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Why Your Brain Loves Predicting Music

Music is organised sound, structured to tease the predictive machine that is your brain.

Nov 12

Why Your Brain Loves Predicting Music

Nov 12

The Matter With The Mind

Is the mind what the brain does? Might a computer do the same?

Jun 1

The Matter With The Mind

Jun 1

Why You Shouldn’t Value Everything in Dollars and Cents

Exchange value is everywhere, but the allure of money and incentives can overshadow the true value of experiences.

Sep 12, 2023

Why You Shouldn’t Value Everything in Dollars and Cents

Sep 12, 2023

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Collosum

The Illusion of Moral Decline

How two psychological biases produce a persistent perception of moral decline, and what you can to do overcome the illusion.

Aug 22, 2023

The Illusion of Moral Decline

Aug 22, 2023

AI Doesn’t Understand Much—But Maybe A Little

What does it even mean to understand?

Jun 20, 2022

AI Doesn’t Understand Much—But Maybe A Little

Jun 20, 2022

Published in
Ed-Tech Talks

What Degree of Wrong Are You?

If you’re not right, then you’re wrong. Right?

Apr 5, 2022

What Degree of Wrong Are You?

Apr 5, 2022

Published in
OneZero

How To Survive Automation

Where’s your place in the future of work?

Mar 21, 2022

How To Survive Automation

Mar 21, 2022

The Trouble With Improving Our Stereotypes

When it comes to judging people, first impressions are quick, easy, and compelling — but are they accurate?

May 20, 2021

The Trouble With Improving Our Stereotypes

May 20, 2021

Published in
Connecting the Dots

Gambling on the Gods

Have humans been worshipping the wrong Gods throughout our history? Maybe it’s time to start looking towards the future.

Mar 11, 2021

Gambling on the Gods

Mar 11, 2021

Published in
Connecting the Dots

The Neuroscience of Patience

What happens in your brain when you play the waiting game?

Dec 10, 2020

The Neuroscience of Patience

Dec 10, 2020

Sam Brinson

Sam Brinson

An emergent property of billions of chaotically firing neurons. Currently thinking about thinking. http://sambrinson.com/

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