Arthur Brooks

But it's possible where he said most people read too many books.

Most people – and what they're doing is they're substituting information for the process of deep understanding.

You need to read less and ponder more.

And that's actually a very sound neuroscience and behavioral science.

What you find is that your understanding, that your learning doesn't come because you have such a great teacher who explains something.

You say, ah –

If you're sitting in class and there's something that's very deep, you're learning philosophy or science or something that's very hard, and you understand it exactly when the professor explains it, probably it's not very good.

What you need to say is, I don't get it.

I don't get it.

Then you need to go home and chew on it.

Then you need to go home and work on it.

That understanding integrates the hemispheres of your brain between information and understanding, which is the way your brain is supposed to work.

The modern...

information economy is just throwing random information that's pretty easy to understand all the time.

Now, that's not your philosophy in this show.

Your show is dedicated, I know it, is dedicated to asking people to ponder bigger ideas more deeply.

And that means that the big benefit from this is for people to watch this and then go on a walk without devices, ideally a half hour before dawn,

as the sun is coming up, and think about the ideas.

Think about the three or four big ideas that actually they're presented with in your work.

That's assignment number one, is the Brahma Mahurta to rise before dawn.