Ken Carter
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first heard Jul 2026
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And the low sensation seekers, as you can imagine, follow that car kind of far back and were pretty stressed out when they were doing it.
The high sensation seekers followed really closely behind and their stress response was relatively low.
So this is why if you're in a car with a high sensation seeker who's changing lanes and moving through traffic and you're wondering and you're really stressed out if you're a low sensation seeker, it's important to remember that they're not really stressed at all.
And that if your friend that's in the driver is in the companion seat says they're stressed, they might be.
Yeah.
I think what I've been focusing on a lot since the book is how those people who aren't high sensation seekers, what we can learn from those high sensation seekers.
We think about these high sensation seekers really being adrenaline junkies, but they're kind of not.
And one of the things they've told me is that adrenaline is a really bad drug.
Will Gadd was the very first person to climb up Niagara Falls when it was frozen.
And he's told me that adrenaline is a terrible drug.
If he was just after adrenaline, he would just run back and forth in traffic.
But he told me the reason why he's doing it is for the experience, like what it's going to feel like to do it.
And you need to be able to focus really well.
And so the fact that he has lower levels of cortisol because he's a high sensation seeker lets him to be able to focus and do that really well.
And there's some evidence that that emotional regulation that you garner to be able to do those complicated things can last longer.
even after the event.
A lot of high sensation seekers I talk to say they'll do things like, you know, wingsuit flying or bungee jumping, and it gives them clarity.
And they'll do that before they make a big decision.
And that clear sense of mind can last for weeks after those events.
I always tell people to lean into your awe.
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