Dr. David Agus
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Your behavior, if you had a virus, if you had COVID-19 and you came home and hugged your kids, you could spread it to them. If you stayed away from them, you didn't. So the notion that the behavior of one affects all is really something that we should have and could have observed in the ants and learned from very strongly.
Your behavior, if you had a virus, if you had COVID-19 and you came home and hugged your kids, you could spread it to them. If you stayed away from them, you didn't. So the notion that the behavior of one affects all is really something that we should have and could have observed in the ants and learned from very strongly.
Your behavior, if you had a virus, if you had COVID-19 and you came home and hugged your kids, you could spread it to them. If you stayed away from them, you didn't. So the notion that the behavior of one affects all is really something that we should have and could have observed in the ants and learned from very strongly.
What was amazing to me of sitting there in Africa on safari, which was a privilege to be there, is that every creature is looking over its shoulder and worried. That lion is worried that somebody will eat its cub. The elephant is worried that its baby will be taken by somebody else. That antelope is worried about the lion. They're all worried about something.
What was amazing to me of sitting there in Africa on safari, which was a privilege to be there, is that every creature is looking over its shoulder and worried. That lion is worried that somebody will eat its cub. The elephant is worried that its baby will be taken by somebody else. That antelope is worried about the lion. They're all worried about something.
What was amazing to me of sitting there in Africa on safari, which was a privilege to be there, is that every creature is looking over its shoulder and worried. That lion is worried that somebody will eat its cub. The elephant is worried that its baby will be taken by somebody else. That antelope is worried about the lion. They're all worried about something.
You know, we as humans have basically built ourselves a zoo, right? We live in our house. We have our security system. We've tried to take away that worry, that stress from our life by living in a zoo. And it's a really amazing observation. Never used to be like that. But we've evolved as humans to create our own zoo in a sense. And that's a good thing? It's hard to tell.
You know, we as humans have basically built ourselves a zoo, right? We live in our house. We have our security system. We've tried to take away that worry, that stress from our life by living in a zoo. And it's a really amazing observation. Never used to be like that. But we've evolved as humans to create our own zoo in a sense. And that's a good thing? It's hard to tell.
You know, we as humans have basically built ourselves a zoo, right? We live in our house. We have our security system. We've tried to take away that worry, that stress from our life by living in a zoo. And it's a really amazing observation. Never used to be like that. But we've evolved as humans to create our own zoo in a sense. And that's a good thing? It's hard to tell.
When you look at one of the correlates to living long with your brain intact, so slowing cognitive decline, it's getting uncomfortable. Every year you delay retirement, you reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's by 3%. Over several decades, that's an enormous percentage reduction. You don't use it, you lose it. You need to be uncomfortable, but you need to control it. We worry about things.
When you look at one of the correlates to living long with your brain intact, so slowing cognitive decline, it's getting uncomfortable. Every year you delay retirement, you reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's by 3%. Over several decades, that's an enormous percentage reduction. You don't use it, you lose it. You need to be uncomfortable, but you need to control it. We worry about things.
When you look at one of the correlates to living long with your brain intact, so slowing cognitive decline, it's getting uncomfortable. Every year you delay retirement, you reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's by 3%. Over several decades, that's an enormous percentage reduction. You don't use it, you lose it. You need to be uncomfortable, but you need to control it. We worry about things.
if your dog you know something happened to it doesn't worry animals don't necessarily carry that worry forward and stress them they worry in the moment but they don't carry it forward like we do we don't have the ability of disconnecting like they do and so our worry can cause stress you're worried all the time Basically, you lose that stress response. Michael Jordan played well in practice.
if your dog you know something happened to it doesn't worry animals don't necessarily carry that worry forward and stress them they worry in the moment but they don't carry it forward like we do we don't have the ability of disconnecting like they do and so our worry can cause stress you're worried all the time Basically, you lose that stress response. Michael Jordan played well in practice.
if your dog you know something happened to it doesn't worry animals don't necessarily carry that worry forward and stress them they worry in the moment but they don't carry it forward like we do we don't have the ability of disconnecting like they do and so our worry can cause stress you're worried all the time Basically, you lose that stress response. Michael Jordan played well in practice.
In the game, he was amazing and very different because he had an adrenaline response that he can respond to. That lion has a basal level of fear, but when something happens, it goes up and they perform. You hear about the people lifting the car off the baby when their adrenaline went up. Well, if you're always stressed at a very high level, you don't have that adrenaline push.
In the game, he was amazing and very different because he had an adrenaline response that he can respond to. That lion has a basal level of fear, but when something happens, it goes up and they perform. You hear about the people lifting the car off the baby when their adrenaline went up. Well, if you're always stressed at a very high level, you don't have that adrenaline push.
In the game, he was amazing and very different because he had an adrenaline response that he can respond to. That lion has a basal level of fear, but when something happens, it goes up and they perform. You hear about the people lifting the car off the baby when their adrenaline went up. Well, if you're always stressed at a very high level, you don't have that adrenaline push.
Many of the new devices, the Apple Watch, the Oura Rings and others measure something like heart rate variability, which is actually a surrogate for that. You can measure, do you have that adrenaline response or not? Very important for athletes or anybody who wants to perform.
Many of the new devices, the Apple Watch, the Oura Rings and others measure something like heart rate variability, which is actually a surrogate for that. You can measure, do you have that adrenaline response or not? Very important for athletes or anybody who wants to perform.