 The Savannah effect. Why do we love water greenery and open spaces? Do you know why? I mean That's one reason She loves the ocean, but the Savannah effect is the effect where human beings love to see open space greenery Water trees flowers Why do we do that what's going on in our Stone Age brain? It's not just because it looks pretty and because the ocean is calming It's the real question is why is it coming? Well, it turns out that when we were cavemen in our Stone Age times an Open space meant that tribes could see opposing tribes coming over the hill So there was plenty of time for them to see an opposing tribe that might come and kill and rape and pillage If there was greenery and shrubs and Plants then it signified being able to eat food Signified a place where they could grow food It's signified fertile ground and if there was water well same thing it meant that it'd be able to drink water It it meant life Why do portraits in Art galleries why are they so popular why do humans love to just look at portraits of landscapes? Why do people love to look at landscapes? Because it appeals to our Stone Age brain. It appeals to our cavemen brain of Oh, we can see the opposing tribes and all there's likely to be able though There's likely to be food and water there think about it when why Central Park in New York City so popular because It's in the middle of the sprawling metropolis metropolis people like to go there and they see water they see lakes They see trees they see greenery It's like oh Oh, it's wonderful. They see open spaces It's not just because oh We like the color green or we like the sound of water It's because it's appealing to our reptilian brain our Stone Age brain for survival There's a book called riveted by Jim Davies It's a wonderful book. It's got an orange cover on it. He goes into more details as to why we like landscapes And talks a little bit more about the savannah effect So if you want to read more about this definitely check out that book But as I'm standing here at Laguna Beach, California Looking at water or be it not drinking water and open space and I can see people Heading me I can still see people behind me This is appealing to my Stone Age brain making me feel safe making me feel happy So whenever you're thinking about living somewhere If you want to increase your levels of happiness try to make sure That you see open space Water and greenery Studies have shown that your happiness levels increased because of it Go ahead and leave a comment down below right now. Tell me what you think about this Make sure you follow me on snapchat for more behind the scenes of my daily life and uh, if you want to get my uh secret formula For a beating procrastination. Just go to jameswanick.com and I'll send you My free book on how to beat procrastination All right, so from Laguna Beach, California I'll catch you on the next one