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Does Tim Ferriss Dream In Japanese? - Rabbit Hole #3 - #1105
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Does the US Struggle to Laugh at Itself?
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If the UK were a US state, it would rank first in life expectancy, lowest homicide rate, gun deaths, prisoner population, healthcare coverage, paid maternity leave, statutory paid holiday, road deaths, and years in education. It would rank 51st — dead last — in GDP per capita. Americans, Chris found, had an excuse for every single data point except the money one.
A chart comparing the UK to US states showed the UK would rank first in life expectancy, homicide, and gun deaths but dead last — 51st — in GDP per capita.
Research by Gould-Dolan at UC Berkeley suggests psychedelics reopen a critical neuroplasticity window lasting two to three weeks, during which habits — good or bad — are much more likely to stick.
Gould-Dolan at UC Berkeley has shown that psychedelics temporarily reopen critical developmental windows — the same neuroplasticity that exists in childhood. For two to three weeks after a psychedelic experience, your brain is unusually malleable. Habits formed in this window stick harder. This applies to stroke rehabilitation, language acquisition, and, critically, whatever you're doing at 11pm.
Tim Ferriss used accelerated TMS combined with the neuroplasticity agent D-cycloserine to drop his generalised anxiety and OCD rumination from an 8-9 out of 10 to near zero — in a single day. The effects lasted three to four months. It changed how fast he fell asleep, how easily he meditated, and how he processed the friction of daily life.
