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It was not until relatively recently, however, that the association between disturbed sleep and Alzheimer’s disease was realized to be more than just an association. While much remains to be understood, we now recognize that sleep disruption and Alzheimer’s disease interact in a self-fulfilling, negative spiral that can initiate and/or accelerate the condition.
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
MINIMAL GROUP PARADIGM
If you group people by a trivial category, e.g. favorite ice cream flavor, the groups will become tribal, display in-group favoritism, and discriminate against other groups. So even if you end racism & sexism, people will find other reasons to discriminate.
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We tend to place a lot of emphasis on our circumstances, assuming that what happens to us (or fail to happen) determines how we feel. From this perspective, the small-scale details of hw you spend your days aren't that important, because what matters are the large-scale outcomes, such as whether or not your get a promotion or move to that nicer apartment.
Our brain instead construct our world view based on what we pay attention to. If you focus on a cancer diagnosis, you and your life become unhappy, and dark, but if you focus instead on an evening martini, you and your life become more pleasant, even though the circumstances in both scenarios are the same.
"Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love, is the sum of what you focus on"
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