Stress is on the rise. Why is the brain chronically stressed, and why is this a problem for investors today? In this episode, Mithu Storoni, an eye surgeon who holds a PhD in neuro-ophthalmology and author of the book Stress-Proof, explains that chronic stress is changing the structure of the brain, thinning the part that carries the seat of sophisticated decision making, and this is a problem for investors today because we have to compete with artificial intelligence (AI).

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