Coltan Scrivner

So it was so important that our line developed dreaming, but then the octopus line also developed some kind of machinery for dreaming.

So that suggests probably there's some selection pressure for that.

And octopuses, when they dream, they tend to act out some of those dreams through their color changing.

So they'll change colors and do defensive maneuvers.

They'll shoot ink sometimes.

So they'll do things that are defensive in their dreams.

Or just doing anything spooky, yeah.

That's one of the most common questions I get is, should I let my kid watch scary movies?

Or is there something wrong with them?

That comes from a good place.

You don't want to let your kid feel afraid.

You don't want to see your kid feel anxious.

But if you don't let them do that in a playful way when they're young, it's going to be difficult for them to learn how to regulate those feelings later on when they're adults.

So when you're a kid, you're a sponge.

I mean, you are just soaking up everything in your culture.

You're soaking up new skills.

Your brain is using more calories when you're a kid than it ever does when you're an adult because it's just processing like crazy.

And so if you play with fear, you play with anxiety in these playful settings, whether it's a video game or pretend play with your friends or a scary buck goosebumps or a scary movie that's maybe appropriate for kids but still scares them.

They develop those regulation skills because like we talked about at the beginning, you are regulating how afraid you are in order to achieve that sweet spot, even when you're a kid, right?

So you're practicing and developing those tools that will be useful later in life.