Migrants to America predominantly had that alial. And when you combine that with a large bonanza of fossil sunlight, supporting vast riches relative to prior civilizations and generations,. plus acult ture that promoted bigger everything and excess and stimulation and short term reward, that that is kind of combined to create a mania. Yes, i mean, in a cultural sense. It's not literally psychiatric mania but we can do this. Ere going to get there quickly. We won't give up our guns, for example. That particular american cando stuff has turned us into the most er, individually profitable country in the world, probably. But on the other hand, it also drives
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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