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  74.  @45graham45  I'll take this as a serious question. Why? How? Ninety-three percent of Americans are metabolically unwell. There is an epidemic of metabolic diseases; diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, ADHD, dementia, Alzheimer's, and etc. As we get older, the ailments begin to pile on top of each other and get worse. I was simply one of these people, but advanced in age. What I think is quite amazing about myself is that I still had the ability to critically analyze my situation and to change for the better. Yeah, it would have been better to have made the change when I was still in the womb, but this is what is. Peace. There are several big reasons why people are unwilling/unable to make the necessary dietary changes. They are: 1: Sugar and carbohydrate and perhaps alcohol addiction -- and the difficulty in accepting the fact that they are addicted. 2: Malnutrition-Induced brain fog that prevents clear thinking. 3: Peer pressure. 4: Nutrition Ignorance -- many people simply don't know enough about what to eat an what not to eat, and many don't care to learn. 5: Government/Corporate Influence. Nuff said. 6: Family/Cultural Traditions. 7: Information overload -- there are many competing ways of eating; Standard American Diet, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, Keto, Carnivore, Mediterranean, and on and on. How to choose? 8: One must be willing to buck the status quo and become a brave explorer. 9: Change is difficult. It's just too much work to sort through all the noise. These (and probably more) add up to a kind of paralysis that prevents change that would be personally beneficial.
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  80. I live here, very close to this tragic event. I know some of the people involved. Enough said. The current protest here in Panama is very different from the Just Stop Oil movement. The government signed a contract with this Canadian mining company that is owned in part by Chinese investors and Blackrock among others. The open pit mine is the size of Miami and is contaminating the ground and water for many nearby communities. The contract gives mineral rights to the company in many other areas of Panama, too. The 20-year contract (with right of extension) is now in the Panamanian Supreme Court's hands to determine if is unconstitutional, that is against the better interests of Panama, a decision expected in a few weeks. It's not just a few eco protestors -- thousands and thousands of citizens are in the streets protesting and marching. Construction workers, teachers, doctors, nurses, business owners, you name it. Protesting is allowed here, and apparently blocking the road is not illegal, but the police have used tear gas to break up massive, many thousands of people, marches in the capital city. Several people, I think the count is now four, have lost eyes from rubber bullets. We are now in day 18; in some places on the InterAmerican highway have been closed this entire time and supply trucks are lined up by the hundreds. Some areas are running short of food, gasoline, and propane, especially in the Bocas Del Toro and Darien areas. The supermarket in my town has many empty shelves. No chicken, low rice supplies, low fruits and veges. All this is putting pressure on ordinary working people, but also large business owners who are losing $10 million per day. The strategy is for the wealthy business owners to put pressure on the government to nullify the contract. The 77 year old man is a Panamanian lawyer (born in Colon, Panama, to American parents working in Panama at the time). He holds a Panamanian passport. He renounced his American citizenship many, many years ago. He teaches law at a Panamanian university. He and his girlfriend were on their way back to our mountain town from the city where her dog had just had emergency surgery. They were stopped by numerous blockages that turned their normal two-hour trip into a much, much longer journey. After many hours in the car, hungry and thirsty, wanting to get the dog out of the car, I believe he just had had enough. Interesting, the police did not even handcuff him and gently helped him into the police car. In the States, he would have been treated much worse I would think. Looking at him, he does not look in good physical health. I think that it is possible that he was having a diabetic blood sugar crash, hangry if you will, something I believe causes a lot of road rage incidents. There is no clear end to this in sight. Panamanians are largely peaceful people -- my wife and I feel quite safe here. BTW Tim, it's pronounced CHA-may.
