Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

And Tommy has been saying for years that he thinks one of the main things that drives a decline in brain function as we get older is that we're not stimulating the brain with new things.

So he's a big fan of us

becoming a beginner again at something, right?

Rather than, yeah, there's nothing wrong with wanting mastery in something and trying to get even better.

But I think for our brains, it's very, very good every few years to try something brand new where we aren't very good.

And then we learn because the brain then has to grow stronger to learn those new things.

That was one thing I thought about.

The other thing I thought about was so much of the advice that's given these days

online, in books, is about solo pursuits.

It's about, you know what?

You're overly stressed, which is true for many, if not most people.

These things can help you, right?

But the onus then becomes on us to find time to meditate, to find time for our workout, to find time to cook or whatever it might be.

And that's all great.

And I think we do need to find some of that individual time in our lives.

But there is also something really beautiful about

doing things in a group, isn't there?

Which I think we lost in COVID.

I think society has forgotten this.

And I think there's a hangover from COVID that hasn't fully been returned yet.