Andrew Huberman, Long-Term Improvement, CGI to Real Faces
This edition worth listening to is a podcast with neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman on the Tim Ferriss Show. Next worth reading is an article from Marc Brackett titled The Color of Our Emotions. Finally, a video from the Corridor Crew is worth watching where they use AI to take an animated face and create the real version of it. And as always a few other ideas for you to explore.
Worth Listening
Dr. Andrew Huberman | Tim Ferris Show
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University's School of Medicine. He has made numerous important contributions to brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity. Andrew is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation fellow and recipient of the 2017 Cogan Award for his discoveries in the study of vision. The Huberman Laboratory at Stanford Medicine has been consistently published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell.
I've shared a few of Dr. Huberman's podcasts and appearances in previous editions of the Feeding Frenzy. As always, Tim can dive into the background of his guest. In this episode, we look back at how Dr. Huberman has become the expert he is. Without spoiling anything, Dr. Huberman didn't want to be a neuroscientist at age 5; through the way he shares his knowledge, you'd be led to believe otherwise. I think anyone who has an interest in behavior-based tools to live better you'll find value in this podcast.
Worth Reading
The Colors of Our Emotions | Marc Brackett
This is an interesting article on emotion. I haven't heard of Marc's work before, so here's some background on his work. Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a Professor in the Child Study Center of Yale University. He is the author of Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive.
I think what captured my attention most is being more scientific with our emotions. I spent some time thinking about what that means, and Marc has a short phrase that says it best "behavior does not equal emotion." I haven't heard this statement before and still reflecting on how best to contextualize that for myself. One of the reasons science was so attractive to me is trying to quantify the things we don't understand. As I've gotten older, better understanding myself is around an emotional context. Why would you meditate, do yoga, work out, etc., if they didn't have a positive aspect of dealing with your emotional state?
Worth Watching
How to Make Long-Term Improvements on Your Life | Farnam Street
Here are some of the issues with goals:
Goals have an endpoint
Goals have unreliable factors
Goals don't tell the full picture
Goals make you complacent
Benefits of Habits
Habits help you overshoot your goals
Habits are easy to complete
Habits stay for life
Habits compound
Habits can be as small as necessary
We Made Famous Cartoons into REAL HUMANS | Corridor Crew
Who doesn't want to see their favorite animated character brought to life?! I find the use of AI to generate real faces one of the fascinating features people are developing. Maybe this comes from my years of playing roleplaying games. What makes this even more interesting is that this is an open-source freely useable by anyone right now.