Big Bros

Ep 170. Why Optimisation Culture is Bullsh*t


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There is nothing wrong with wanting to improve yourself. But self-improvement can quickly devolve into trying to optimise every metric of your life, from your sleep and nutrition to your exercise, productivity and even your relationships. While the pursuit of optimisation can be appealing to anyone wanting to become better, at a certain point the pressure to constantly improve, track and upgrade every part of your life can become less about growth and more about anxiety. 

Join Big Bros, Jeremy and Ilan, as they unpack the ridiculous pressure of optimisation culture, and why constantly trying to upgrade yourself might actually be making you worse. Expect to learn why optimisation can sometimes be a fancy way of avoiding your actual problems, the rare situations where tracking every metric of your life might genuinely make sense, what we can learn from the world’s longest-living people about health without obsession, why you probably do not need to lose your mind over every microplastic, and much more! 
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Big BrosBy Jeremy Tusia & Ilan Volchek