SYSK Choice: The Good and Bad in Human Nature & Let’s Rethink Your Daily Routine

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

People didn’t always eat cereal for breakfast. In fact, the idea really didn’t catch on until the 1940s and 1950s. So, where and how did they idea start? And how did it get so popular? This episode reveals the answers to these questions plus I explain how popcorn was really the first breakfast cereal. Source: David Hoffman, author of The Breakfast Cereal Gourmet (https://amzn.to/35UKIpr) Are humans inherently good or evil? Are we naturally inclined to be kind or are we more likely to act in our own self-interest? Historian Rutger Bregman joins me to take a serious look at human nature and how it sets us apart from other animals. Rutger is the author of Humankind: A Hopeful History (https://amzn.to/3fzk09e) and he has some great insight into what makes us tick. Think about all the decisions you make during a day. For instance, you decide when to have your first cup of coffee, whether to sit or stand, what to drink and what to eat – or not eat. All these things collectively make up your daily routine. And that routine can have an impact on your health and wellbeing. Stuart Farrimond, M.D. is here to explain how these little daily decisions matter and how you can optimize them to stay healthy and happy. Stuart is the author of Live Your Best Life: 162 Reasons to Rethink Your Daily Routine (https://amzn.to/2HpS0s0). Is the meat people eat okay to give to dogs? After all, a lot of people give their dogs meat. But should you do it or could it cause harm to your dog? Listen as I explore this question as well as explain what your dog thinks about all day long. Source: Paulette Cooper-Noble author of Dog Secrets: Fun & Fascinating Things Your Dogs Wants You To Know (https://amzn.to/2KBskd9) PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Go to https://CozyEarth.com/SOMETHING to SAVE 35% now! All backed by a 100-Night Sleep Guarantee. First Alert would like you to know that along with alarms, fire extinguishers are essential. Make sure to place fire extinguishers on every level and in common spaces like the kitchen and know how to use them. For more information on fire safety products, safety tips and educational activities you can do at home with your family visit https://www.firstalert.com https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.5	Today on something you should know, a lot of people eat cereal for breakfast, but it wasn't always
0:39.5	that way. I'll explain why and when that got started. Then the science behind your daily decisions,
0:46.7	like how much water to drink, should you sit or stand? When should you have your first cup of coffee?
0:52.6	But actually the first thing in the morning is not the best time to have a coffee. It's best to wait
0:57.4	two to three hours after waking. And the reason for that is that you need to understand how coffee works.
1:03.0	Also, why you should never give your dog meat from the table. And our human beings basically good,
1:10.4	and if they are, why do we pay so much attention to the bad? Well, I think we simply have to recognize
1:15.9	that evil is more powerful than good. The negative just makes it bigger impression on us. The small
1:21.8	acts of kindness are often all around us, but then something nasty happens, and that makes
1:26.4	it much bigger impression on us. All this today on something you should know.
1:34.2	Something you should know, fascinating intel, the world's top experts, and practical advice you can
1:40.9	use in your life today. Something you should know with my carothers. Hi, welcome to something you
1:49.5	should know. Do you like cereal? I bet you do. 95% of us claim to like cereal, and in fact one out of
1:58.8	two people starts the day with a bowl of cereal. The first breakfast cereal was actually popcorn.
2:06.4	Colonial housewives would put it in a bowl with some cream and sugar and serve it as the morning
2:11.8	meal. Later, after Graham Cracker is were invented, John Harvey Kellogg served them in a bowl with
2:18.4	milk as a morning meal at his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. Serial really took off in the
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