Environment
topic on 5 shows · 12 statements across 10 episodes
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12 statements about Environment, every show
Duckworth: Natural talent is vastly overestimated relative to environment
“I think we vastly overestimate talent that's natural and vastly underestimate the power of our environments.”
Elon Musk: Tesla has done more for environment than all companies combined
“Tesla has done more to help the environment than all other companies combined.”
Elon Musk claims he has done more for the environment than anyone
“It would be fair to say that, therefore, as a leader of the company, I've done more for the environment than everyone else, any single human on Earth.”
Tucker Carlson: Electric cars do not help the environment
“I don't even like electric cars. I don't think they help the environment.”
Attia: Rising obesity is driven by a worse environment, not declining willpower
“I don't think that 40 years ago people had that much more willpower than they do today. I just think that the environment has gotten so much worse that you would need more willpower today to fight the gravitational pull Of this environment.”
Parrish: Human bodies respond to environments quicker than spoken words do
“These all come from the same systems that produce our words, and our bodies tend to respond to our environment more than our words or quicker than our words.”
Calacanis: Adding social and governance to environmental goals hinders progress
“We're going to put social and governance with environment. It's all that's going to do is hold back the environment, right?”
Elon Musk: Environment would be fine even if human population doubled
“The environment is going to be fine. They're going to be fine. Even if we doubled the size of the humans this is, and I know a lot about environmental stuff.”
BJ Fogg: Changing perception of surroundings changes one's behavioral environment
“That's one way we can change the environment is change our perception of it.”
Brown: Most genes are shaped by environmental exposure, not pure determinism
“There are a few genes where if you've been dealt a bad hand, you know that's just the luck of the draw, but most genes really are affected by the environment, and so it's that combination of your whole genome sequence and your environmental exposure.”
Lütke: High-quality office design raises baseline product craftsmanship
“If someone is in an inspiring space that just is full of great design and, you know, where everything just works, like you're not, your base level of what you will do in your own craft is going to be significantly affected by this.”