Dr. David Eagleman

So it turns out you still can change.

That's the key, is that...

The reason brains change less and less is because they don't have to.

But when things get upside down, just as one example, everything about the pandemic really stunk, except for one thing.

I think the tiny silver lining is that all of us.

had to reassess, oh my gosh, wait, how's the world working?

I thought I knew how the world worked, but now I don't know if there's going to be toilet paper at the store.

I don't know if the bank's going to be open.

I don't know if I can get coffee at the coffee shop.

Like everything was different.

As awful as it was, it's really useful.

to challenge your internal model of the world and get to do that as an adult.

We don't usually get to.

The key is seeking challenge.

So it turns out that where we always want to be is in between the levels of frustrating but achievable.

And you want to take on new tasks.

You want to seek novelty to find yourself in that zone and push yourself to do things that you just haven't done before.

And one of the things that's so wonderful about the modern world, you know, everyone's got complaints about the internet and social media and stuff like that.

But

The good news is it exposes you to so much more than you ever even knew was out there.