How Smart People Can Make Dumb Choices & The Serious Dangers of Social Media
Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Since you're a listener to something you should know, you are, by definition, the curious type. |
| 0:06.6 | You like to discover new ways to improve your life. |
| 0:10.0 | And if I've got that about right, there is another podcast I want you to check out called |
| 0:14.7 | The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:18.0 | It's a podcast that can help you think sharper, feel better, maybe even live longer. |
| 0:23.2 | Dave Asprey is a best-selling author. He's the guy who created the biohacking movement. |
| 0:28.8 | And his podcast explores how to optimize human performance and longevity. He talks with top |
| 0:35.4 | experts about cognitive enhancers, the right way to use nicotine, and how |
| 0:40.7 | psychedelics are being used to rewire the brain. You'll also learn the science behind things like |
| 0:46.4 | fasting, cold plunges, saunas, and how blue light from your screens might actually be draining |
| 0:52.8 | your energy. Dave asked great questions, |
| 0:55.6 | and every episode gives you something that you can apply right away. So if you're ready to start |
| 1:01.3 | taking control of your biology, search for the Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey, wherever you get |
| 1:07.7 | your podcasts. |
| 1:16.5 | Today on something you should know, some things you really need to throw out right now, |
| 1:18.5 | and I promise you'll never miss them. |
| 1:24.7 | Then we'll explore the reasons why really smart people can make amazingly stupid choices. |
| 1:29.4 | Generally speaking, when we're in a period of experiencing heightened emotion, |
| 1:34.8 | we tend to make worse decisions. The more frightened we are, the more angry we are, even with positive emotions sometimes, the more excited, the more happy we are, we tend to make worse decisions. |
| 1:40.9 | Also, what could happen to your pets if you die? I don't think you really know. |
| 1:47.0 | And too much social media can mess with your brain and it's not just a kid problem. |
| 1:52.0 | The sobering statistic is that about 21% of adults admit to being addicted to social media. |
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