Ken Covinsky
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1,532 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2016
last heard Sep 2025
Ken Covinsky’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I don't quite know what's going on, but I'm gonna have to follow you for longer to understand what this all means.
Well, uh also Eric and Louise, I I want to give an addendum to the 80-year-old surgeon because yes, if an eighty-year-old surgeon came to me and they seemed confused and tangential, I would be very worried.
And my ideal surgeon would be an 80-year-old surgeon who still has reason has good motor function and good cognitive function.
Because that eighty year old surgeon is gonna bring their fifty years of wealth and wisdom to that I should well, I should say wealth of wisdom to that operate there.
I love that.
Yeah.
And one thing to kind of keep in mind about cognition as people age is like, you know, who knows exactly what the normal changes of aging.
But one thing that probably does happen with aging is slowing of cognitive speeds.
So like when I was in my twenties, you know, I do quantitative stuff for a living.
I could like multiply numbers in my head super fast.
If you gave me like a twelve digit number to remember, I could spit it back.
I can't do that anymore.
You know, okay.
Should I acknowledge that, Alex?
Maybe you don't want to work with me anymore.
And though at the same time, I think with age, there's a certain wisdom that happens with that slower
Thinking.
And that that slower thinking does not impact functional ability.
And that maybe with that slower thinking you understand nuance and substance more.
And it's not a bad thing.
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