Last week I decided to do something that I have wanted to do for a long time but never really dared to do. I went off the mobile network for nearly four days. And that is the reason why last week’s edition of Curiosity was delayed. I intend to write about my experience of going off-the-grid in some time.
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Power naps are good for our brain health
In many cultures, having an afternoon nap is a daily ritual. The Spanish are known to enjoy a daily siesta and some Japanese workers indulge in a lunchtime sleep, known as hirune, or "afternoon nap".
Habitual napping may help keep our brains bigger for longer and boost its overall health according to a 2023 study.
The brains of people who napped several times a week were more than 15 cubic cm (0.9 cubic inches) larger than the brains of people who never had a daytime nap.
This equates to delaying ageing of the brain by between three to six years. "People who have a smaller brain volume are more likely to have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, or a diagnosis of sleep apnea… many have cardiovascular disease," says Garfield. "We also see substantial shrinkage of the brain in [people with] Alzheimer's and vascular dementia."
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Preserving generational wealth
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died in the late-1800s he was one of the wealthiest men ever to walk the planet. Vanderbilt was a shrewd businessman who understood money could corrupt. Before he passed, Vanderbilt advised his oldest son Billy, “Any fool can make a fortune but it takes a man of brains to hold onto it after it is made.”
Just six years after his father had passed away, Billy more than doubled his inheritance through some shrewd business deals and was now sitting on $194 million. Yet even after Billy doubled the family’s money in short order, within 30 years of the death of his father, there wasn’t a single heir or member of the Vanderbilt family who was among the richest people in America. Vanderbilt provided the initial gift to the university that bears his name in Nashville, TN. When 120 members of the family gathered at that university in 1973, not a single one of them was a millionaire.
Thought of the Week
“I want to live in a way that if my life played out 1,000 times, Naval is successful 999 times. He’s not a billionaire, but he does pretty well each time. He may not have nailed life in every regard, but he sets up systems so he’s failed in very few places.”
~ Naval Ravikant
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