Andrew Huberman· PhD
Work by the psychologist Laura Carstensson at Stanford shows that if you have people contemplate their death when they're young, temporarily it reorients their values toward the things that truly bring up hope.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Work by the psychologist Laura Carstensson at Stanford shows that if you have people contemplate their death when they're young, temporarily it reorients their values toward the things that truly bring up hope.
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