How to manage procrastination according to Margaret Atwood, how to work around your first-instinct fallacy, the upsides of imposter syndrome, the best way to avoid falling prey to the Dunning-Kruger effect, how to avoid thinking like a preacher, prosecutor, or politician so you can think like a scientist instead – and that’s just the beginning of the conversation in this episode with psychologist, podcast host, and author Adam Grant.

In the show, we discuss both his new book – Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know – and his TED Original Podcast, WorkLife, in which he interviewed Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, to learn how she deals with the constant allure of social media and streaming videos in a future where giving in to procrastination is easier than it has ever been. 

In the show, you’ll hear portions of that interview followed by a lengthy interview with Grant about his new book in this all-over-the-place, extensive exploration of how to rethink your own thinking.

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232 - Think Again - Adam Grant

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Issued on BBE Music, “Reflections” is the new album by London-based harp player and composer Alina Bzhezhinska, alongside her HipHarpCollective.

Following up her critically acclaimed debut album “Inspiration” (Ubuntu 2018), Bzhezhinskaputs together a second long-player, collaborating with British jazz stars Tony Kofi(Saxophones), Jay Phelps (Trumpet), Julie Walkington (Double Bass) and vocalist VimalaRowe, strongly supported by international talents Mikele Montolli (Electric Bass), Joel Prime(Percussion), Adam Teixeira (Drums) and Ying Xue (Violin & Viola).

Alina creates a unique sound on the harp with layered effects and electronics, combining original works and covers to pay homage to some of jazz, funk and hip-hop’s greatest innovators. Throughout the record, she draws from a variety of influences, including the likes of Dorothy Ashby’s ‘Afro-Harping’, Alice Coltrane’s spiritual outputs, Joe Henderson’s free-form jazz experimentation, 90s Acid Jazz and Trip-Hop.

“This album is very vibrant and reflects directly on London’s multicultural community. We had so much fun making this recording – it truly built up our morale in the middle of the pandemic and I hope our fans will feel this energy too.

For ‘Reflections’ I tried to break from any stereotypes and limitations – what you hear is my own choice of sounds and influences, taken from the many mixtapes I’ve been making since I was a teenager. I put together the music I like to listen to when I am happy or sad when I feel like dancing or meditating. The tunes we play are my own reflections on what I love the most – a free spirit, courage, innovation and all the beautiful things life gives us.

I hope our music can reach people’s hearts and evoke all the spectrum of colours and emotions that only the arts can do.” – Alina Bzhezhinska

Reflections is released on double LP vinyl, limited edition CD & digital formats.

Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective - Fire

Composed by James Uhart.

Curtain call, is the story of a penguin who comes out for a final performance before her home melts.

Curtain Call

Reflector

Untitled

Sono is a jazz project that was part of my senior project for graduation from Berklee College of Music in 2006.  It features my brother on bass and friends from Portugal, Japan, Spain, and Ireland.  This was released on limited vinyl back in 2006 on Type Records. 

Sono - Hyperballad (Bjork cover)

released 26 May 2015

Words and music: Siv Jakobsen
Produced by Siv Jakobsen and Charlie Van Kirk
Mixing & Engineering: Charlie Van Kirk
Mastered by Kevin Reeves

String-arrangements and piano: Christian Li
Bass: Jared Henderson
Vln 1: Katie Kresek
Vln 2: Jesse Hanson
Viola: Rachel Golub
Cello: Yoed Nir
Percussion: Charlie Van Kirk

Recorded at Ant Food, Stadiumred Studios & Virtue & Vice, i Brooklyn NY

Assistant-engineering by Jay Marcovitz and Ben Talmi

Artwork & photography by Jørgen Nordby (jorgenordby.com)

Toxic

In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we sit down with one of the original cyberpunks, the famed journalist, documentarian, media theorist, all-around technology superstar and weirdo, Douglas Rushkoff.

MIT considers Rushkoff one of the "world's ten most influential thinkers," and in the episode we talk about his latest (and 20th) book, Team Human. 

The book is a bit of a manifesto in which he imagines a new counterculture that would revolt against the algorithms that are slowly altering our collective behavior for the benefit of shareholders. Instead, he implores us, we should curate a digital, psychedelic substrate that embraces the messiness of human beings: our unpredictability, our pursuit of novelty and innovation, and our primate/animal/social connectedness.

The book is presented in a series of aphorisms that add up to a rallying cry for building communities outside of what the machines that tend our walled gardens might suggest we build. As the title suggests, he would prefer that we turned our technological attention to encouraging and facilitating teamwork.

In the book, he says that any technology whose initial purpose is to connect people will eventually become colonized and repurposed to repress and isolate them. But, the good news is that we’ve seen this pattern so often that we can now stop it in its tracks and choose to build something else. In the interview, you’ll hear what his thoughts are on all this -- and much more.

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145 - Team Human

Composed and produced by Austin Kleyn
Free sheet music here: https://dolivian.wixsite.com/austinkleyn/string-quintets
Featuring:
Catherine Yang- Violin I
Benjamin Hellman - Violin II
Andy Lin - Viola
Philo Lee - Cello
Andrew Trombley - String Bass


Image Flickr - Jochen Spalding
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Last Leaf, arranged for string quintet (Bm S)

La Route Blanche

Dreamwaves

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

145 - Team Human

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