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Read this korrent: Brain ageing is not gradual wear: around midlife the brain's original immune cells are replaced by inflammatory cells that came from the blood.
Brain ageing is not gradual wear: around midlife the brain's original immune cells are replaced by inflammatory cells that came from the blood.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Eric Topol — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The brain and the immune system act as the master regulators of ageing: when they age at a normal pace, survival over the following 15 years is near total. — tap to centre the map on it
The brain and the immune system act as the master regulators of ageing: when they age at a normal pace, survival over the following 15 years is near total.
Last stated 3 months ago
12 Jul 2026
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Eric Topol — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aging has two new dangers that emerged from changes in society: outliving your money and outliving your brain — tap to centre the map on it
Aging has two new dangers that emerged from changes in society: outliving your money and outliving your brain
Last stated 3 years ago
27 May 2023
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Roy Baumeister — holds since 2023-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cognitive decline is a staircase rather than a slope: the big drops happen after episodes of serious illness. — tap to centre the map on it
Cognitive decline is a staircase rather than a slope: the big drops happen after episodes of serious illness.
Last stated 3 months ago
20 Jul 2026
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Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Alzheimer's pathology in the brain does not settle whether a person has dementia: the nuns' brains were full of plaques and tangles while they went on functioning normally. — tap to centre the map on it
Alzheimer's pathology in the brain does not settle whether a person has dementia: the nuns' brains were full of plaques and tangles while they went on functioning normally.
Last stated 3 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A celebrated popular science book can consistently misrepresent the literature it summarises and contradict its own sources. — tap to centre the map on it
A celebrated popular science book can consistently misrepresent the literature it summarises and contradict its own sources.
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Nov 2019
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Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A conclusion being biologically reasonable is not the same as its having been proven. — tap to centre the map on it
A conclusion being biologically reasonable is not the same as its having been proven.
Last stated 3 months ago
11 Jul 2026
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Peter Attia — holds since 2026-07-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in heart rate variability values typically precedes the onset of noticeable sickness symptoms by about a day. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in heart rate variability values typically precedes the onset of noticeable sickness symptoms by about a day.
Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Ray Maker — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
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Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
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Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
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Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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