The social brain and its superpowers: Matthew Lieberman, Ph.D. at TEDxStLouis
Neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman explains that through his studies he's learned that our kryptonite is ignoring the importance of our social superpowers and by ...
========== Translator: Reiko Bovee
Reviewer: Freakbill Huang All right. I've been a neuroscientist
for the past 15 years. And based on what I learned,
I'd like to make a pretty bold claim. Now, this isn't a late-night infomercial,
and there's nothing for you to buy. But I'm going to give you the secret
by the end of my talk to be smarter, happier
and more productive. This secret depends on a couple
of superpowers that we all have and one "kryptonite"
that kind of gets in the way. Let's start with Earl and Gloria. For more than half a century
they lived the American dream. They were high school sweethearts, and Earl volunteered
to be a World War II naval pilot, and Gloria went off
to the training camp with them. And when they returned,
he built his own house a...