The Danger of Hindsight | Exercise Your DNA

后见之明的危险|锻炼你的DNA

Good Life Project

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2017-11-02

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Good Life Riff: Ah, hindsight! As they say, it really is 20-2o. When we look back at some decisions, we think, "wow, that was such a great call, I'm pretty smart." But, then there are those other decisions. You know, the ones where a year or two down the road, you look back and think, "what is wrong with me?! That was a terrible decision. How could I not have seen this terrible outcome coming?" Then, there's THE TRUTH. We did the best we could "at the time." But, we don't see that, because of a quirky cognitive bias known as "Outcome Bias." In this third episode in our series on cognitive bias - aka - the weird things out brains subconsciously do to make us do thing that make no sense - we dive into this one particular quirk that leads up mired in self-doubt and crippled confidence. Incidentally, you can check out the two earlier episodes in the Cognitive Bias series here and here. Well, it turns out, there's funky little cognitive bias that Good Life Science: And, in our Good Life Science segment, we're diving into some fascinating new research on how exercise activates your genes, turns on and tunes up those sparkly little power-plants of the cell -- the mitochondria -- that we tend to shed with age (causing all sorts of not-good things). Turns out, especially for those a bit later in life, moving your body in a very specific way just might them back on, grow a bunch of new ones and light up your genes in a good way. And, as always, for those want to go to the source, here's a link to the full study. Rockstar Sponsors:  Are you hiring? Do you know where to post your job to find the best candidates? Unlike other job sites, ZipRecruiter doesn’t depend on candidates finding you; it finds them. And right now, GLP listeners can post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE, That’s right. FREE! Just go to ZipRecruiter.com/good. ShipStation: Do you sell on Amazon? Ebay? Shopify? Your own website? Then you need ShipStation. It’s the fast and easy way to manage and ship your orders- all from one place. Now, you can try ShipStation FREE for 30 days, plus get a special bonus. Visit ShipStation.com, click on the microphone at the top of the homepage and type in GOODLIFE. Casper is a sleep brand that continues to revolutionize its line of products to create an exceptionally comfortable sleep experience, one night at a time. Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com/GOODLIFE and using GOODLIFE at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Hey there, it's Jonathan.

  • So over the last 24 hours or so, I have had texts, emails, friends, voice messages from people that I know from around the world actually asking if I'm okay.

  • The reason is because I live in New York City and we had a terror attack here yesterday.

  • And I am a longtime New Yorker.

  • I was here during 911.

  • I was in the city yesterday.

  • I have friends in the city.

  • I am raising a family in the city.

  • And it's always horrifying to hear things like this, to see things like this on the news, to have experienced large scale things like this in the past.

  • I was in Vegas a couple of days after what happened there just a month or so ago.

  • And first, I am okay, my family is okay.

  • As far as I know, my friends are okay.

  • Okay in terms of we're physically safe, we weren't involved in anything, emotionally, psychologically okay.

  • I don't know, it just.

  • It hits you on so many different levels as a human being who feels the loss and wants to extend sympathy and empathy and, you know, just hold anyone who's affected by this as a husband and a father who lives literally just a few miles from where this happened and is raising a kid in a city who wanders all over, as a New Yorker who is connected to the pulse of this place and the people here, as a human being who just wants to see the suffering stop.

  • On so many levels, I don't have answers.

  • I honestly wish I could say, here's what I recommend, here's what to do.

  • I don't know anymore.

  • I honestly don't.

  • And there are people a lot smarter than me, a lot more studied than me, that probably have better advice.