Sally Kohn: I love this phrase, down regulate cognitive control. It sounds a lot more sophisticated than getting buzzed or tying one on. And frankly, down regulatig cognitive control is exactly what i like to do at the end of the day. Yes, yes? No, it's giving you a vacation. She says successful organizations know that and are using it in a targeted fashion to deal with problems.
Do we have alcohol to thank for civilization? The answer, according to Edward Slingerland’s new book, “Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization,” is a resounding yes. Edward, who’s a professor at the University of British Columbia and self-proclaimed “philosophical hedonist,” says that far from being an evolutionary fluke, our taste for alcohol is an evolutionary advantage — one that we’ve relied on for millennia to help us lead more social, creative, and pleasurable lives.