Environmental conditions for decision making
2023-11-17 23:24:00.154467+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Josh Simmons recently took a CO2 monitor to a city meeting, and got measurements over 1,700 PPM. He observed:
Reflecting on how poorly a recent city meeting went, how CO2 impacts cognitive function, and how poorly ventilated the city chambers are...
I have to wonder to what degree we make self-governance harder than it needs to be 🤔
Connecting this also to studies about how attitudes change when people are hungry, and how, for instance, it impacts parole board decisions.
Maybe, just maybe, if one is holding an important meeting, great care should be taken with the conditions one can control or influence.