Sinek delves into the biology of leadership explaining much of the context behind what makes a good leader good. There is a surprising amount of biochemistry behind how leaders make their followers feel.
Author: Daniel
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“How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer
The decision process, something that we do hundreds of times a day, seems so straight-forward and natural but involves some really complex internal processes. Making a decision is a delightful orchestration of mental processing, short-term memory, long-term memory and some far reaching chemical processes.
Interesting tidbit one: The more we think, the less we feel. Studies have shown that when people know how expensive something is, their enjoyment of it increases. However, when participating in blind taste tests (without knowing the price) they often enjoy the cheaper items more.Interesting tidbit two: The best way to make complex decisions is to study them, then distract yourself for a while (to let your subconscious process the information) then, suddenly, be forced to make a decision. This allows your intuition to pop out the results of your subconscious processing.
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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado: To solve old problems, study new species
Alvarado suggests that instead of studying the same seven species that we have been studying in our decades of biological research, we should studying new species.
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado: To solve old problems, study new species
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Catherine Bracy: Why good hackers make good citizens
Bracy shows how non-technical and technical people can combine forces to help improve our governing systems.
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Latif Nasser: You have no idea where camels really come from
In a stunningly intriguing talk, Nasser talks about a recent discovering that upends our previous understanding of camels and their lineage.
Latif Nasser: You have no idea where camels really come from