Developing Your Brain for a Longer, Healthier Life | Neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood

Dr. Tommy Wood (0:00)

One thing that I'm really, I guess, concerned about in the biohacking community, continuous glucose monitors are part of this, sleep monitors are part of this, is this pathologization of things that should bring us joy.

There's interesting data. You quantify something, you start to lose the joy in it, you start to objectify it, and it's no longer a thing that can bring you joy in the same way.

Michael Gervais (0:31)

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