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  • #61 Pentakill Rock League Of Legends: How Riot Games Created A World-Leading Computer Game Music Strategy

    Disruptors and curious minds! Get your joypads out, load up your games, and hit start! Because we've got a barnstorming episode for you on music strategy for video games from League of legends and former head of music at Riot Games, Toa Dunn.

    Let's unpack the box: You'll learn about:
    🎮How do game companies like Riot Games think, build and execute their music strategy for games? How did League of Legends give you virtual bands like Pentakill and K/DA... and more importantly, why did they do it?
    🎮 From Music, development, distribution and A&R, to marketing, storytelling. In-house musicians, DJs, bands, video games are the perfect example of interdisciplinary teams. And it is a complex and fine edge to get the balance and trust right, to get the strategy right. Without it there is no Pentakill, no e-sports, no Fortnite.
    🎸 On this episode of Thinking on Paper, we speak to Toa Dunn, former head of music at riot games. For over a decade, Toa managed the music strategy and developed a new core business model around music experiences at Riot Games, helping to take #leagueoflegends - and the virtual bands created from characters in game - to 200 million monthly players.
    Now he is taking that vast well of experience and focusing on generating meaningful impact across entertainment and technology as a music and gaming strategist.
    Please Enjoy The Show.
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    TIMESTAMPS
    0:00 Disruptors and curious minds
    0:36 The Book Club
    1:29 Tech V Music
    2:09 Our Sponsors Wripple
    2:36 Who Is Toa Dunn?
    4:15 Music Strategy For Riot Games
    7:28 Music In Lacrosse (wtf?)
    8:19 Hiring The Right Partners At League Of Legends
    10:23 Understanding Your Players
    12:23 Decision Matrix: New Songs or Back Catalogues?
    13:53 Virtual Bands - LOL & Pentakill
    19:39 Building Teams At Riot Games
    25:05 K/DA
    27:46 Building Trust Between Teams
    33:58 How Music Is Shaping Video Games
    39:25 Video Games Shaping The Future
    45:14 Old Men V The Next Generation
    49:25 Jazz Lessons And Improvisation
    52:02 Final Thoughts
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    Quotes from the show
    “For more narrative driven games music can have more of an upfront kind of role in that experience. So the #musicstrategy can be quite different.”
    “We started off kind of trying to figure out what music's role could be in League of Legends.”
    “I approached it from the lens of how music could add to the experience.”
    “We had reached out to The Crystal Method and ended up producing a song to help launch and release this new character Lucian.”
    “I used to be nervous because you never know if the players are actually going to like what you're about to deliver until they get it in their hands and they play.”
    “Our first band was #Pentakill, a heavy metal band.”
    “We treated them like a real band and that was kind of an Experiment. But it resonated really well with our players.”
    “K/DA did not exist, there were many characters to select from so we went through this creative and strategic process to figure out the roles (and characters) of this band.”
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    Jeremy is a futurist, writer, and nexus thinker working at the intersection of technology, entertainment and brand. He is the co-founder of Tunewelders and SoundObjects and creator of the Write To Know You program.
    Mark is a creative writer, futurist thinker and trainee Nexus thinker. He writes, researches and thinks about web3 and emerging technology for LVMH and Culture3.
    Links To The Show:
    Join the book club - http://www.thinkingonpaper.xyz/bookclub
    Connect With Mark - https://linktr.ee/markfielding
    Connect With Jeremy - https://www.jeremygilbertson.com/

    28 min
  • Book Club: The Design Of Everyday Things (Part 2) - Why You Can't Remove Emotion From Design

    Disruptors and curious minds! Welcome to the Book Club. This week we're reading chapter two of 'The Design of Everyday Things' by Don Norman.

    Yes, we're in UX design school, seeing how lessons on great design can be thought about and used across domains, in all walks of life.
    Please enjoy the show
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    What's in the conversation?
    📚 The gulf of execution V The gulf of evaluation
    📚 What's going to happen V what's happened
    📚 Great design affects our emotion
    📚 The 7 stages of action
    📚 Design psychology - how thought can't be separated from emotion
    📚 Feed forward - what is it, and how is it different to feedback?
    📚 3 levels of processing
    📚 reflective, behavioural and visceral
    📚Collaboration
    And much more.
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    Why this book, you ask?
    In a world saturated with AI created content, human thought is more important and powerful than ever. But reading books isn’t enough. You have to read the right books: books which have stood the test of time; books applicable across domains; books that are as relevant today as they will be in ten, fifty, a hundred years time.
    At least that’s what we think.
    Which is why our next book was first published in 1988.
    It’s a story of how people interact with technology. The good, the bad and the ugly of UX and design. What works and what doesn’t. Why it works and the frameworks and mental models that will help you improve your own designs, whatever they may be.
    Storytelling, design constraints, human error, culture, competitive forces, launching a new product, complexity, human-centred design. You’ll never look at your kettle or a web page in the same way again.
    Here’s a quote:
    ‘If I were placed in the cockpit of a modern jet airliner, my inability to perform well would neither surprise nor bother me. But why should I have trouble with doors and light switches, water faucets and stoves?”
    And here’s another:
    “Good design requires good communication, especially from machine to person, indicating what actions are possible, what is happening, and what is about to happen.”
    Drop your comments below!
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    👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdDfMZpNXV0&t=95s


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      • #books #bookclubs #bookcommunity #design #donnorman #thedesignofeverydaythings #designpodcasts #gooddesign #bookreviews

      19 min
    • #60 Why Do Your Kids Need The Metaverse? Traditional Education Is Failing Them

      Disruptors and curious minds! We’re a technological species, Today’s guest is Mr Metaverse.

