Steven

Alterations in your biomarkers reflecting increased oxidative stress, liver strain, dehydration, and inflammation. In contrast, on days when you consume alcohol without exercising, these effects might be less pronounced, resulting in different biomarker profiles.

Is there anything else, one last thing, from your work as a senior scientist at WHOOP that is intriguing to you or any hypotheses you have that you're discovering from the data?

Is there anything else, one last thing, from your work as a senior scientist at WHOOP that is intriguing to you or any hypotheses you have that you're discovering from the data?

What's the most important thing in your book, The Social Paradox, when finding what you want means losing what you need, that we haven't talked about, that is important for someone who's listening that wants to improve their life and increase their probability of happiness?

What's the most important thing in your book, The Social Paradox, when finding what you want means losing what you need, that we haven't talked about, that is important for someone who's listening that wants to improve their life and increase their probability of happiness?

William, thank you. We have a closing tradition on this podcast where the last guest leaves a question for the next guest, not knowing who they're leaving it for. So this question's going to come out of left field. Probably, yeah. You're given the chance plus the power to do one thing to save humanity plus make everyone happy. What would that be?

William, thank you. We have a closing tradition on this podcast where the last guest leaves a question for the next guest, not knowing who they're leaving it for. So this question's going to come out of left field. Probably, yeah. You're given the chance plus the power to do one thing to save humanity plus make everyone happy. What would that be?

Okay, but with justice, there's a subjective element, right, to what is just. Because if you look back through history, what we thought was justice changed.

Okay, but with justice, there's a subjective element, right, to what is just. Because if you look back through history, what we thought was justice changed.

Which is what we look back at 200 years ago. Justice? What the fuck? Yeah.

Which is what we look back at 200 years ago. Justice? What the fuck? Yeah.

Thank you so much, William. Thank you for writing an incredible book. Your first book here called The Social Leap was a smash hit and is an extraordinary book. But this book is exceptional and it's exceptionally timed. I think that has to be said because where the world is at the moment, it feels like we're drifting to some degree. It feels like we're drifting from the...

Thank you so much, William. Thank you for writing an incredible book. Your first book here called The Social Leap was a smash hit and is an extraordinary book. But this book is exceptional and it's exceptionally timed. I think that has to be said because where the world is at the moment, it feels like we're drifting to some degree. It feels like we're drifting from the...

the island where our tribe are. And we're getting further and further away from knowing exactly what it is to be human. I think we're feeling the consequences of that if you look at a lot of the data. We're feeling the mental health crisis around the world, the increase in suicidal ideation and suicide, the increase in purposelessness, the increase in opioid addictions and things like that.

the island where our tribe are. And we're getting further and further away from knowing exactly what it is to be human. I think we're feeling the consequences of that if you look at a lot of the data. We're feeling the mental health crisis around the world, the increase in suicidal ideation and suicide, the increase in purposelessness, the increase in opioid addictions and things like that.

And I don't think anybody could make the case in a way that's founded on what we're seeing, that we're... any closer to being human or whatever that means than we've ever been. And this book, I think, helps us to course correct. It helps us to understand. It turns the lights on.

And I don't think anybody could make the case in a way that's founded on what we're seeing, that we're... any closer to being human or whatever that means than we've ever been. And this book, I think, helps us to course correct. It helps us to understand. It turns the lights on.

And as it says on the front, it helps us to understand that there's this important balance between autonomy and connection. We need both of them, but we need to get the balance correct. And many of us, including myself... know deep inside that maybe we're not getting that balance correct.

And as it says on the front, it helps us to understand that there's this important balance between autonomy and connection. We need both of them, but we need to get the balance correct. And many of us, including myself... know deep inside that maybe we're not getting that balance correct.

And this is why this book is so wonderful, because it's confronting in the nicest possible way and in an important way. So I highly recommend everybody give it a read. It's called The Social Paradox When Finding What You Want Means Losing What You Need by William von Hippel. Thanks, Stephen. I really enjoyed chatting with you about it. I can't wait.