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Steven Kotler - Peak Performance Aging: Crushing It As You Get Older
Smart People Podcast
The Long, Slow Rot Theory of Aging
The traditional theory on aging, which sort of dominated the 20th century. The old dog is actually better at learning certain kinds of tricks than younger dogs. If you never stop training these skills, you can hold on to them and advance them far later in life than anybody thought possible. There are profound changes in the brain in our 50s that bring on whole new levels of intelligence, creativity, wisdom and empathy.
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