Did COVID Break Our Brains? (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad)

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 3:52 a.m.

Sense-making on vaccines and young kids, recognizing groupthink, removing ideology and personal attack from scientific discourse, and much more.\nWatch all our other shows with\xa0Dr. Vinay Prasad here.\nTranscript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-broken-brain/\nTopics & Timecodes:\n0:00\xa0Intro\n0:15\xa0We turn science debate into good vs. evil, why?\n6:27\xa0Understanding FDA decision on kids vaccines 5-11, myocarditis etc.\n12:49\xa0The \u201cRetrospectoscope\u201d and our takes on COVID over the months\n16:17\xa0The origins of COVID politicization and Tribalism\n25:41\xa0Should we not treat unvaxxed people or shame unmasked children?\n28:13\xa0Having compassion for those who misbehave or attack\n31:21\xa0The fragility of wishing contrary opinions would disappear\n36:38\xa0Recognizing our cognitive biases when engaging in sense-making\n40:21\xa0My experience working in genetics with Drosophila fruit flies\n43:06\xa0How COVID broke our brains and sense-making ability: masks\n47:05\xa0Social media attacks, virtue signaling, performative vulnerability, dealing with emotion via social media\n56:31\xa0Equanimity, desire, aversion, and the roots of suffering\n1:00:00\xa0Connection and positive feedback\n1:01:43\xa0Joe Rogan and Sanjay Gupta, Ivermectin\n1:06:00\xa0Hydroxychloroquine and the importance of randomized trials\n1:08:00\xa0Is The Temple of Doom racist? The nature of the times in determining appropriateness\n1:09:29\xa0The nature and art of comedy\n1:11:06\xa0Squid Game and the darkness of our times\n1:14:26\xa0What people can do to decrease polarization\n1:15:23\xa0Vaccine Mandates: the consequences for healthcare and politics\n1:17:00\xa0Waking up as a society to what matters, how we let people die alone\n1:20:21\xa0Why doctors put out such shitty YouTube content and what it really MEANS to be in medicine, the nature of real mentorships\nVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email:\xa0https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd\nSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me:\xa0paypal.me/zdoggmd\nMore about Dr. Z:\xa0zdoggmd.com/about-z\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices