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Dr. David Eagleman

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2140 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

You know, that keeps going and you'll have decades ahead of you where you can start doing stuff.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

But yes, the reason to learn everything you can is because all that stuff cashes out at various points in your life.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

When you're starting your next business or you're, you know, wanting to do the next great thing where you're surfing the web of AI, you know, you'll say, oh, I learned this thing when I was 16.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

I learned this thing when I was 22.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Yeah.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

It turns out that area of the brain is involved and other networks as well.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Because when you're doing something new and challenging and difficult, you have stress and anxiety.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Your whole brain is active.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Let's say I measured your brain, even with something like EEG, electron cephalography.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

That's where I stick electrodes on the outside.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Let's say I measure your brain and my brain.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

We're doing something that, let's say, you're an expert at.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

What's something you're really good at?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Juggling?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Okay.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Let's say you're an expert juggler.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Let's say I've never juggled.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

Okay.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

If we're both juggling, you're going to be much better than I am.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!

But your brain...