Curiosity Weekly

You might think you're not a "math person," but maybe that's because math doesn't mean what you think it means. Mathematical and logical thinking can open up new ways of thinking about everything from social and political issues to art to even gender. And on this episode, Dr. Eugenia Cheng, author and Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, explains how to tap into it.

Additional resources discussed:

• Dr. Eugenia Cheng (Official Website)
• "How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics"
• "Beyond Infinity: An Expedition into the Outer Limits of Mathematics"
• "The Art of Logic in an Illogical World"
• In Defense of Polymaths | Harvard Business Review
• Toni Morrison's tweet about writing books
• Why Don't Figure Skaters Get Dizzy When They Spin? | Scientific American
• The Brutal Neuroscience of Figure Skating: How Spinning Athletes Overcome Dizziness | LiveScience

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You might think you're not a "math person," but maybe that's because math doesn't mean what you think it means. Mathematical and logical thinking can open up new ways of thinking about everything from social and political issues to art to even gender. And on this episode, Dr. Eugenia Cheng, author and Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, explains how to tap into it.

More reading from Curiosity:

Additional resources discussed:

Artificial intelligence is all the rage, but using swarm intelligence might be the best way to solve the world's biggest problems. Dr. Louis Rosenberg is the Founder & CEO of Unanimous AI, an artificial intelligence company that amplifies human intelligence by building "hive minds" modeled after biological swarms. Learn how swarm intelligence can combine the brainpower of humans and computers to solve humanity's biggest problems.

Additional resources discussed:

• What is Swarm AI?
• Sports Predictions using Swarm Intelligence
• Business uses of Swarm Intelligence
• New hope for humans in an A.I. world | Louis Rosenberg | TEDxKC
• Waggle Dance Distances as Integrative Indicators of Seasonal Foraging ChallengesIndependence and interdependence in collective decision making: an agent-based model of nest-site choice by honeybee swarms | National Center for Biotechnology Information
• That "Old Book Smell" Is a Mix of Grass and Vanilla | Smithsonian.com

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Artificial intelligence is all the rage, but using swarm intelligence might be the best way to solve the world's biggest problems. Dr. Louis Rosenberg is the Founder & CEO of Unanimous AI, an artificial intelligence company that amplifies human intelligence by building "hive minds" modeled after biological swarms. Learn how swarm intelligence can combine the brainpower of humans and computers to solve humanity's biggest problems.

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Achieving goals can be difficult, but that may be because you're setting the wrong goals in the first place. That's why happiness expert and executive coach Stella Grizont returns to the Curiosity Podcast to discuss how to set the right goals and how to overcome the challenges of sticking to them.

Additional resources discussed:

• The Vision Generator (free worksheet from Stella Grizont)
• Dopamine Functions | News-Medical.net
• Dopamine regulates the motivation to act, study shows | ScienceDaily
• Goal Progress and Happiness | Psychology Today
• A CONVERSATION WITH Daniel Kahneman; On Profit, Loss and the Mysteries of the Mind | The New York Times
• Overcoming an Aversion to Loss | The New York Times
• The Psychology of Sunk Cost | Ohio University
• WOOPAAH (Stella Grizont is Founder and CEO)
• @StellaGrizont on Twitter
• The Surprisingly Recent Time Period when Boys Wore Pink, Girls Wore Blue, and Both Wore Dresses | TodayIFoundOut.com
• No Girls Allowed | Polygon

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Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-set-the-right-goals-and-actually-achieve-them

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Achieving goals can be difficult, but that may be because you're setting the wrong goals in the first place. That's why happiness expert and executive coach Stella Grizont returns to the Curiosity Podcast to discuss how to set the right goals and how to overcome the challenges of sticking to them. 

More reading from Curiosity:

Additional resources discussed:

Humans eat just like every other living creature. Have you ever wondered what drives us to binge eat, or spend too much time at the grocery store? And how does the food we eat impact us emotionally? We talk to Dr. Rachel Herz, author of "Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food," about the surprising science of food in our daily lives.

Dr. Herz is a leading world expert on the psychological science of smell, and has been conducting research on olfaction, sensory perception, emotion, motivated behavior and cognition since 1990. She holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and sometimes teaches in the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences at Brown University.

Additional resources discussed:

• "Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food"
• Dr. Rachel Herz website (RachelHerz.com)
• Dr. Rachel Herz faculty bio (Brown University)
• Diet beverage drinkers compensate by eating unhealthy food, study finds (Science Daily)
• U.S. News Best Diets: How We Rated 40 Eating Plans (U.S. News & World Report)
• Think organic food is better for you, animals, and the planet? Think again (The Telegraph)
• Does organic farming reduce environmental impacts? – A meta-analysis of European research (ScienceDirect)
• Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?: A Systematic Review (American College of Physicians)
• Conventional and organic foods: A comparison focused on animal products (Cogent)
• Grapefruit And Salt: The Science Behind This Unlikely Power Couple (NPR)

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