Dr. David Eagleman

And I have been extraordinarily impressed

With young people that I meet, I meet all these young people who say these extraordinary things.

I say, wow, how did you know that?

And they, you know, they've watched TED Talks.

They've asked Alexa.

They've talked to ChatGPT.

And they get the information and it sticks.

Super interesting.

Plus, you remember how dinner table conversations used to go, which is that everyone argues about something, and then someone says, well, I think it's this, and the other person says, no, I think it's that.

And then it just sort of stops there because no one knows the right answer.

But now everyone whips out their phone, gets the answer, and then it keeps going, which is really terrific.

So as infants, of course, we have no control over that.

I mean, I would say two things.

One is, you know, try to maximize along every axis.

So try to be an athlete, try to be a scholar, try to be, you know, somebody who's good at social life and has a lot of friends.

All of these axes of life, it's worth spending the time doing that.

And obviously, we're in an era...

especially now where there are a million ways to waste time.

I sit on airplanes next to people and they're playing Candy Crush for the whole flight.

And I just feel like, what a shame because there's so much you can be putting into your brain and making happen.