Dr. David Eagleman
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Obviously, there's just been a lot more emphasis on getting good sleep and good diet, and this stuff really matters.
I think that's really useful for the brain.
I mean, it's fascinating to watch what's happened in the latest generation in terms of alcohol consumption.
I live up in Silicon Valley, and there's a lot of people who have wineries just north of me.
And they're like selling half their acreage.
It's absolutely fascinating to see what's happening there.
I will say I have a friend who's in her 20s who said that she's in favor of bringing drinking back.
Why?
Because she said, we go to parties and everything's so awkward and no one knows how to talk to one another.
And so they're missing something else.
They're missing the dumb mistakes category that we all got to enjoy growing up.
So it is a really interesting balance of how abstemious one wants to become.
The whole list of the top 10.
Can't be world peace.
You know, I think I would come back to this piece about the complexification of relationships, which is to say, if we could just get a little bit smarter about understanding people are outgroups as being humans with lives, with their own thing going on.
Doesn't mean we have to love them or agree with them.
But if we can just get to that point, I don't think we'll ever hit world peace, but at least we'd have slightly less polarization.
So I'm definitely in favor of that.
And I do think it's possible.
And I do think AI can help us get there by challenging us on these points and saying, hey –