David Eagleman

What's your aim? That game has to do with health, has to do with keeping slim, has to do with vanity, all of the things that I want to make sure the kind of person I am who doesn't gulp down the entire chocolate cake. Right.

This is just part of the passage into maturity, right? We realize that it's a long game. And so we get to know that, you know, as kids, we eat the cake every time. Maybe we get sick from it. And what we realize is that the things that we want for our lives are a different category of things. And so these are part of the networks that are right.

This is just part of the passage into maturity, right? We realize that it's a long game. And so we get to know that, you know, as kids, we eat the cake every time. Maybe we get sick from it. And what we realize is that the things that we want for our lives are a different category of things. And so these are part of the networks that are right.

This is just part of the passage into maturity, right? We realize that it's a long game. And so we get to know that, you know, as kids, we eat the cake every time. Maybe we get sick from it. And what we realize is that the things that we want for our lives are a different category of things. And so these are part of the networks that are right.

I totally agree. And by the way, you introduced this idea of thinking about the future and thinking about community, but I think we'd agree those are not orthogonal actions. Not at all. Exactly. They point in the same direction or similar directions.

I totally agree. And by the way, you introduced this idea of thinking about the future and thinking about community, but I think we'd agree those are not orthogonal actions. Not at all. Exactly. They point in the same direction or similar directions.

I totally agree. And by the way, you introduced this idea of thinking about the future and thinking about community, but I think we'd agree those are not orthogonal actions. Not at all. Exactly. They point in the same direction or similar directions.

You know, I think they're very similar. Yeah, okay. Thinking about a stranger and thinking about yourself. For some reason, we have this special attachment to our future selves. So we do things like put money into an IRA. We do all kinds of things that we're doing for our future self. So our future self will be, you know, happy, we imagine, even though our future self will be unrecognizable to us.

You know, I think they're very similar. Yeah, okay. Thinking about a stranger and thinking about yourself. For some reason, we have this special attachment to our future selves. So we do things like put money into an IRA. We do all kinds of things that we're doing for our future self. So our future self will be, you know, happy, we imagine, even though our future self will be unrecognizable to us.

You know, I think they're very similar. Yeah, okay. Thinking about a stranger and thinking about yourself. For some reason, we have this special attachment to our future selves. So we do things like put money into an IRA. We do all kinds of things that we're doing for our future self. So our future self will be, you know, happy, we imagine, even though our future self will be unrecognizable to us.

You don't know who that future person is, and you're making all kinds of decisions in deference to them.

You don't know who that future person is, and you're making all kinds of decisions in deference to them.

You don't know who that future person is, and you're making all kinds of decisions in deference to them.

Oh, that's interesting.

Oh, that's interesting.

Oh, that's interesting.

I'm not sure I would think you would need that piece. Well, that's the question. I'll think about that further. But here's what I would say. It's the experience of time that children have that allow them to think about time. In other words... In other words, if you and I talk about ancient Rome, we're at an age where we can kind of think about 2,000 years and think about what that means.

I'm not sure I would think you would need that piece. Well, that's the question. I'll think about that further. But here's what I would say. It's the experience of time that children have that allow them to think about time. In other words... In other words, if you and I talk about ancient Rome, we're at an age where we can kind of think about 2,000 years and think about what that means.

I'm not sure I would think you would need that piece. Well, that's the question. I'll think about that further. But here's what I would say. It's the experience of time that children have that allow them to think about time. In other words... In other words, if you and I talk about ancient Rome, we're at an age where we can kind of think about 2,000 years and think about what that means.

An eighth grader learning about that in school really can't imagine 2,000 years. No. Much less imagine 50 years, what that time scale. Or even next week. Exactly. Yeah, yeah. But as you mature in the world, you're able to think about timescales that you simply weren't able to before.