Why split-screen ASMR Reels are so engaging
I watch these shorts on YT with some science being explained, and some Minecraft dude is jumping over these blocks hanging in the sky, and …
The Value of Productivity will be its Beauty
What is the worth of a particular product, deliverable, or skill? The answer will soon depend a lot on the “beauty” inside a product & …
Why we need Wabi-Sabi in a post-AI world
Wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is a Japanese concept of accepting beauty in imperfection. These imperfections are very human in nature – rough edges, clumsiness, asymmetry, unpolished finishing, etc. …
You’ve been Thinking with your Body
I will introduce 5 psychological discoveries about how elegantly our body is connected to the mind. Our special brand of cognition (thinking and thinking processes) …
We are in The Speed Economy… Now What?
Will you be happy if your food delivery took just one minute? Not because it was cooked faster with pre-processed ingredients, but because future technology …
Do students have space to think?
If you wish to understand something, you must first repeat it. This article is a short explanation of how and when students of a new …
BrainROT, REELationships, and The DM Verse
Think of social media as making soup. Most users are stirring the pot. Some users are adding ingredients. The pot stirrers effectively keep social media …
There is space between senses & thoughts, which changes perspectives… a lot
First, there is what we observe and do – the sensory stuff. Then, there is a perception of what we sense in our heads. Holding …
HOW Ideas come alive: Decompose & Recompose
How does the brain create ideas??? – Music, text, visual design, reels, adverts, dance, etc.? I’ve consolidated multiple processes into one model. Let’s also dissect …
A Thrifty Brain gave us Multi-tasking Abilities
Unlike a computer, which would recruit multiple “cores” to multitask, the brain has to use a pretty sophisticated workaround to multi-task. And it all comes …
Where does our Sense of Beauty come from?
Whoever engages with the beautiful has a good soul. Emmanuel Kant said something like that. Hegel said the art we create transcends the beauty of …
2 Key Emotions in Learning: Confusion & Curiosity
Highlights Curiosity & Confusion are 2 of the most powerful emotions in education. 🤔Curiosity leads to exploration and filling one’s knowledge gap.😕Confusion leads to deep …
The Era of Meta-Skills: AI can’t replace these
For eons we have been a civilization that used skills to adapt and adjust. We used skills to alter our environment by building things. One …
Sciency Guide to Expert-level Memory Skills
At the simplest level, memory can be viewed as a 3-step process – encoding, storage, and retrieval. But you’ll see the story gets a lot …
Is AI making us smarter Or dumber?… Or artificially smarter? (AI symbiotic crisis)
I’ve been thinking about memes. 2 years ago, I called meme templates, meme phrases, and reel content outsourced cognition – borrowing others’ structured thoughts. Using …
Primes are Guiding your Life in ways you can’t Predict
What if smelling a flower makes you spend a few months’ worth of income on a vacation? That could just be happening right now. Welcome …