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You’re not anxious because capitalism is a chaos engine. You’re anxious because you need to cut carbs and meditate harder. You’re not lonely because society atomizes you by design. You’re lonely because you haven’t found your tribe. This is not ideology; it’s self-help with delusions of grandeur.
The Roganification of the Male Mystique
Joan Westenberg
Deliberately do something challenging (either moving or resisting) → Activate the aMCC → Grow size of aMCC over time → The easier it becomes to engage the aMCC → The more willpower and tenacity you can show in all other areas of your life.
Another Huberman-Induced Paradigm Shift.
Charlotte Grysolle
Surge capacity is a collection of adaptive systems — mental and physical — that humans draw on for short-term survival in acutely stressful situations, such as natural disasters. But natural disasters occur over a short period, even if recovery is long. Pandemics are different — the disaster itself stretches out indefinitely.
Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful
elemental.medium.com
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