Robert Sapolsky

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To do good science, you've got to work really, really hard.

Robert Sapolsky
good , got , work
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I was this eggheady kid, the one who was consistently beaten up and picked last for the baseball teams.

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consistently , beaten , up
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For an architect's son, I am remarkably unformed in my architectural tastes.

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remarkably , architectural
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Depression is incredibly pervasive and thus important to talk about.

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depression , incredibly , pervasive
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Well, when I was a teenager I was terribly bookish. I was very studious.

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teenager , terribly , very
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Depression is like the worst disease you can get. It's devastating.

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depression , like , worst
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Primates are really well designed to see who is not keeping up their end of the deal.

Robert Sapolsky
really , well , designed
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What adolescence is about is by trial and error, honing a frontal cortex that is going to be more optimal by the time you're 25.

Robert Sapolsky
adolescence , trial , honing
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Genes are not about inevitabilities; they're about potentials and vulnerabilities.

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genes
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Being president does seem a lot more stressful than being vice president.

Robert Sapolsky
being , president , does
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I spend most of my time by being at a university, hanging out with very manic, excited 18-year-olds.

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spend , most , time
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There are absolutely ways to manipulate behavior, because our behavior is endlessly being manipulated by the world around us.

Robert Sapolsky
absolutely , ways , manipulate
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I'm a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University, and I'm kind of half-neurobiologist, half-primatologist.

Robert Sapolsky
professor , neuroscience , stanford
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I think it is inevitable that we make Us/Them distinctions but there's nothing inevitable about who counts as a Them.

Robert Sapolsky
think , inevitable , make
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We do our worst when we're surrounded by a lot of people who agree with us.

Robert Sapolsky
our , worst , surrounded