Archive - Against Habit

“It seems success takes you away from what you know... while failure condemns you to it.”

Aug 5

#94: Anxiety and the Hard Work of Being Human (feat. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary)Anxiety. It is the only emotion my body believes is truly necessary for me to experience at three o’clock in the morning. To be sure I’d rather be…

Aug 2

At least three of these books made me think: "Now THIS is gonna be the best book I'll read all year." For one of them I try to convince you that you…

Jul 29

#93: Debate is a Battle of Beliefs — But Does It Have The Power To Change Them? (feat. Bo Seo)My episode last week featured a conversation with author David McCraney about what it takes to change someone’s mind on a big, important topic like…

Jul 26

A new deep learning model sheds light on why some ideas appear before their time

Jul 22

#92: People Don't Often Change Their Minds on Big Topics. Why? (feat. David McRaney)Insights from David's new book "How Minds Change" show how we can get people to shift on the beliefs that really matter.

Jul 19

#91: How Technology Shapes Our Tastes — in Music and More (feat. Nick Seaver)Earlier this week, my colleague Adam Mastroianni published an essay on what he called "cultural oligopoly." An increasingly smaller number of artists…

May 6

#90: Stephen Kosslyn on How We Conceptualize the World Stephen Kosslyn is a foundational figure in the field of cognitive science. It is only fitting that he is the final guest in my Cognitive Revolution…

Apr 26

#89: Tom Griffiths on Formalizing the Mind Tom Griffiths is Professor Psychology and Computer Science at Princeton University, where he directs the Computational Cognitive Science Lab. Tom uses…

Apr 25

#88: Leyla Isik on Combining the Rigorous with the Realistic Leyla Isik is Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University. She did her PhD at MIT with Nancy Kanwisher and…

Apr 20

Re-Viewed: "Heart of Darkness"The Congo, Anthony Bourdain, and the Nightmare of One's Choice.

Apr 14

#87: Antonio Damasio on When Self Comes to Mind Cognitive Revolution | The famous neuroscientist muses on his life in science and writing.

Apr 12

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