Wybrow: I realized my situation when i was a wall street broker, and was not the best use of my time being alive at this time. And it was like i had to get out of there and do something meaningful. So i read books on echology and neura science, american mania being one of the books i read when i started his ph d. But i didn't change my consumptive behavior of liking deep dish pitza and a six pack of beer and and whatever else has always been by my 270 pound frame, volition. The most important thing for the future is beginning to think through how you support the progression of those things that we were
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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