This Is Your Brain On Stale Air

For those who are wondering about 'changed my life': Tom Scott uploaded a video about CO2 and its influences a few days ago. it's a good palce to start research: [VIDEO]

This one of those things that sounds silly but is actually very easy to test and see it can be a real issue. Tom Scott did a great video on it a while back [VIDEO] Do yourself a favor and get an air quality monitor like an awair [LINK] and monitor the levels. Making sure they are good in whatever indoor areas you spend a good amount of time in is a night and day difference cognitively.

Is it just coincidence that Tom Scott uploaded a video about CO2 and its influences at almost the exact time the gwerns link was submitted? [VIDEO]

Floating around this week is this video [VIDEO] wherein a person sits in a sealed off cube full of plants and carbon dioxide monitors, with an EMT on the other side for safety - the person claims that 300 ppm of outside air was fresh, and now 400 ppm is fresh - but that indoors, it can easily climb to over 1000ppm and that there might be a significant cognitive decline associated with it. I was looking for a nice wall receptacle for a hallways that measures carbon dioxide inside my house because I will go for weeks at a time without getting a proper air-out. In northern new england, honestly, it could be months for all I know. Only a few random door openings and the leakiness of the house are my exchange. I don't know how accurate their claim is, and it's certainly a universal solvent to consider stale air is the reason a person is behaving a way. Measuring the levels and being aware of it seems worth 60 bucks, if it's actually a factor in our rationality.

Higher ppm decreases cognitive function even at pretty low levels, so being alerted to open your window might improve your work / study. There's at least this study: [LINK] And this video has the quote "At 1000ppm there is a 15% decrease in cognitive function". [VIDEO]

Its not that I'm afraid to die here :) Its more about improving the quality of the air. And the body is pretty bad at recognizing higher than norm CO2 level unless it gets to life threatening levels. ( [VIDEO] )

After watching this Tom Scott video [VIDEO] I bought this CO2 monitor: [LINK] It worked quite well and showed that I don't have anything to worry about. Now I'm trying to pass it on to someone else. I'll be willing to sell it for half price if anyone is interested.

Obligatory Tom Scott video on indoor CO2 levels: [VIDEO] (or the studies themselves [LINK] and others) I.e. I think air quality is likely a big factor. When it's windy and I get good airflow through my room it doesn't feel as different from outside. It's probably not only CO2, but also dust, VOCs, funghi, microorganisms, etc.