people called me boss. It made me intensely uncomfortable. It made me feel embarrassed, even humiliated when people said boss, because I felt like they were setting up a hierarchy.

Yeah, I mean, it's because, you know, I hate people having power over me. I don't want to have power over others. I was a chief executive for 11 years, and the thing I hated was when people called me boss. It made me intensely uncomfortable. It made me feel embarrassed, even humiliated when people said boss, because I felt like they were setting up a hierarchy.

Yeah, I mean, it's because, you know, I hate people having power over me. I don't want to have power over others. I was a chief executive for 11 years, and the thing I hated was when people called me boss. It made me intensely uncomfortable. It made me feel embarrassed, even humiliated when people said boss, because I felt like they were setting up a hierarchy.

It felt passive aggressive, even when it wasn't. wasn't because of the subversion. Money.

It felt passive aggressive, even when it wasn't. wasn't because of the subversion. Money.

It felt passive aggressive, even when it wasn't. wasn't because of the subversion. Money.

I'd hate, you know, I hate dictatorships and I wouldn't want to be the dictator is the bottom line. Money. Okay, yeah. Pleasure. I mean, I'm a very self-disciplined person. You know, I wake up at 4.30 in the morning. I work out for an hour and it hurts every day before dawn.

I'd hate, you know, I hate dictatorships and I wouldn't want to be the dictator is the bottom line. Money. Okay, yeah. Pleasure. I mean, I'm a very self-disciplined person. You know, I wake up at 4.30 in the morning. I work out for an hour and it hurts every day before dawn.

I'd hate, you know, I hate dictatorships and I wouldn't want to be the dictator is the bottom line. Money. Okay, yeah. Pleasure. I mean, I'm a very self-disciplined person. You know, I wake up at 4.30 in the morning. I work out for an hour and it hurts every day before dawn.

And I'm in better health than when I was 30. And part of it is because I'm not a sensualist. Because I can actually do that. I mean, I like feeling good, but it's not high on my list of priorities. You know what tempts me?

And I'm in better health than when I was 30. And part of it is because I'm not a sensualist. Because I can actually do that. I mean, I like feeling good, but it's not high on my list of priorities. You know what tempts me?

And I'm in better health than when I was 30. And part of it is because I'm not a sensualist. Because I can actually do that. I mean, I like feeling good, but it's not high on my list of priorities. You know what tempts me?

this that's what tempts me and i know it's true and i know i have that particular tendency and that knowledge is power why because that knowledge is being stored in the episodic memory of my hippocampus and it's accessible by my prefrontal cortex and i can use it to manage my limbic system and that's that's being fully alive As far as I'm concerned, that's being fully alive.

this that's what tempts me and i know it's true and i know i have that particular tendency and that knowledge is power why because that knowledge is being stored in the episodic memory of my hippocampus and it's accessible by my prefrontal cortex and i can use it to manage my limbic system and that's that's being fully alive As far as I'm concerned, that's being fully alive.