Dave Asprey

But that's not enough because if you just feel everyone else's pain, go to McDonald's and feel empathy for everyone there. You'll just feel like crap all day. You don't want to pick that stuff up. The step above that is compassion. So I want to teach my body, my nervous system to automatically wish other people well, even people who are trying to harm me. So that I don't become reactive to them.

But that's not enough because if you just feel everyone else's pain, go to McDonald's and feel empathy for everyone there. You'll just feel like crap all day. You don't want to pick that stuff up. The step above that is compassion. So I want to teach my body, my nervous system to automatically wish other people well, even people who are trying to harm me. So that I don't become reactive to them.

And that lets me step to my real goal, which is called equanimity or resilience. And that means I choose my state, even if there's a storm, even if there's all sorts of stuff, even in war, it doesn't matter. I choose my state. And that means I get to be in charge of myself. And if anything on earth can trigger me, it's in charge, not me. And that is a very high standard.

And that lets me step to my real goal, which is called equanimity or resilience. And that means I choose my state, even if there's a storm, even if there's all sorts of stuff, even in war, it doesn't matter. I choose my state. And that means I get to be in charge of myself. And if anything on earth can trigger me, it's in charge, not me. And that is a very high standard.

And that lets me step to my real goal, which is called equanimity or resilience. And that means I choose my state, even if there's a storm, even if there's all sorts of stuff, even in war, it doesn't matter. I choose my state. And that means I get to be in charge of myself. And if anything on earth can trigger me, it's in charge, not me. And that is a very high standard.

And I meet it most of the time now, but not always. Love it, Dave. Yeah.

And I meet it most of the time now, but not always. Love it, Dave. Yeah.

And I meet it most of the time now, but not always. Love it, Dave. Yeah.

I tried all of the different diets in the early 90s. I tried Atkins. I tried Zone. I tried vegan. I tried all this stuff. And you could say that that's hacking, but I think the real... The real thing came when I worked at a company called 3Com. It's one of the big networking companies in Silicon Valley. And my first real corporate, big tech job, I worked in the IT department.

I tried all of the different diets in the early 90s. I tried Atkins. I tried Zone. I tried vegan. I tried all this stuff. And you could say that that's hacking, but I think the real... The real thing came when I worked at a company called 3Com. It's one of the big networking companies in Silicon Valley. And my first real corporate, big tech job, I worked in the IT department.

I tried all of the different diets in the early 90s. I tried Atkins. I tried Zone. I tried vegan. I tried all this stuff. And you could say that that's hacking, but I think the real... The real thing came when I worked at a company called 3Com. It's one of the big networking companies in Silicon Valley. And my first real corporate, big tech job, I worked in the IT department.

And I was sitting there going, my brain is cooked. I cannot remember anything in this meeting. I'm really trying to focus. And then I noticed some days I think are better than others, but how do I know that? So I started playing this game called Free Cell. It's a dumb little solitaire game on your phone. But if your working memory is intact, you can play it quickly.

And I was sitting there going, my brain is cooked. I cannot remember anything in this meeting. I'm really trying to focus. And then I noticed some days I think are better than others, but how do I know that? So I started playing this game called Free Cell. It's a dumb little solitaire game on your phone. But if your working memory is intact, you can play it quickly.

And I was sitting there going, my brain is cooked. I cannot remember anything in this meeting. I'm really trying to focus. And then I noticed some days I think are better than others, but how do I know that? So I started playing this game called Free Cell. It's a dumb little solitaire game on your phone. But if your working memory is intact, you can play it quickly.

And if you can't remember anything, it takes forever. And so I would play this for probably more time than I should. And on the days when it flowed, my brain was working. On the days when it didn't flow, my brain did. So now I have a signal outside of myself. Like, aha. So what do hackers do? We're trying to break into a system, but we don't know what's in there.

And if you can't remember anything, it takes forever. And so I would play this for probably more time than I should. And on the days when it flowed, my brain was working. On the days when it didn't flow, my brain did. So now I have a signal outside of myself. Like, aha. So what do hackers do? We're trying to break into a system, but we don't know what's in there.

And if you can't remember anything, it takes forever. And so I would play this for probably more time than I should. And on the days when it flowed, my brain was working. On the days when it didn't flow, my brain did. So now I have a signal outside of myself. Like, aha. So what do hackers do? We're trying to break into a system, but we don't know what's in there.

So there's something called a threat surface. And this is all the exposed interfaces that we could poke at to see what happens. So now for my own consciousness, my own cognitive function, like, well, let's see, is today a good cognitive day or a bad cognitive day? Rather than my opinion, what's my quantitative ability?

So there's something called a threat surface. And this is all the exposed interfaces that we could poke at to see what happens. So now for my own consciousness, my own cognitive function, like, well, let's see, is today a good cognitive day or a bad cognitive day? Rather than my opinion, what's my quantitative ability?

So there's something called a threat surface. And this is all the exposed interfaces that we could poke at to see what happens. So now for my own consciousness, my own cognitive function, like, well, let's see, is today a good cognitive day or a bad cognitive day? Rather than my opinion, what's my quantitative ability?