Meaning Lab

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Yes, we're all storytellers. But not good ones.
Let's face it: your life story could use a little spicing up.
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Cody Kommers
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March 2023
How to read a novel as a theory of behavior
Stories can model the one thing computation never can: experience
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Cody Kommers
8
February 2023
Meaning is interpretative.
That's why scientists don't know how to study it.
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Cody Kommers
January 2023
Meaning is post-hoc.
If you think you can predict ahead of time what will be meaningful, then you're wrong.
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Cody Kommers
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Meaning is contextual.
The case against my least favorite question of all time.
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Cody Kommers
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The Map of Eratosthenes
What the first map of the world shows us about how we see things today.
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Cody Kommers
December 2022
A Small Exercise in Gratitude
And a minor resolution about friendship.
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Cody Kommers
6
My Favorite Book of the Year
I believe when someone writes a perfect book, it deserves to sell a gazillion copies.
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Cody Kommers
Can Productivity Be Turned On Like a Faucet?
Two competing theories of inspiration: the 9am-ers and the lions.
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Cody Kommers
The Off-Policy Theory of Happiness
Why the metrics we use to evaluate decisions are not the ones we should use to make them.
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Cody Kommers
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Introducing: Meaning Lab
A cognitive science perspective on the pursuit of meaning in work, life, and relationships.
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Cody Kommers
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November 2022
The Nightmare of One's Choice
Congo, Anthony Bourdain, and the Heart of Darkness
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Cody Kommers
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