Define your fears

We all have ups and downs. Its the downs that many os us have no good way to handle. This talk provides a few thoughts that may be helpful.

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The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a simple but powerful exercise he calls "fear-setting." Learn more about how this practice can help you thrive in high-stress environments and separate what you can control from what you cannot.
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Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
Tim Ferriss
Investor, Author

Need a new idea?

I'm stuck. And need an idea. A new idea. This happens regularly. And I struggle. As possibly many of us do.

And when a leading physicist offers to help answer the question, are you supposed that I jumped into it. And encourage you to check it out too.

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"Where do great ideas come from?" Starting with this question in mind, Vittorio Loreto takes us on a journey to explore a possible mathematical scheme that explains the birth of the new. Learn more about the "adjacent possible" -- the crossroads of what's actual and what's possible -- and how studying the math that drives it could explain how we create new ideas.
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Need a new idea? Start at the edge of what is known
Vittorio Loreto
Physicist

Explain explanation

I often struggle with explanations. Especially Explaining. The one method I kind of likes was what Reia used as a child. And thinking of it, still does. She makes statements. And when you ask Why?, she'd promptly reply, "Why because!", and treat the matter as proven and closed.

And recently when I cam across "A new way to explain explanation" I was intrigued. And since I watched it, it is but fair that you do too. And for those who want to know Why; Isn't it obvious? Why, because !

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For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries. Why? Physicist David Deutsch proposes a subtle answer.
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A new way to explain explanation
David Deutsch
Physicist, Author

And for the record, I think I'm going to try Reia's method again. Easier and simpler. And possibly more effective.

How racial bias works ...

In the last couple of years, I've realized how serious the issue of racial bias is and how little I knew on the subject. This has led me to be more aware and conscious.

A talk on this subject by Jennifer L. Eberhardt led me to reflect on my unconscious biases. Some of the ideas given can be used by us.

How racial bias works - and how to disrupt it
Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Our brains create categories to make sense of the world, recognize patterns and make quick decisions. But this ability to categorize also exacts a heavy toll in the form of unconscious bias. In this powerful talk, psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt explores how our biases unfairly target Black people at all levels of society -- from schools and social media to policing and criminal justice -- and discusses how creating points of friction can help us actively interrupt and address this troubling problem.