Today's topic is a psychological exploration into a few of our cognitive biases and how they cause us to see the world as significantly worse than it really is. Not just worse but with the dismal outlook that we are facing an apocalypse. This outlook is tightly coupled with a nostalgic yearning for how things used to be. Let’s explore what drives this and rewire our perceptions to understand why we always see an apocalypse.

Today's topic rethinks and recontextualizes a theme within Polymathic Being of slowing down, stepping back, and analyzing more before executing. The challenge is that there is a case for taking action in the face of doubt and uncertainty especially when facing wicked problems. Let’s find out how to balance these two ideas together.

Today's topic continues a collaboration between I as we write on the history, culture, and science of our favorite indulgences. Today we’ll explore whisky and you can also look back at our previous “Odes” for more fun and informative insights.

Today's topic dives once more into the middle of techno-optimists and pessimists ripping social media and the news into what feels like two camps of utopia or apocalypse regarding our relationship with AI. Once again, I’m going to try to bridge the two camps with a pragmatic approach on how to use AI to augment intelligence.

Today's topic continues to explore what happens when we force a narrative on a story that doesn’t need to be there. We’ll find how that typically makes the story fragile and, worse, causes the original value to be lost. Come join us and discover how antifragility can apply to mythology and theology to unlock new insights.

Today's topic is one I’ve been wanting to write for a while about how the human perception of risk often puts us at even greater danger because we don’t apply the right systems thinking perspectives to contextualize it properly. We’re going to investigate the topic of risk compensation and provide some useful tips for analyzing risk better.

Today's topic addresses a growing trend of labeling antisocial behavior as introversion and why that characterization misses the superpower that humans have. We’ll explore our foundation as social creatures and how introverts and extroverts aren’t at odds on this spectrum.

Today's topic pulls the thread on a specific behavior within the workforce that I’ve seen quite a lot from people who should know better. It’s particularly problematic in Data Science and Operations Research which are supposed to avoid this and it also permeates research in science, politics, and more. We’ll explore when people confidently answer the wrong question and how to avoid it.

Today's topic is one we’ve talked a lot about here on Polymathic Being: Antifragility. It’s popped up enough times that I think we should probably pause and make sure everyone fully understands this seemingly obvious, but completely counterintuitive concept. Without further ado, let’s dive in!

Today's topic is a practical guide to exerting your control over social media and training your algorithm to avoid the downward spiral of content that permeates everything. We’ll explore the problem and provide a simple set of solutions for how to train your algorithm.