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Cusk: "Outline" + "Transit"
“It seems success takes you away from what you know... while failure condemns you to it.”
Cody Kommers
Aug 5
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Spring Round-up: 8 Books I Liked — and 2 I Didn't
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…
Cody Kommers
Jul 29
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Spring Round-up: 8 Books I Liked — and 2 I Didn't
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Prescient Ideas and Learned Unacceptability
A new deep learning model sheds light on why some ideas appear before their time
Cody Kommers
Jul 22
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Re-Viewed: "Heart of Darkness"
The Congo, Anthony Bourdain, and the Nightmare of One's Choice.
Cody Kommers
Apr 14
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Winter Round-up: Books, TV, & Movies
This season's theme: leaning into more complicated narratives. Featuring — Jonathan Franzen, Cixin Liu, Rachel Cusk, Salley Rooney, Adam Grant, David…
Cody Kommers
Apr 6
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Where Good Ideas Come From
Charles Duhigg says that habits will take you to the next level. But he isn't telling you the whole story. This is Exhibit A in the case against habit.
Cody Kommers
Mar 27
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Where Good Ideas Come From
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New Name!!
I'm making some changes to the platform. The podcast is no longer Cognitive Revolution. I'm calling it: Against Habit.
Cody Kommers
Mar 22
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New Name!!
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Pandemic Diary — Two Years On
These were the notes I took when the whole thing went down.
Cody Kommers
Mar 15
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Pandemic Diary — Two Years On
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The Complexity-Extremity Effect
What chocolate chip cookies can tell us about how we should view ourselves—and others.
Cody Kommers
Feb 25
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The Complexity-Extremity Effect
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Re-Viewed: "For Free"
Two of the songs I find most emotionally moving, re-viewed.
Cody Kommers
Feb 3
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Twelve Minutes
An excursion into the Oxford countryside.
Cody Kommers
Jan 14
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Twelve Minutes
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My Favorite Reads of 2021
Doors, Plots, Plants, and... Hungarians.
Cody Kommers
Jan 7
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