Snapshot · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
A US Geological Survey found that at least 45% of all US tap water is contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals, which are directly linked to falling sperm counts and testicular cancer.
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The US permits 85 banned-in-EU pesticides, sprays 300M lbs/year of chemicals banned in Europe, allows banned food additives like potassium bromate, and has only banned 12 cosmetic chemicals vs EU's 1,500 [1] — Jeremy Grantham "The EU has banned 1,500 chemicals from cosmetics. Canada has banned 550. The US has banned 12. This regulatory gap directly contributes to …" 1:21:22 . 45% of US tap water contains PFAS.
The life expectancy gap between the US and Sweden has grown from 2 years to 6 years over the last 70 years, which Grantham attributes to the US's more permissive approach to toxic chemicals.
Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson analyzed almost 500 self-improvement techniques and found they all reduce to just 12 underlying psychological drivers.
Cold exposure has good short-term alertness benefits but the evidence base for long-term health benefits is much weaker than popularly believed.
In a randomized study of 20 habit-formation techniques run on hundreds of people, almost none of the techniques produced statistically meaningful results.
People given a tiny-habit fallback option (e.g. 10 squats instead of gym) were actually MORE successful at completing the full habit, not less.
The most effective habit-formation technique was 'habit reflection' — recalling a past successful habit, writing down what helped, then applying those lessons to a new habit.
A study found that simply scheduling enjoyable activities was as effective as standard cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, leading to its own therapy called behavioral activation.
The 'worry time' technique — deferring all worries to a designated time of day — helps people realize they have more control over worry than they thought and reveals it is less useful than it feels.
A study found that participants told to try to stay awake while in bed fell asleep faster than participants told to try to sleep — illustrating the paradox of direct effort.
Spencer Greenberg reduced his severe social anxiety dramatically in roughly 6 months through a structured exposure therapy hierarchy, culminating in asking strangers for hugs.
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