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The mind at work

Conversations with leading thinkers on the brain and other brain-like things, and work, and other work-like things.

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This is your mind at work

5 min read ⋅ Sep 23, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Karl Friston on the brain’s surprising energy

10 min read ⋅ Sep 30, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Alison Gopnik on learning more like children

10 min read ⋅ Oct 07, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Samin Nosrat on cooking as thinking

12 min read ⋅ Oct 14, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Daniel Levitin on the secret life of the musical brain

13 min read ⋅ Oct 21, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Amy Edmondson on how trust trumps burnout at work

14 min read ⋅ Oct 28, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The mind is working

6 min read ⋅ Nov 18, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Guido van Rossum on how Python makes thinking in code easier

13 min read ⋅ Nov 25, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at work: Barbara Tversky on the primacy of spatial thinking

16 min read ⋅ Dec 12, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Ted Chiang on making stories that change our minds

10 min read ⋅ Dec 02, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Kay Tye on unlocking the grip of negative emotions

14 min read ⋅ Dec 18, 2019 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: James Nestor on breathing as the brain’s killer app

13 min read ⋅ Oct 23, 2020 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Simon Sinek on making time for the game of life

12 min read ⋅ Nov 18, 2020 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Daniel Dor on language as innovation

23 min read ⋅ Dec 09, 2020 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Lisa Feldman Barrett on the metabolism of emotion

22 min read ⋅ Feb 10, 2021 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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The Mind at Work: Andy Clark on our brain’s endless entanglement with technology

15 min read ⋅ Mar 22, 2021 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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"What I learned on a two-year journey into the mind at work"

10 min read ⋅ Apr 08, 2021 ⋅ by Anthony Wing Kosner

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