Dan Buettner

Being able to push through when the going gets tough. There are 3 songs that I have chosen that convey the same theme. The writers of these songs are Macklemore a white rapper and Dan Auerbach from the band Cage the Elephant. I intend to analyze “Hold your Head Up” and “Inhale Deep” by Macklemore accompanied by “Trouble” by Dan Auerbach to show how they all convey that we should keep going even when things get hard. The first song “Hold your Head Up” by Macklemore uses symbols to convey the…

forgoing sleep to get to the next chapter. Dan Brown’s style of writing really resonated with me. Plus, I loved the history, and symbology in the book. The story featuring Robert Langdon as a modern-day “Indiana Jones” captivated me. I found myself rooting for him to figure things before it was too late. I enjoyed the book so much, I finished it in about 3 days. The next time I went home to visit, I borrowed my dad’s copy of Angels and Demons, another Dan Brown book featuring the famous…

killing his new wife Gertrude. Hamlets, Ophelias, and Claudius’s irrational behaviors which stem from their blindness by their emotions can be explained using principles of behavioral economics. In the book Predictably Irrational behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks heavily about how people’s emotions affect their decision making. An example of this from the book is that they took a sample of college students and gave them a list of questions to answer when they were not sexually aroused. Then…

Whitney Museum? Was the first thought in my head when I first heard about the extra credit opportunity announced in class. When I was a child, I thought it was a Museum pertaining to Whitney Houston, but that was not the case. I heard people talk about it, but I could never pinpoint where it was. It was not until last week that I would have the opportunity to enter the Museum for $1. Going to the Whitney Museum last week, has sparked an interest in going to Museums and I am glad that I went.…

In the TED talk video, Dan Buettner shared his research on how people in certain regions that he called Blue Zones were able to live longer than people from other regions around the world. Buettner conclude that people who are living in these Blue Zones are sharing the four common life styles that he believes are the keys to longevity. These four life styles are Move Naturally, Right Outlook, Eat Wisely and Connect. Buettner intrigues me with the information that he presented in his speech,…

Although the aging process is not fully understood by society, scientists like Dan Buettner revealing that a complex interplay of genetics and the environment are factors that contribute to health and longevity. Aging is a constant development and change, and is the product of the balance between individuals and environment. Buettner was able to identify the difference and similar patterns among individuals who live in the Blue Zones. In his article: The Secrets of Long Life, he shows that…

A TED talk that should have been the center of what people need to do in order to live longer when in reality it’s a prime example of mass media brainwashing. What do I mean? Dan Buettner gave a speech for a TED talk on certain “blue zones” around the world that have a high number of centenarians to which he wanted to discover why and suggest a cultural change for Americans. He exposed the statistics on the average life expectancy for current Americans to show why the audience wants to listen to…

The Ted Talk video about longevity was very interesting. According to the Ted Talk video, Dan Buettner states that there is no short term fix for longevity. He states that 10% of how long we live is determined by genes, while the other 90% is affected by our lifestyle. He also states that 1 out of 5,000 live to be 100 years old. People’s chances are low because we are not programmed for longevity. So many things can age us and so many things can happen or go wrong. There are 35 trillion cells…

is where The Okinawa Blue Zone (Japan) is located. The diet required for long life expectancy in this region is a plant-based diet consisting of vegetables, sweet potatoes, and tofu, which all are high in nourishing substance and low in calories (Buettner). Flavonoids found in tofu have been defined as heart disease prevention and guarding against breast cancer…

In the “How to Live to be 100+” TedTalk Speech, Dan Buettner talk about Blue zones. These Blue Zones are specific areas found around the world where the elderly lives in vigor with record-setting ages. Considering these blue zones and the habits that are practiced there, I think it’s quite possible for the neighborhood that I live in now or even in any neighborhood community here in the United States to adopt the longevity lifestyles the blue zone areas talk about. It is not easy to change or…