Future IQ

Are you a Baloo or a Bagheera? Sounds like a very silly question but has a deeper meaning to it. Should you try to rise in your current company or explore other companies? Should you get better at Java programming or pick up Machine Learning? All these decisions are related to the explore-exploit concept. We take up real-life scenarios and explain this dynamic concept. When should you switch from exploring to exploiting? This is answered by the epsilon fixed algorithm. Watch the video till the end to understand this algorithm and see what works best for you.

Which is the best city to live in India, or in the world, in fact? The popular opinion is that slums are a sign of a city regressing. Contrary to this belief, we discuss how factors such as increased traffic, slums & overcrowding indicate the growth of a city. While city planning is important, what are the long-term consequences of a planned city when compared to a non-planned city? What are some factors to look out for when choosing a city to settle in? In this episode, we discuss & elaborate on all these points & more.

Everyone has been hearing that correlation is not causation. But this is not necessarily a true statement. The reality is more nuanced than this plane statement. And I have some real-life examples for you to understand the distinction between the two. Learn if there is a correlation between the terms correlation and causation from the phrase correlation is not causation and how this phrase can fool you into believing things that are not true. Once you understand this difference, you will be well-equipped to avoid common fallacies surrounding that. Learn it all in this futureIQ episode.

Should you work 70 hours a week or 40 hours a week? How does stress affect our work life balance? This episode highlights the popular 70 vs 40 hour work week debate, 70 hours rallied by Narayan Murthy and 40 hours famously supported by Satya Nadella, among several other big names. But what does science have to say in this debate, and which one should you choose? Listen to us elaborate on all these questions.

Marketing & Sales often use really strong psychological tricks in order to rope you in to buy more than you need. Indicating scarcity, inciting a fear of missing out and evoking a need for social validation are some such tricks used by Marketers. In this episode, we explain these tricks with the help of real-life examples.

Does astrology really work? Have you ever wondered where the study of horoscopes came from? What exactly is Jyotish Shastra, and when or why did we start reading Kundali charts? In this episode, we dive deep into the origins of Astrology. Is it a scientific branch of study or is it plain placebo? Listen to us elaborate on the tenets of Astrology and discuss its impact on everyday life in the ancient as well as modern world.

Success is always associated with luck and there's a way anyone can get lucky. Let us explain the four types of luck and how to increase each of them in this video. Find out the dependence of success on luck to understand why this is it the case. We will see quotes from successful and popular people, some concepts around luck and success, and a lot of interesting facts and information on how to get lucky.

Do you think that your opinion is different than everyone else? Are you afraid that your opinion might be unpopular? This thought itself is much more common than you think. We take a lot of decisions in our life assuming the opinions of other people, not realising how much this impacts our day-to-day life. But we may be thinking entirely wrong about how others think. In this episode, we have explained the theory of Preference Falsification that was coined by Timur Kuran in his book “Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification”.

Is stress good or bad? We say it's lethal. And we have some good reasons to believe that. In this episode, let us explain to you the origins of stress, how it affects our physiology, and in what ways it can be dangerous to you. To do that, we need to understand what stress is and how it evolved in humans, why stress is useful to us or good for us in some cases and really bad for others. Let's dissect the stress to see our relationship with it.

Misinformation & fake news are wild spread in today’s day & age thanks to the ease of access to information that we have. Whether it is social media, or newspaper articles, misleading information & lies are rampant and they shape the narratives that we believe, and warp our perspective of the world. Is it possible to escape misinformation? How can we spot fake news and trust what is real?

In this episode, we talk about the dangers of misinformation with the help of several real-life examples. It is the era of information that we live in - be it real or misleading, so is it really possible to avoid or ignore misinformation? We cover different ways to spot fake news, different tools we can use to question the news that we consume and hope that you find these tips helpful as well. By the end of the episode you will have a tool kit on how to protect yourself from the dangers of misinformation.

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