Mike Israetel

But if you are particularly good at first finding food, second, determining which food has probably the highest calories. And third, eating as much of that food as possible. And fourth, storing it away as efficiently as possible into as much body fat tissue as you can. In the times in which we evolve, you're a survivor because there's just the right answer.

But if you are particularly good at first finding food, second, determining which food has probably the highest calories. And third, eating as much of that food as possible. And fourth, storing it away as efficiently as possible into as much body fat tissue as you can. In the times in which we evolve, you're a survivor because there's just the right answer.

But let's fast forward now to all those mechanisms being extant in pretty much every human. Now, where are we? We walk outside and there's grocery stores with aisles as far as the eye can see of foods that companies meticulously choose with their very best marketing research so that we buy them. And these foods relative to our ever-growing incomes are cheaper all the time.

But let's fast forward now to all those mechanisms being extant in pretty much every human. Now, where are we? We walk outside and there's grocery stores with aisles as far as the eye can see of foods that companies meticulously choose with their very best marketing research so that we buy them. And these foods relative to our ever-growing incomes are cheaper all the time.

But let's fast forward now to all those mechanisms being extant in pretty much every human. Now, where are we? We walk outside and there's grocery stores with aisles as far as the eye can see of foods that companies meticulously choose with their very best marketing research so that we buy them. And these foods relative to our ever-growing incomes are cheaper all the time.

They're more convenient all the time. They're tastier all the time. And because human tastes are determined by human consumer preferences, they're really determined by evolved preferences, which really means good tasting foods and high calorie foods have an enormous intersection. It's not 100%, but gee whiz, it's up there. And so because we live in this, what's called modern food environment,

They're more convenient all the time. They're tastier all the time. And because human tastes are determined by human consumer preferences, they're really determined by evolved preferences, which really means good tasting foods and high calorie foods have an enormous intersection. It's not 100%, but gee whiz, it's up there. And so because we live in this, what's called modern food environment,

They're more convenient all the time. They're tastier all the time. And because human tastes are determined by human consumer preferences, they're really determined by evolved preferences, which really means good tasting foods and high calorie foods have an enormous intersection. It's not 100%, but gee whiz, it's up there. And so because we live in this, what's called modern food environment,

And we have these ancestral drives of like, well, look, there's a lot of food around and it's delicious. I'm going to keep eating it so that I can, you know, like the chipmunk who stores the food in his face, I can store it for later when I'm starving.

And we have these ancestral drives of like, well, look, there's a lot of food around and it's delicious. I'm going to keep eating it so that I can, you know, like the chipmunk who stores the food in his face, I can store it for later when I'm starving.

And we have these ancestral drives of like, well, look, there's a lot of food around and it's delicious. I'm going to keep eating it so that I can, you know, like the chipmunk who stores the food in his face, I can store it for later when I'm starving.

That logic is applied automatically by the parts of your brain that you're not even conscious of unless you choose to be through mindfulness meditation practice. And then what could possibly be the result of that other than lots of people becoming significantly overweight? To me, the obesity epidemic is just not a surprise. It has no mysterious cause.

That logic is applied automatically by the parts of your brain that you're not even conscious of unless you choose to be through mindfulness meditation practice. And then what could possibly be the result of that other than lots of people becoming significantly overweight? To me, the obesity epidemic is just not a surprise. It has no mysterious cause.

That logic is applied automatically by the parts of your brain that you're not even conscious of unless you choose to be through mindfulness meditation practice. And then what could possibly be the result of that other than lots of people becoming significantly overweight? To me, the obesity epidemic is just not a surprise. It has no mysterious cause.

The 90-something percent cause of the obesity epidemic and why most of us are somewhat or a lot overweight compared to what's ideally healthy is because we were designed to survive in environments with intermittent starvation and capitalism has simply solved the problem of food availability in any extent that you measure it in modern countries.

The 90-something percent cause of the obesity epidemic and why most of us are somewhat or a lot overweight compared to what's ideally healthy is because we were designed to survive in environments with intermittent starvation and capitalism has simply solved the problem of food availability in any extent that you measure it in modern countries.

The 90-something percent cause of the obesity epidemic and why most of us are somewhat or a lot overweight compared to what's ideally healthy is because we were designed to survive in environments with intermittent starvation and capitalism has simply solved the problem of food availability in any extent that you measure it in modern countries.

And you know, like that's a thing that is here with us. And now it's our job, uh, as consumers and as educated people to be like, okay, now that I know all that, what can I do to improve my situation? That's realistic. And at least a siege to the fact that yes, okay. Evolution is a thing and it really does make me want to do this. And I'm not going to try to

And you know, like that's a thing that is here with us. And now it's our job, uh, as consumers and as educated people to be like, okay, now that I know all that, what can I do to improve my situation? That's realistic. And at least a siege to the fact that yes, okay. Evolution is a thing and it really does make me want to do this. And I'm not going to try to

And you know, like that's a thing that is here with us. And now it's our job, uh, as consumers and as educated people to be like, okay, now that I know all that, what can I do to improve my situation? That's realistic. And at least a siege to the fact that yes, okay. Evolution is a thing and it really does make me want to do this. And I'm not going to try to