Robert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst 

Thank you for uploading this video. I believe it's one of the most interesting one I've watched, and I share it with many friends. But I truly believe it would benefit from having subtitles so I could share it with many more people (French, in my regard, but even just English transcript would be a good start). Are you planning on making such a dream come true? Thank you

Thanks for sharing

He meant to say “ Borscht Belt “ ( Jewish Catskills )

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I am Iranian and really envy you guys who had a chance to work with him and learn from him

And yet I'm sure the internet has so much more to offer. A gift that keeps giving.

@@JongiB96 if you know what to look for, which a lot of people don´t, and that is a shame

wordsmith

And the Internet has porn too.

Same for me! I one day realized I had really no knowledge about schizophrenia so I did some searching around and ended up on at his lecture on it. I ended up listening to everything Stanford had released of him

This comment scared me for a moment, the past tense wording made me think he had died and I hadn't heard about it. But yes I'm also glad so much of his content is so easily accessible.

@@darkrebel123lol

He explains it so well! Complicated subjects can be understood so much easier when they're explained well.

please help me jump to that part of the lecture? when does he talk about that?

Sorry, I just remember that it is toward the end of the video.

@Arash Venus Not at all. Understanding how the brain works doesn't make it less amazing.

@Arash Venus To understant that we're not, you'd better stop fuckink youself))

O well for nature we are the aliens , we are not natural evolved like all other living things, that is not possible. ( Darwin ) Or explain how nature has change a specie from 48 chromosomes into a specie with 46 chromosomes, Nature make in all specie's a deviation in chromosomes between 20 /45 deviations , humans can have at least over 400 deviations . Primates are NOT the natural forefathers of humankind .

I wouldn’t send him. What if they are collecting specimens. You want to risk only few good one left in this planet?

I feel the same. He’s amazing. Sapolsky for president?

@@julieearp9549 If only...

Man among men? Ew.

epitome. As long as it's free :)

Well said

@@deweybelvin8624 Agreed.

@@James-gk8ip When I focus on the things I want to change, That is where I find my power.

@@faithfulgrl Especially, And this is strange, Because I focus on the wiring.

Amen

Right …… rather than those morons allowed to teach the children in this country.God forbid you think outside of the box……

It was published in 2001

@@ambergupta2784 😅

Thank you for your most high recommendation to read Dr. Robert Sapolsky’s book, “A Primate’s Memoir”. I will definitely read it! I learned of and began listening to Dr. Robert Sapolsky on RU-vid a few years ago and I thoroughly enjoy his classroom lectures or public speaking engagements. What a knowledgeable person with such a great gift to impart his knowledge with both incredible facts and fun. I believe if you’d ever had him as a Professor, you could never miss one of his classes. 👍🏼

Personally, I prefer "A Pirate's Memoarrrr"

@@Christopher-md7tf I suppose a slow clap is in order.

Yes, like Morgan freeman.

He is absolutely fascinating.

I JUST DID!

And night!

...and all night 😜

@Duncan Macleod You can't relate to his rhetoric. It threatens you. You are afraid. So you call him a coward. And how do we know this? You have chosen to pretend that you are immortal.

Yeah. I am live in Russia as 23 yo guy and i hope in future i can do something for good/great world including sacrifice myself

Rap is cancer

@@atheistcrusader1160 How is it possible that you can listen to one of Robert Sapolsky's lectures and still manage to post such an ignorant comment? I guess you must have been sitting on a hard chair or had smelly garbage in your room.

@@nevertethered6386 didn't know why you were so butthurt until I saw your videos, didn't know there were mentally ill people around here. Now, your rap is on point I'll give you that but rap is still cancer...

@@atheistcrusader1160Thanks. That actually made me laugh and thanks for the compliment. Why is rap cancer? If you are talking about commercialised "rap" then I would have no choice but to agree. However I would also state that ANY art form becomes cancerous once it is commercialised. Once that happens it is no longer worth the resources used to produce it.

@@nevertethered6386 well on that at least we can both agree

its a shame how some cheap, intellectually-limited community colleges teachers have the guts to call themselves "professors"

I love how I spotted your comments under all of his lectures

@@viniislaif1532 ahaha same bro!

Pretty mature of you to acknowledge that, most people wouldn’t admit that

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😢 41:05 ot

Which part specifically

@@ekbastu The part when he was speaking about the soldiers having a Christmas truce was what got me.

