Applied Curiosity Lab

Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio! In this episode of ACLR we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores authenticity around how we present ourselves to the world relative to how we feel inside.

What do you hold in? On what occasions do you present a different image on the outside than how you feel inside?

How do we accurately judge authenticity?

When it comes to leadership, is appropriateness more important than authenticity?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

When was a time that you were acted nonchalant when you were going crazy inside? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered

How often is there a mismatch between how you feel and how you present?

What do you think Rosa Parks was thinking as she refused to go to the back of that bus?

What do you think MLK was thinking as he presented his I Have a Dream Speech?

What do you think George Bush was thinking as he was reading My Pet Goat as he was being told that a second plane crashed through World Trade Center?

Is suppressing your emotions required for leadership or is authenticity more important?

 

References

George Bush reading My Pet Goat during the early hours of 9-11

Chilean foreman stuck in the mine

Malala presenting to the UN

MLK I Have a Dream Speech

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In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores what about your life do you think future generations will be most interested in.

Does our 102-year old grandma think that this pandemic is like anything else she's experienced?

For what will you be remembered? Is this what you would choose to be remembered for?

What do you think has been the most interesting thing that has happened in your life?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

What do you think your descendants will be most curious about your life? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered

What's it like to live for over 100 years?

What do you remember about fax machines?

How has technology impacted how available we're expect to be?

When did we stop using pagers?

Do you remember your first experience with a computer?

Does Jennifer's quiz pinpoint which generation I belong to?

References

History of the answering machine

Princess Diana's death

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In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores whether you think you give an accurate first impression.

Do most people think that they do or don't give an accurate first impression?

Should you manage your first impression or should you just let it happen?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

Do You Give a More or Less Accurate First Impression Than Most People? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered

Should you manage your first impressions?

Would you advise others that they should manage their first impressions?

Do you think there's any harm in the President of the United States crying in an important meeting?

Is there value in being able to suppress your emotions?

Do you believe in love at first sight?

References

First Impressions candidate study

Narcissism and First Impressions study 

Thin Slicing

Amy Cuddy research

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In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores bad things that are completely avoidable.

How do we prevent what we can't predict? How do you prevent what you can't predict? What's the best way to perceive reality?

Why is critical thinking more important than raw intelligence?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

What causes the most harm in the world that's completely avoidable? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered

Is humanism a good thing or bad?

What is basic healthcare? What makes it basic? Is basic a good or fair measure?

Is greed avoidable?

Are most avoidable harms due to our inability to ignore ourselves for the sake of the greater good?

How do you charge a lap dance on a company card?

Is it possible to not buy your own publicity?

 

References

Midnight In Chernobyl

The Emperor of All Maladies

Theranos

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In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring innocence. What determines when and whether we're considered innocent?

What's the relationship between having innocence and being innocent?

Are we wise to ignore human neurological development when we try criminal teenagers as adults?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

At What Age Do We Lose the Ability to Be Considered Innocent? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered:

When does society stop thinking about a person as needing and worthy of help and start thinking about them as someone to punish?

At what point does someone stop being innocent?

What role does the prefrontal cortex play in our innocence?

Should teenagers be tried as adults?

When did you lose your innocence?

How do you assess guilt?

What's the difference between being innocent and being not guilty?

References

Central Park 5

Leptin

Phineas Gage

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This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio chomps on the Curiosity Bite that explores what it would look like to ditch your life and create a new one.

How close are you to doing exactly what you want to do?

What would be the best thing you could do with your life?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

If You Had to Disappear and Start a New Life, What Would It Look Like? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered:

Why did I steal Judy Blume's unpublished manuscript?

What's my favorite tequila? It's Fortaleza!

What's in my go-bag?

What's the newest experience you've had?

Is our life's timeline truly ours to manage?

How does the Witness Protection Program work?

When was the last time you experienced something new that created new neural pathways?

References

ShelterBox

Ozark

Fantasy Island

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This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio chomps on the Curiosity Bite exploring personal standards. Where do your personal standards come from? How do you judge yourself? By age? By gender? By nationality?

Do you judge yourself accurately?

How do you know if your standards are set too high? How do you know if your standards are set too low?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

By what standards do you judge yourself? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered:

What makes you reset your standards?

What's the 3-legged stool of motivation?

Which of your standards need resetting right now?

Which of your standards are you most willing to reset?

What's the Good Judgment Formula?

How do you get good data?

How do you get good information?

Do you know the difference between the Judgmental vs. Good Judgment Mindset?

How do you judge your marriage?

How do you judge your parenting?

References

Good Judgment Formula

Improving Your Judgment for Better Decision-Making (LinkedIn Learning online course)

Negativity Bias

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This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio chomps on the Curiosity Bite exploring what it would look like to actually wage peace. Would waging peace require a new global economic paradigm?

By what measure should we measure the success of humankind? What's universally optimal?

What would chemical warfare look like if it was in an effort to wage peace? A Prozac bomb?

What if we destroyed the things that make us unhappy, distrustful, or aggressive? What if that was at odds with what makes most people unhappy, distrustful, or aggressive?

Check us out on JOTV!

 

Discuss, debate, and dissect with us!

The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

What would it look like to wage peace? 

 

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered:

Could our economic engines run if we waged peace with the same commitment as we wage war?

What would it look like to be happy, but not perceive yourself to be happy?

What would it look like to be unhappy, but perceive yourself to be happy?

How do you judge happiness?

Do we really want peace for ourselves? Do we really want peace for others? For everyone?

 

References

Nobel Peace Prize

International Peace Congress

World Happiness Report

Nick Bostrom's Paperclip AI experiment

Tweezerman (aka, the best tweezers ever!)

Check out ShelterBox

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This episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio is about evil and it comes with a warning. Evil can be shocking. We're not trying to be shocking, but in order to chomp on this Curiosity Bite exploring evil, we talk about things that are unpleasant.

Must a person have evil intent to be considered evil?

Is evil inevitable? Can evil be involuntary?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

What's your definition of evil? 

What would you do if you were an evil overlord?

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered:

What's a modern example of Theodicy?

What do you consider the different types of evil?

Is evil different when it's driven by an ideology (like Communism or white supremacy)?

Does an evil company require the CEO to be evil or can the idea of "evil" apply to a non-living thing?

What's stupid evil?

What causes science-related badnesses?

Is evil a result of failure to suppress?

What's the difference between a flopper and a flip-flopper?

What's a pit-of-poo?

References

Evil in Modern Thought by Susan Neiman

Indonesian plane crash news prank

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Welcome back! In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we chomp on a Curiosity Bite exploring what we owe our distant descendants. What's our duty? What's your duty?

What duty do you owe your own distant descendants? Is this different than what we collectively owe future generations?

Do you owe distant descendants good intentions? Are good intentions enough?

 

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The lens is – and always will be – curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around one delectable Curiosity Bite designed to give your brain the time and ideas to think about thinking, to flex your curiosity muscle… and maybe even… revolutionize the way you think.

This week's Curiosity Bite:

 

What do we owe future generations? 

What do you own your own distant descendants?

In this episode...Curious Questions asked and answered:

Do you owe future generations something different than you owe your own descendants?

How distant do your descendants have to be before you stop thinking about your duty to them?

How much do intentions matter?

What is a sense of duty?

What do you wish past generations had done for you?

What do you do when you see someone sleeping on the street? Is this the same thing you did 10-years ago?

Do you contemplate death in a healthy way? Do you contemplate death at all?

References

Applied Curiosity Lab Radio Minimum Viable Solution to Homelessness

Critical Thinking using Counterfactuals

GoLocalPDX Planning to Die

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