In order to stay alive, we need a certain number of things, and that is why e were so successful. The trouble is that we always had the environment to constrain us. We don't have that any more in modern capitalist society. By polluting the earth, we're polluting our bodies. Americans are now shorter than they were, on average, just two decades ago,. That's because they're not as healthy. I didn't know that. ihave nothing against capitalism. It's brought us to a wonderful position in many ways. But we've got to learn how to constrain things. And most people who have some money in the bank suddenly, fi not in the
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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