Gregg Braden

New discoveries are showing when I was a kid... again, school 50s, 60s, and 70s, we were taught, and I think they may still be teaching this in some schools, that we were born with a finite number of brain cells, finite number of neurons.

New discoveries are showing when I was a kid... again, school 50s, 60s, and 70s, we were taught, and I think they may still be teaching this in some schools, that we were born with a finite number of brain cells, finite number of neurons.

New discoveries are showing when I was a kid... again, school 50s, 60s, and 70s, we were taught, and I think they may still be teaching this in some schools, that we were born with a finite number of brain cells, finite number of neurons.

And the joke at that time, this was the leverage for every college student, every beer you drink in college, you're going to lose brain cells, and you've only got so many to start with, you know, so don't drink all those beers. Well, now what they know is that the hippocampus is constantly producing new neurons until the last breath we take on this planet. You could be 104 years old.

And the joke at that time, this was the leverage for every college student, every beer you drink in college, you're going to lose brain cells, and you've only got so many to start with, you know, so don't drink all those beers. Well, now what they know is that the hippocampus is constantly producing new neurons until the last breath we take on this planet. You could be 104 years old.

And the joke at that time, this was the leverage for every college student, every beer you drink in college, you're going to lose brain cells, and you've only got so many to start with, you know, so don't drink all those beers. Well, now what they know is that the hippocampus is constantly producing new neurons until the last breath we take on this planet. You could be 104 years old.

120 years old, and you're still producing new brain cells, here's the catch. If those brain cells are not engaged in a meaningful way within about seven days, they will atrophy and die. Because once again, our body functions on demand. Biology is looking for a reason to give us the features that we have.

120 years old, and you're still producing new brain cells, here's the catch. If those brain cells are not engaged in a meaningful way within about seven days, they will atrophy and die. Because once again, our body functions on demand. Biology is looking for a reason to give us the features that we have.

120 years old, and you're still producing new brain cells, here's the catch. If those brain cells are not engaged in a meaningful way within about seven days, they will atrophy and die. Because once again, our body functions on demand. Biology is looking for a reason to give us the features that we have.

So if those brain cells are engaged, or they're not engaged, then the body says, I guess we don't need these. And they begin to atrophy and die. So now here's what the psychology is showing. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality have been around long enough now that they can do studies. Psychologists are doing studies, young people. What they found is that young children

So if those brain cells are engaged, or they're not engaged, then the body says, I guess we don't need these. And they begin to atrophy and die. So now here's what the psychology is showing. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality have been around long enough now that they can do studies. Psychologists are doing studies, young people. What they found is that young children

So if those brain cells are engaged, or they're not engaged, then the body says, I guess we don't need these. And they begin to atrophy and die. So now here's what the psychology is showing. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality have been around long enough now that they can do studies. Psychologists are doing studies, young people. What they found is that young children

who have, say you're three years old, you wake up in the morning, eat a bowl of Captain Crunch, I guess, cereal, and then the parents sit them on the living room floor and put a virtual reality visor on to be entertained for the morning, and the parents go off and do their things.

who have, say you're three years old, you wake up in the morning, eat a bowl of Captain Crunch, I guess, cereal, and then the parents sit them on the living room floor and put a virtual reality visor on to be entertained for the morning, and the parents go off and do their things.

who have, say you're three years old, you wake up in the morning, eat a bowl of Captain Crunch, I guess, cereal, and then the parents sit them on the living room floor and put a virtual reality visor on to be entertained for the morning, and the parents go off and do their things.

But that's happening. That's happening. So the kids are sitting there for hours. Here's the catch. They're seeing things in that virtual reality that they would never see in real life in their backyard with their friends. They're seeing scenarios that would never, you know, they're not going to see dinosaurs walking through the backyard, probably.

But that's happening. That's happening. So the kids are sitting there for hours. Here's the catch. They're seeing things in that virtual reality that they would never see in real life in their backyard with their friends. They're seeing scenarios that would never, you know, they're not going to see dinosaurs walking through the backyard, probably.

But that's happening. That's happening. So the kids are sitting there for hours. Here's the catch. They're seeing things in that virtual reality that they would never see in real life in their backyard with their friends. They're seeing scenarios that would never, you know, they're not going to see dinosaurs walking through the backyard, probably.

They're seeing colors, intense colors, hearing the sounds. But the key is, it's all being done for them, Andre. They are simply observers of watching this happen rather than we were kids, we used our imagination. You would create a fort in the backyard or a fort in your living room by putting a blanket across the couch in the love seat. And to you or to me, man, that was a very real fort.

They're seeing colors, intense colors, hearing the sounds. But the key is, it's all being done for them, Andre. They are simply observers of watching this happen rather than we were kids, we used our imagination. You would create a fort in the backyard or a fort in your living room by putting a blanket across the couch in the love seat. And to you or to me, man, that was a very real fort.