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  216. This was fascinating. Thank you! I am neither a doctor nor a scientist. I was a carpenter by trade and am my own personal lab mouse. After two tours in Vietnam, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Since then, have been on a quest to not be sick, live as long as I can, and die healthy. In the 70s and 80s there was not a lot of knowledge. Wheat grass, sprouts, macrobiotics, Euell Gibbons, and that was about it. In the 80s I became a vegetarian, eating tofu, whole grains and canola oil. My health improved significantly, but was far from optimal. By the time I was 65, I had prediabetes, high BP, multiple chemical sensitivities, and a lot of brain fog. I was contemplating stopping driving. At that time my wife, who was critically ill with heart issues, went to a new cardiologist. She (the cardiologist) told my wife that pills wouldn't help much, and that she should read the book, Wheat Belly. We read it and changed our diets immediately, moving to Paleo and Keto. Her health is much, much better now. And I'm now 73, my metabolic disease and autoimmune syndrome has reversed dramatically, and I am driving with confidence. Now I am spending my time fine tuning, looking for every advantage, every angle, because when I look in the mirror I still don't see the person that I want to see age-wise. I know I can do better, but 50-years of less than good health has taken a toll. I also don't like what I see around me; my friends and family are dying sooner, at a faster and faster rate due to insulin resistance/metabolic disease. I am one of the "general public" intellectually-curious people that you talked about. Thank you again for venturing out of the Ivory Tower and doing this podcast!
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  384. As an atheist, I think that over the billions and billions of years, we just kind of sorta happened. We were not created to have a point. That being said, with the way our brains and emotions have formed, we have to pass our years in some sense of -- I'm searching for the right word here -- meaning. For me, I get meaning from how I spend my moments. A bit of joy here. A bit of awe there. Add in some creativity, some beauty, and some true communication with another human being. And I guess I have to include the times of pain from loss or illness or injury. I try to bring my awareness to these snippets of existence and not just plow through with no understanding of who or what I am. These things and more accumulate to give me a sense that something worthwhile has happened in these moments and I can feel good about it all. If we have to be alive (and most of us seem to strive to stay alive) then I think it is easier to make a big deal about it and derive as much meaning as possible. To do so passes the time more amenably. I'm currently 71. My goal in passing my remaining moments is to create and learn as much as possible. Not that it matters in the end, but just for the heck of it in the moment. I want to die with ten unfinished major projects. I want to learn several languages. I am learning to play the guitar. I'm teaching myself to paint. I'm building an aquaponic system to raise fish and fresh veges. I am on a constant quest to improve my health (currently enjoying Keto) to reduce the ravages of aging. I strive to deepen my relationship with my wonderful wife. Death will happen and then there will be nothing. Life is like electricity. Switch on and there is something happening. Switch off and nothing is happening. I can't say that I fear death. I would, however, like to experience life as long as reasonably possible to see what the heck I will do next with my moments. Great video, thank you The Atlantic. Andrew Yang 2020!
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  429. Transportation can't be studied in a vacuum. If city planners transform cities to have walkable/bikeable neighborhoods that combine street level businesses, with a number of floors of offices above, and residential housing above that, then less public transportation will be needed. And given the future of online work and online shopping, then we can function without nearly as much public transportation. Even ride-sharing or car-sharing is problematic from a sanitary perspective and from the need to have more roadways. With more centralized and self-sustaining neighborhoods, in a way, we would be returning to our history of smaller tribes. There are many benefits to having smaller tribes. If cities don't change and mass transportation is still needed at the current rate, and social distancing is promoted to make public transportation safer, then a transit capacity of several magnitudes would have to be provided -- more transit vehicles, more frequency, more sanitation workers to clean the vehicles, more energy usage, and etc. Add to all of this the sprawling high density growth of cities due to significant future population growth (have you seen the size of some of the cities in China?), and I don't see mass transit being viable unless cities change their live/work/play structure. I'm thinking about this not because I live in a city (I don't, I live remotely in the mountains), or because I am a city planner (I'm not). I'm thinking about this because I am a model railroader. I would like to build a new layout that models a future green city. This morning, I asked myself the questions, "Is transit rail dead?" "What will transportation be like in future cities?" I'm watching numerous YouTube videos about city planning for the future and although I want to model light rail, subways, elevated trains and the like, I just don't see the need for nearly as much rail in well-planned future green cities. Great. What a dilemma. A model railroader with no railroad to model.
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