[ExI] How to build a happier brain

Anders Sandberg anders at aleph.se
Fri Nov 1 00:33:01 UTC 2013


On 2013-10-31 15:53, spike wrote:
> An Aspie might be more likely to be home studying on a typical college 
> Saturday night than to be out at a frat party, where few scientific 
> insights are derived.

Or at least remembered the day after.

Lack of social life, or at least a lack of time consuming social life, 
seems to be an effective way of focusing. It does not improve 
productivity (work per time): parents seem to be far better in that 
domain than people with too plentiful time.

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University




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