Insight Notes - The Self Delusion; The New Neuroscience of How We Invent—and Reinvent—Our Identities
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AI as the Muse
This article isn’t about the brain, or is it? Perhaps you have seen or heard about the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) around written language and graphics. Which operates not all unlike our brains. Thousands of images and styles are shown to the AI, and a framework of commands is created so we can manipulate all that information.
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Book Review: Stop Toxic Thoughts: Break Negative Thinking for Stress and Anxiety Relief
An awesome book I enjoyed a lot about how to tame our negative thoughts and lessen anxiety.
Read MoreBrave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder by Reshma Saujani
“Courage Over Perfection,” is what I say, “Brave, not Perfect” according to Reshma Saujani. From the founder of Girls Who Code, an amazing non-profit that seeks to get more girls into STEM. A must read!
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Educable? It Should be One of our Highest Virtues.
The heart is teaching a person how to be educable.
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Tragedy of Being Human
…being granted the ability of self-awareness but absent the tools to change quickly…
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Be a Chimp or not to be a Chimp?
The power of a larger group, like society, has a way of dumbing us down. Be a chimp or not is the question.
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Breaking the brain loop...
"Whenever you face a problem repeatedly, your brain begins to automate the process of solving it." ~ James Clear 'Atomic Habits'
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Some periods of our growth are so confusing...
"Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger than we were before.”
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Know Thyself; Really, do you?
Most of us know ourselves, kinda well. Be honest, how well do you know your behaviors and patterns? You really don't. How many times have you heard from your partner, "you always do that!"
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Dr. Edith Eger on Brene Brown Podcast - Incredible Interview!
Just happened across this outstanding interview between one of my favorites - Brene Brown - and Dr. Edith Eger. Honestly, I had never heard of Dr. Eger before but I'm glad to know of her now. Dr. Eger is a holocaust survivor, psychotherapist, and touted as the female voice to Victor Frankl. Although, I think it's not great to call her the "female voice of" anything, she's just a human voice that talks of how she withstood her time at Auschwitz and what she learned of being human from that time.
This podcast is worth a listen, topics range from how we see the world to what is love.
Though I could have remained a permanent victim –scarred by what was beyond my control– I made the choice to heal. Early on, I realized that true freedom can only be found by forgiving, letting go, and moving on. So I turned my life around and vigorously pursued a career in psychology. Combining my formal education and my own life challenges, I have helped countless others lead full lives by moving beyond their problems –no matter how insurmountable they believed them to be. This is my life’s mission and I will forever strive to help people make the choice to heal and thrive. That’s a promise! ~ Dr. Eger
Of course, I'm a huge fan of Brene Brown's and her "Unlocking Us" podcast. (Also awesome is her podcast "Dare to Lead")
Navigating the World & the Brain
There is a lot more to the idea of one having a 'sense of direction.' All animals, even humans, have some sort of a sense of direction. If you are my grandmother, it's weak, you may not be able to find your way out of a wet paper bag. If you are an avid outdoors person, your sense of direction is probably more developed and acute. Weak or strong, we all have a sense of direction. But where does that come from, and how does it work?
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