Do you want to extend your life?

Benjamin Landry
1 min readFeb 11, 2021

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Everyday consumes 24 hours of our life span. We have joy, pain, and boring moments throughout. But do we want to live longer? Or do you want to live a shorter life?

Science

Through every day contains 24 hours or 1440 minutes. Our brain interprets every minute differently, and makes it feel longer or shorter.

The amygdala is a region of the brain that activates when stress or negative emotions are induced. An active amygdala results in our perception of time slowing down.

As a result, happiness deactivates the amygdala and results in our perception of time increasing.

The pains of living a long life

Negative emotions result in a long perceived life. Happy emotions result in a short perceived life.

As a human, would you prefer to live a long frustrating life or a short happy life?

The answer is up to you!

Resource

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSy0Z7XCF3E

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Benjamin Landry
Benjamin Landry

Written by Benjamin Landry

I spend my time dreaming about food, watching fictional characters go through adventures, and think of creative ideas to improve the future.

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