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Real-life “NPCs”: why people sometimes move on autopilot — and what you can do about it

You’ve probably joked about people who seem like video-game characters: they show up, follow a script, react the same way every time, and vanish. Calling someone an “NPC” (non-player character) is funny — but there’s a real, simple explanation behind that feeling: most of us run a lot of our lives on autopilot. That’s notContinue reading “Real-life “NPCs”: why people sometimes move on autopilot — and what you can do about it”

5 Minutes to Change the Way You Stress

I’m a big fan of Dr. Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist at Stanford University who has done remarkable work explaining how the brain and body interact. Recently I watched one of his presentations on fear, and he mentioned a study that really stuck with me: just five minutes a day of voluntary stress can dramatically reduceContinue reading “5 Minutes to Change the Way You Stress”