Matthew MacDougall

having found out how to take the tragedy out of it when I think about my kids either not having me or me not having them or my wife.

having found out how to take the tragedy out of it when I think about my kids either not having me or me not having them or my wife.

having found out how to take the tragedy out of it when I think about my kids either not having me or me not having them or my wife.

Yeah, it definitely makes you ask the question of how many of these can you see and not say, I can't do this anymore. But you said it well. I think it gives you an opportunity to just appreciate that you're alive today and I've got three kids and an amazing wife and I'm really happy. Things are good. I get to help on a project that I think matters. I think it moves us forward.

Yeah, it definitely makes you ask the question of how many of these can you see and not say, I can't do this anymore. But you said it well. I think it gives you an opportunity to just appreciate that you're alive today and I've got three kids and an amazing wife and I'm really happy. Things are good. I get to help on a project that I think matters. I think it moves us forward.

Yeah, it definitely makes you ask the question of how many of these can you see and not say, I can't do this anymore. But you said it well. I think it gives you an opportunity to just appreciate that you're alive today and I've got three kids and an amazing wife and I'm really happy. Things are good. I get to help on a project that I think matters. I think it moves us forward.

I'm a very lucky person.

I'm a very lucky person.

I'm a very lucky person.

Yeah. I think ultimately we want to give people more levers that they can pull, right? Like you want to give people options. If you can give someone a dial that they can turn on how happy they are. I think that makes people really uncomfortable.

Yeah. I think ultimately we want to give people more levers that they can pull, right? Like you want to give people options. If you can give someone a dial that they can turn on how happy they are. I think that makes people really uncomfortable.

Yeah. I think ultimately we want to give people more levers that they can pull, right? Like you want to give people options. If you can give someone a dial that they can turn on how happy they are. I think that makes people really uncomfortable.

But now talk about major depressive disorder, talk about people that are committing suicide at an alarming rate in this country, and try to justify that queasiness in that light. You can give people a knob to take away suicidal ideation, suicidal intention. I would give them that knob. I don't know how you justify not doing that.

But now talk about major depressive disorder, talk about people that are committing suicide at an alarming rate in this country, and try to justify that queasiness in that light. You can give people a knob to take away suicidal ideation, suicidal intention. I would give them that knob. I don't know how you justify not doing that.

But now talk about major depressive disorder, talk about people that are committing suicide at an alarming rate in this country, and try to justify that queasiness in that light. You can give people a knob to take away suicidal ideation, suicidal intention. I would give them that knob. I don't know how you justify not doing that.

Well, and on a grander scale, the fabric of society. People have a lot of complaints about how our social fabric is working or not working, how our politics is working or not working. Yeah. Those things are made of neurochemistry, too, in aggregate. Our politics is composed of individuals with human brains, and the way it works or doesn't work is potentially tunable.

Well, and on a grander scale, the fabric of society. People have a lot of complaints about how our social fabric is working or not working, how our politics is working or not working. Yeah. Those things are made of neurochemistry, too, in aggregate. Our politics is composed of individuals with human brains, and the way it works or doesn't work is potentially tunable.

Well, and on a grander scale, the fabric of society. People have a lot of complaints about how our social fabric is working or not working, how our politics is working or not working. Yeah. Those things are made of neurochemistry, too, in aggregate. Our politics is composed of individuals with human brains, and the way it works or doesn't work is potentially tunable.

in the sense that, I don't know, say, remove our addictive behaviors or tune our addictive behaviors for social media or our addiction to outrage, our addiction to sharing the most angry political tweet we can find. I don't think that leads to a functional society. And if you had... options for people to moderate that.

in the sense that, I don't know, say, remove our addictive behaviors or tune our addictive behaviors for social media or our addiction to outrage, our addiction to sharing the most angry political tweet we can find. I don't think that leads to a functional society. And if you had... options for people to moderate that.