@@supercalafragulisticexpeal6850 exceptional speaker. Are you from one Of the countries which were involved in WW? I’m not and this part did touch me as a human but not that strongly.

@@ekbastu It makes me sad when I hear about stories of war, and people dying, and for no other reason than to make some people more rich and powerful.

@@supercalafragulisticexpeal6850 It is just a movie, but if you haven't seen it, "A Midnight Clear" touches on the humanity the vast majority are capable of and the insanity that is war.

By objectively, you presumably mean less subjectively, right?

religion or capitalism, most likely.

Religion poisons everything......and this incredible guy is immune to that toxic effect.....

Fact vs. fiction. Story vs. description.

Religion = profit

Me too. What does it mean?

None of us should ever underestimate the power of possibilities. We all have coping mechanisms, strategies of dealing with adversities, and various optimistic outlooks, and some are healthy and some are not so healthy or even down right destructive. At the end of the day we should yurn to seek out what makes us fulfilled and rings that special bell we all have inside of us. And while we honorably and diligently pursue this we take care to be considerate to others that may not be equipped to do this. It sounds so incredibly simplified and really easy when spoken with words, but in reality it is a baffling and staggeringly impossible task to perceive much less actually do in reality. At the end of time none of us are exact in what will happen, of this I know despite what any one person or group of people profess or speak or write. Anything is possible. What will happen is of no consequence at all, it means nothing. What does matter is what you really were, not that one thing I did once or for awhile, but who was I? We are all like a wanderer on a large beach looking for beautiful or interesting seashells or rocks to add to our strange little collection of seashells and rocks that no one else just us, cares about. At the end of that day It won’t matter what we’ve added or removed from that collection, it will only matter who and what we really were, as we picked up those seashells and rocks. I don’t mean life is a test, pass or fail, or anything like this because I simply don’t believe this. If this were the case, man’s ability to rationalize would take it anywhere. Where you were born, where you lived, your parents, what kind of school you went to, the people you were close to, what your skin color was, how you prayed, I think you get it. I do think there is something else far better, wiser, fairer, and kinder than we are as humans at the end of time. Our job as humans either by design or chance, better or worse is to truly find ourselves individually, which may be more difficult than we can consider or have the ability to. There are too many ways for a person to get distracted, or reason, or even have the time and arguably even the natural or biological ability to achieve or access this. It also could be too simple even easy for our limited, or complicated minds or souls, take your pick. ( the arrogant, ego driven, lost, self righteous, unsure, judges, soldiers of a side…., emotional diagnosis yx123, confident, achieved an understanding, or the misguided, the confused)- this is your designated time to jump or chime in. I’ve been on sides in the past, I’ve worn worn different hats figuratively and literally at times. The only side I hope in the future that I ever choose will be the human side. I hope I never loose sight of this I really do. There is no better way to relate, bond over, become friends, share humor over, than to live and breathe and go thru this unbelievably surreal strange good and bad life together. I consider you all my brothers and sisters and whatever pronouns or more accurate descriptions I can use. There is no us and them, no yeah but…, or all except, you are all my family in this thing we call with a word life. I want the absolute best for each and every one of you, I really do. Chances are that not many at all, if anyone will read this, it doesn’t matter if it is like that. If you are all by yourself you are not alone. I am by myself but I choose to see there are others figuratively and literally. I want good for all of you even if I don’t know any of you. I choose to speak it forth out into the universe. I don’t have time, resources, clout, or pull to really make anything happen for anyone except maybe a little pet, but I choose to speak wonderful things to happen to everyone whether you read this or not. Be open to the possibility and consider that what you think you need, that you may in fact not need it at all. Sometimes I thought I needed something and when I got it, the only thing I found out is that I didn’t need it at all and I had given up other things to get it that I in ways needed those things I had taken for granted or forsaken in pursuit of that thing. I have possessed or had many things you name it here……. I had it. Those things, whatever you thought of when I said that, did not truly matter as I look back and reflect on my life. I do see things I wish I had done, if I had it to do over and you cannot live there. You just can’t do anything about it and you certainly cannot live there. As you walk through your life be fearless in the since you won’t get another opportunity. Fight against any impulse at all of “I don’t want to end up old with regrets or wishing I could go back and do what I thought I should have done.” Anything is literally possible, ANYTHING. If you are an unusual person with a specific disadvantage, this is all the more reason you should do it. You will most likely succeed because of that disadvantage because of it in some strange way they can’t describe yet but we know why it happens 100 years from now. I want the best for all of you. Figure out what you truly want and need and go get it, it is yours to be had, it won’t be as nearly as hard as you thought it was looking back, it just won’t I promise and give you my assurance, I’m telling you from my own experience. While we are all succeeding we must remember to keep in focus to treat others like we would like to be treated. This is a cornerstone of every decent faith or spiritualism (whichever you chose). We don’t have the freedom to crush anyone indiscriminately just because they are in the way. Let your heart guide you. It’s ok to win, but define for yourself in your heart what is winning and what is not. Some cliches in life are true, “the best things in life are free” “you can do anything you want” “you get only one go around in life” “money isn’t everything” “we need each other more than we can understand” “you can’t always get what you want, but if you try you get what you need” and my opinion “love is the best thing we can do and always the answer”. I’m sure I have the slight appearance of being nuts and if that’s the case then so be it. We need each other. If you feel weird, I promise you that everyone else is weird too especially the person you’re thinking of now. If you feel sad, it will pass better times are ahead. It’s ok to seek help, just reach out and never give up. There aren’t any absolutes, everything is variable to some degree, if not alot. Even in your darkest hour, know that things will change and everything does change especially your feelings. Always remember to have empathy towards others, the hardest thing in this world is to live this life, in this we are all equal and we are all family in every way. Again, I am praying, hoping, wishing, agreeing, for you to be happy, fullfilled, to be both loved and to give love. I hope everyone (including myself)finds true purpose and fulfillment and what their meaningful purpose is in this life. It is said “some people have to win, some people have to lose” I don’t believe that. I do think that for me at 52yo, I’ve had to completely reconsider and rethink what my whole idea of what winning was in the first place and this is where I am now. I would urge you to rethink what you are putting your efforts towards and know why your doing it, what is it you truly want, who are you and what would truly make you happy more than anything else. Nothing is an obstacle once you have figured out your dream, you can figure out and navigate anything. It will never be a dream again once you’ve achieved it. We are all in this together and we all are in the humankind family despite what anyone says, does, acts, writes, or what sign they carry.

