David Eagleman

I think that's right. I mean, there's also this very deep question about what kind of feedback is useful for you. Most of the action in your brain is happening unconsciously. It's happening well below the surface of your awareness or your ability to access it. And the fact is that your brain works much better that way. Do you play tennis, for example? Not well. Or golf? Golf I play. Okay, good.

So if I ask you, hey, Stephen, tell me exactly how you swing that golf club. The more you start thinking about it, the worse you're going to be at it. Because consciousness, when it starts poking around in areas that it doesn't belong, it's only going to make things worse. And so it is an interesting question. about the kind of things that we want to be more conscious of.

So if I ask you, hey, Stephen, tell me exactly how you swing that golf club. The more you start thinking about it, the worse you're going to be at it. Because consciousness, when it starts poking around in areas that it doesn't belong, it's only going to make things worse. And so it is an interesting question. about the kind of things that we want to be more conscious of.

So if I ask you, hey, Stephen, tell me exactly how you swing that golf club. The more you start thinking about it, the worse you're going to be at it. Because consciousness, when it starts poking around in areas that it doesn't belong, it's only going to make things worse. And so it is an interesting question. about the kind of things that we want to be more conscious of.

I'm trying some of these experiments now, actually using my wristband, wearing EEG and getting a summarized feedback on the wrist. So I don't have to stare at a screen, but as I'm walking around during the day, I have a sense of what's going on with this. Or with the smartwatch, having a sense of what's going on with my physiology.

I'm trying some of these experiments now, actually using my wristband, wearing EEG and getting a summarized feedback on the wrist. So I don't have to stare at a screen, but as I'm walking around during the day, I have a sense of what's going on with this. Or with the smartwatch, having a sense of what's going on with my physiology.

I'm trying some of these experiments now, actually using my wristband, wearing EEG and getting a summarized feedback on the wrist. So I don't have to stare at a screen, but as I'm walking around during the day, I have a sense of what's going on with this. Or with the smartwatch, having a sense of what's going on with my physiology.

I'm not sure yet whether it's useful or whether those things are unconscious because... Mother Nature figured out a long time ago that it's just as well if it remains unconscious. One thing I'm doing, which is just a wacky experiment, just to try it. The smartwatch is measuring all these things.

I'm not sure yet whether it's useful or whether those things are unconscious because... Mother Nature figured out a long time ago that it's just as well if it remains unconscious. One thing I'm doing, which is just a wacky experiment, just to try it. The smartwatch is measuring all these things.

I'm not sure yet whether it's useful or whether those things are unconscious because... Mother Nature figured out a long time ago that it's just as well if it remains unconscious. One thing I'm doing, which is just a wacky experiment, just to try it. The smartwatch is measuring all these things.

We have that data going out, but the key is you have someone else wear the wristband, like your spouse wear the smartwatch, and you're feeling her physiology. And I'm trying to figure out, is this useful to be tapped into someone else's physiology? I don't know if this is good or bad for marriages. What a nightmare.

We have that data going out, but the key is you have someone else wear the wristband, like your spouse wear the smartwatch, and you're feeling her physiology. And I'm trying to figure out, is this useful to be tapped into someone else's physiology? I don't know if this is good or bad for marriages. What a nightmare.

We have that data going out, but the key is you have someone else wear the wristband, like your spouse wear the smartwatch, and you're feeling her physiology. And I'm trying to figure out, is this useful to be tapped into someone else's physiology? I don't know if this is good or bad for marriages. What a nightmare.

But I'm just trying to really get at this question of these unconscious signals that we experience. Is it better if they're exposed or better to not expose them? What have you found empirically? Empirically, what I found is that married couples don't want to wear it.

But I'm just trying to really get at this question of these unconscious signals that we experience. Is it better if they're exposed or better to not expose them? What have you found empirically? Empirically, what I found is that married couples don't want to wear it.

But I'm just trying to really get at this question of these unconscious signals that we experience. Is it better if they're exposed or better to not expose them? What have you found empirically? Empirically, what I found is that married couples don't want to wear it.

In my book, Incognito, the way I cast the whole thing is that the right way to think about the brain is like a team of rivals. You know, Lincoln, when he set up his presidential cabinet, he set up several rivals in it and they were all functioning as a team. That's really what's going on under the hood in your head is you've got all these drives that want different things all the time. So

In my book, Incognito, the way I cast the whole thing is that the right way to think about the brain is like a team of rivals. You know, Lincoln, when he set up his presidential cabinet, he set up several rivals in it and they were all functioning as a team. That's really what's going on under the hood in your head is you've got all these drives that want different things all the time. So

In my book, Incognito, the way I cast the whole thing is that the right way to think about the brain is like a team of rivals. You know, Lincoln, when he set up his presidential cabinet, he set up several rivals in it and they were all functioning as a team. That's really what's going on under the hood in your head is you've got all these drives that want different things all the time. So

If I put a slice of chocolate cake in front of you, Steven, part of your brain says, oh, that's a good energy source. Let's eat it. Part of your brain says, no, don't eat it. It'll make me overweight. Part of your brain says, okay, I'll eat it, but I'll go to the gym tonight. And the question is, who is talking with whom here? It's all you, but it's different parts of you.