Why You Have CCE (Corona Cognitive Epidemic) and What To Do About It – Samuel Veissière, Ph.D. : 674

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

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🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Samuel Veissière, Ph.D., who examines social and evolutionary dimensions of cognition, mental health, and human well-being through a variety of projects. He’s an assistant professor of Psychiatry, co-director of the Culture, Mind, and Brain Program, and an associate member of the department of Anthropology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

He caught my attention with his recent article in Psychology Today: The Coronavirus Is Much Worse Than You Think: How COVID-19 is infecting our minds, not our lungs.

We’re going to take a look at the coronavirus, formally named COVID-19, from a decidedly different perspective. One that’s worth thinking about.

“The human mind is really, really, really bad at estimating the statistical probabilities of anything,” Dr. Veissière says. “And human minds have evolved to specific cravings for different kinds of information, in particular, anything that conveys information about potential threats or danger.”

His work as an anthropologist and cognitive scientist includes placebo effects and hypnosis, hyper-sociality in smartphone addiction, social polarization, gender and mental health, and the theoretical study of cultural evolution. He has worked with such varied populations as street children and sex workers in Northeast Brazil, indigenous peoples in the Arctic and the Amazon, children with neurodevelopmental disorders, people who intentionally conjure friendly auditory hallucinations, and Tibetan Buddhist monks in the Indian Himalayas.

Dr. Veissière has published broadly on novel theories and experimental findings on the social nature of attention, cognition, mental health, and healing, and on the impact of the internet and new technologies on human sociality and well-being.

As a special bonus in this episode, you’ll find out my best hacks to stay healthy while traveling.

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0:00.0	So what is very interesting to me about coronavirus is that it's basically a moral panic.
0:09.9	So it's teaching me a whole bunch of things that I already knew and more about, for example,
0:15.6	how the human mind is really, really, really bad at estimating this statistical probabilities
0:20.5	of anything and how human minds have evolved specific cravings for different kinds of
0:26.9	information in particular, anything that conveys information about potential threats
0:31.4	or dangers.
0:33.9	Bulletin Proof Radio, a state of high performance.
0:43.7	You're listening to Bulletin Proof Radio with Dave Asprey.
0:47.9	I decided that this year's Biohacking Conference theme is play.
0:52.0	Biohacking Tech is cool, but the Biohacking community is so important.
0:56.5	So we're having two specific sessions dedicated to making authentic connections and lifelong
1:02.0	friends who care about the things you care about, people like us.
1:06.3	Last year's dating Dojo sold out so fast that I had a second one for you this year.
1:11.9	This is a great structured way to connect with others in our community, whether you're
1:15.9	attending for business, pleasure, or some above.
1:19.0	The playful portal will be led by none other than Christina Weber of We Deepin.
1:24.0	And when you go, you can learn how to descend into your body so you can come alive and play.
1:29.5	Connect with others through the art of presence and humor.
1:33.0	Learn how to turn on the experience of love and discover new ways to connect with others
1:39.0	and yourself from a state of wonder.
1:41.5	Yes, this is actually biohacking.
1:44.3	The other experience will be led by Christy Price, the biohacking mastermaker.
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