I agree.

The professor is a true genius. He makes us see what he is talking about. Many examples are given.

Same Rod Villanueva. I read what I have heard so far in "Behave" (which I loved) and still find it fascinating. I watched his lecture series on RU-vid twice. I want to learn this well.

RU-vid twinks

Truth!

@@SlothyCrow For real man, who hasn't loved us a little of the *right* type of of violence? Feels good to us. Mighty heavy statements by Dr. Sapolski.

​@@uniquechannelnames the right (wing) violence..

You can. The desire is there. And that’s an awesome thing! Namaste

thanks... always appreciate someone leaving time cue breadcrumbs... I was enjoying the first minute and a half of intro... but... then scrolled ahead to find the 5 min. mark

Thank you

Your an angel

Thank you!

@@solarnaut Hahaha I did the exact same

Huh? Free will doesnt exist, except through our ignorance of the complexity of the predetermined course past events set us up for and the causal web we create thru that destiny that constitute the future... Biology? Sounds like malarky to me

​@@onelove8062wow even we don't know conciousness you are talking so sure it's just stupid

❤❤❤

NeverTethered man I’m a big Carlin fan. Miss him a lot.

@@ekbastu Totally. This whole nonsensical coronavirus hysteria brings his "fear of germs" bit to mind.

@@nevertethered6386 Have you seen the Environment one? "Everybody gonna save something now"

@@ekbastu Yep. "Save the planet? Are these people serious? We haven't even learned to take care of one another and we are gonna save the fucking planet?!" "The planet is fine. The people are fucked". One of my favourites, along with almost all the others. I like the "George Carlin's Greatest Speech" clip especially.

@@nevertethered6386 this reaction to covid is only necessary because the us government has failed at everything. If you want to exist in the public, you must protect eachother, or you can leave because you will kill off the population.

You're a hero.

He's parents are jews from former soviet russia

US through and through ;) but as for his heritage, I've wondered that too! USSR incorporated a part of Poland, and his surname doesn't sound typically Russian at all, and much closer to Polish. I wonder if it's possible to know if his grandparents lived in current-day Belarus. mine did, and it would be pretty cool to know how many kilometers away ;D

His opening statement alone should've told you he was a jew

@@davyroger3773 lol. true

Please read his book Behave. It really details every aspect mentioned here and offers so much more.

@@manyaary Thank you!

It's really nice seeing where one of the people I learn from learns from

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