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#328 - Health & Longevity

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Price We Pay for Our Superpower

What separates us as humans from every other species on this planet is our brain. 25% of our caloric need goes to servicing the organ that constitutes 2% of our mass. The trick that allowed us and only us to leapfrog out of the swamp ahead of every other species was the capacity to store energy. Up until relatively recently, we've paid no price for that superpower.

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