Dr. Ben Rein
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connection is is good for everyone but too much of it isn't good for some people and has like disproportionate benefits for other people for extroverts like a recent study came out looking at um super agers these people who are in their 80s but are like as healthy and cognitively active as people in their 60s what they found is that these people were all like very social like the common thread among super agers is that they're all extroverts and they all live very social lives
And so this kind of triggers this question of does that mean that everybody should go see their friends seven days a week if they want to live to 150?
I don't think so.
I think that in order to have that benefit, you have to be an extrovert because the plant needs to want to be watered, right?
If you're overwatering your plant every day, you can kill a plant by overwatering it.
My opinion, based on the data I've seen, is that everyone should try to figure out what is the proper cadence for me because a super extrovert,
can probably extend their life and live healthier by socializing all the time.
They can also probably cause a lot of negative effects on themselves by not meeting their brain's need.
So it's like the stakes are higher for those people.
I agree.
And the reason I really like this plant, this potted plant analogy is because every potted plant needs to be watered.
even if it's infrequently.
Introverts are much more likely than extroverts to go an extended period without watering the plant and think everything's fine.
Meanwhile, the soil has dried out and that's not necessarily healthy.
I haven't met your dad.
And let's talk about parents and grandparents for a moment, because if you look at data on how much time we spend with other people and you graph that over the course of the lifespan, it looks like this.
And by the time you're in your 60s, 70s, 80s, you're spending way more time alone than you ever have before, which, you know, you retire, you stop seeing your coworkers, friends pass you, whatever.
And what concerns me about that is that
One of the strongest risk factors for like every disease out there is being old, right?
You're just naturally more vulnerable.
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