I've, in my li'fe been unable to self constrain my consumption. When i was on wall street 20 years ago, i made 400 thousand dollars a year and spent it all peter. I had nothing left at the end of the year. But that is a very unusual capacity of human beings. Most people do not have that capacity. They do not reflect upon themselves and say, this is insane. You knowim not only hurting myself, i'm hurting the rest of the world as well. And so in writing american mania, mean, that basically described the problem that you just described when you were on wall street. The well tewne brain is an effort
On this episode we meet with psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author Peter Whybrow.
Whybrow gives us an overview of why humans tend to consume excessively in resource-abundant societies. Why is it difficult for humans to change our ways?
Additionally, Whybrow shares pathways for humans to move toward having a well-tuned brain.
About Peter Whybrow:
Peter C. Whybrow, M.D. is Director Emeritus of the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Judson Braun Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, and author of several books, including his newest, The Well-Tuned Brain: Neuroscience and the Life Well-Lived.
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