John Assaraf

So like I said earlier, from a pure factual perspective, we know the brain, the hardware, every brain looks like every brain, right?

So the hardware looks the same.

Every operating system in the brain, it works pretty much like every gas car or electrical car, you know, works the same functionally.

And the brain operates on the hierarchy of

First and foremost, importance, right?

Let's say 150, 200 million years of human evolution.

Survival first, right?

To ensure safety and survival.

Second priority of the brain is avoidance of pain or discomfort.

Third priority of the brain is conservation of glucose or energy to make sure that you can fight a saber-toothed tiger, you know, or run away from danger.

And then the fourth priority of the brain is

pleasure.

So we don't move to the pleasure circuit in the brain until survival and safety and avoidance of pain or discomfort is met, minimizing the use of glucose or energy.

And our brain uses about 20 to 25% of all calories.

And so it's an energy miser.

Your brain produces less than five watts of power, which is what's in your fridge, but it operates at such high intensity of efficiency that it can do all those things

in milliseconds.

So let's say I want to achieve something new.

I have this big goal, a big dream.

The brain goes through this in nanoseconds, right?