Vikram RamakrishnanArticle I’m reading.
Why Facts Don’t change Minds – “The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially” – In this article, James talks about why facts don’t usually change minds and what does it take to get people to accept a different point of view
Documentaries I’m watching
“Can we all become Geniuses” (Discovery+) – From the episode of “Through the Wormhole” narrated by Morgan Freeman – Genius lies somewhere in the human mind, bringing mathematical insight, sparking artistic inspiration and enabling some to see what most cannot. Might we augment our biology with technology to unlock the genius inside us all?
Podcasts I’m listening
Authenticity is a double-edged sword – Another gem from Adam Grant where he talks about what effective authenticity looks like and how we can learn to strike the right balance.
Tech Readings
Meta – AI, Read speech from Brain – I’ve always been fascinated with the human brain and wondered if we’d ever fully understand and decode its inner workings. Here’s an interested read where Meta’s FAIR lab has been able to decode speech from non-invasive recordings of brain activity! Mind reading slowly becoming real.
Quote I’m thinking about
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Mark Twain (apocryphal)
