Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan

Episode 14: Antti Pulkkinen - The art of explosive learning and blazing new trails in science


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Show Notes

  • Weather in outer space (1:30) 
  • Explosive learning through taking advantage of breadth and depth of knowledge (2:20) 
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2:40) 
  • Mentors: 
    • Ari Viljanen (5:20) 
    • Risto Pirjola (5:30) 
    • Olaf Amm (5:40) 
    • Hannu Koskinen (9:50) 
  • Geomagnetically induced currents and effect of space weather on the power grid (5:40) 
  • Approach to mentorship (6:00) 
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) (10:00) 
  • Building diverse networks (21:30) 
  • Organic vs. deliberate networking (22:40) 
  • Importance of personal network (24:15) 
  • Martial arts practice and its impact on his life (26:00) 
    • Krav Maga
    • The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin (27:30) 
    • Tai Chi and meditation (30:20) 
    • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (31:30) 
  • Change with added responsibility - let others succeed (37:00) 
  • Complex systems (37:20) 
  • Holly Gilbert and Marlo Maddux (38:00) 
  • Diversity, inclusion, and plurality of thought (40:00) 
  • Cultivating a growth mindset (41:15) 
  • Lightning round (44:00): 
    • Book: 
      • Classical Electrodynamics textbook by John David Jackson 
      • The Sun Kings by Stuart Clark 
    • Passion: 
      • Martial arts  
      • Music (Finland Geodynamo band)  
        • Check out previous episode of Origins - Matt Russo  
    • Making his heart sing: 
      • Fixing new house and building a new environment 
  • Find Antti online:  
    • NASA  
  • 'Five-Cut Fridays’ series  
    • Antti’s list
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