This week, Modern Wisdom explores the gap between understanding ourselves and optimizing ourselves. From examining why some people feel emotions with greater intensity, to investigating the latest biohacking tools and peptides that promise to reshape our bodies, the episodes reveal a tension between accepting our nature and engineering it. The week closes with a grounded reminder that not everything worth paying attention to is serious—sometimes the most revealing conversations happen when we're discussing raccoon invasions and con artists.
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