      How can the metaverse and technology give hope to the struggling, sanctuary to the persecuted and meaning to the lost? When futurism and the metaverse merge, how can it elevate our passions, reignite our curiosity? What does the metaverse mean for brands, manufacturing, entertainment and how will the next generations fare?
      Our guest Aragorn Meulendijks, aka Mr. Metaverse, a former historian turned futurist, inspired by the likes of Clarke and Sagan. Aragorn is no stranger to turning 'crazy' ideas into reality, advocating for humanity's fusion with AI and the Metaverse.
      He shares his unique perspectives on:
      📼 The metamorphosis of human condition in the face of technology's relentless evolution.
      📺 How history serves as a compass guiding our future.
      💾 Plato
      🎞️ The broken education system and how the metaverse can repair it.
      ☎️ The risks and solutions of AI elitism.
      💿 The challenge of maintaining human connections in a tech-dominated world
      🛼 Compassion and Empathy
      👾 The metaverse
      🕹️ AI
      Please enjoy the show!
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      TIMESTAMPS
      0:00 Disruptors and Curious Minds
      2:04 Our Sponsors Wripple
      2:49 Welcome Aragorn Meulendijks
      4:24 Idealists Are The Real Realists
      6:01 How History Shapes Your Future
      8:26 Why Education Is Broken
      11:04 How Can The Metaverse Fix Education?
      18:26 Risks & Challenges - Is AI Only For The Elite?
      23:37 How To Keep The Human Connection To Technology
      30:07 A Message From 2045 - Looking Back
      34:20 The World Between 2030 - 2040
      38:14 Star Trek Industrial Food Systems
      41:02 Does More Intelligence Lead To More Compassion?
      44:44 VR For Resilience & Empathy
      47:09 Final Thoughts
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      Quotes From The Show
      “Idealists are the real realists.”
      “I wasn't very good at remembering the years or the dates, but I was very
      good at seeing the connections, understanding how one thing would lead to another and how it would evolve or into something else.”
      “I was seeing that things that Plato said about society and democracy were being boosted or catalysed by modern technology.”
      “Plato said any democracy has several stages in its life cycle, and by the end the subcultures are so far apart that they no longer have shared values, and thus no shared reality and thus they're not capable of cooperating anymore. This is exactly what we're seeing in the world today.”
      “Our Educational Systems are absolutely incapable of keeping up with the speed of change.”
      “Our brains and bodies and everything we do is linear, however technology is developing along an exponential path.”
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      This show is brought to you by Wripple - Marketing’s On-demand talent platform.
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      - If you’re talent, get qualified opportunities with top brands.
      - Now featuring AI, Web3 and blockchain talent across verticals.
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      Jeremy is a futurist, writer, and nexus thinker working at the intersection of technology, entertainment and brand. He is the co-founder of Tunewelders and SoundObjects and creator of the Write To Know You program.
      Mark is a creative writer, futurist thinker and trainee Nexus thinker. He writes, researches and thinks about web3 and emerging technology for LVMH and Culture3.
      Links To The Show:
      Sign up to the book club - http://www.thinkingonpaper.xyz/bookclub
      Connect With Mark - https://linktr.ee/markfielding
      Connect With Jeremy - https://www.jeremygilbertson.com/
      #futrism #emergingtechnology #metaverse #VR #AR #AI #spatialcomputing #podcast #web3

      51 min
    • #59 Paris Hilton Is Killing It In Roblox Thanks To Generation Z And Alpha. So Can Your Brand.

      Disruptors and curious minds! Welcome to another episode exploring the impact of emerging technologies on business and culture. This week, Roblox!

      Engage & Interact - Why Your Brand Should Care About Roblox, Games & XR
      Immersive web3 (and non-web3) brand experiences are a new marketing channel that allows brands to connect with customers in a more engaging and interactive way.
      Brands are combining blockchain and AI, Roblox and walled games to create immersive experiences that showcase their products and elevate their consumers in virtual worlds.
      Paris Hilton's Slivingland is the latest media favourite. "Glam, gaming and loyalty. A revolutionary Roblox sensation where Paris Hilton is the face of Hilton's first foray into the metaverse."
      Our guest is Janina Vinklere, a Web3 Marketing & Immersive Experience Ambassador at Exclusible, a platform that enables brands to create gamified digital experiences using blockchain and AI technologies.
      She is also the Growth Lead at Vividly.space, a web development agency that specializes in Web3 solutions.
      Janina is an active member and core contributor to various Web3 communities and initiatives, such as Women in Web3 Switzerland, Swiss NFT Association, and FTW DAO. Janina is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and strives to create a more inclusive and diverse environment in the Web3 space.
      Her favorite quote? "We are in an era where an individual's previous work experience matters less, and their skills and expertise to build something new matter more."
      Please enjoy the show. And leave your comments and feedback in the chat so we can improve.
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      About the hosts:
      Jeremy is a Nexus Thinker and interdisciplinary entrepreneur working across music, technology and story. He leads his wellness mastermind Write To Know You at major universities and organizations around the world.
      Mark is a storyteller, writer and thinker exploring emerging technologies for LVMH & Culture3. He’s the founder of Metaverse-Writer, a self-published author, NFT creator and generalist.
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      ⁠#web3⁠ ⁠#blockchain⁠ ⁠#web3forbrands⁠ ⁠#web3podcasts #crypto #technology #emergingtechnologies

      47 min
    • #58 Generation Bitcoin: The Past, Present And Future Of The Cryptocurrency That Everyone Should Own

      Bitcoin! As our guest Markus Thielen writes in his book Crypto Titans, the history of Bitcoin has never been a marble road to the Emerald City. It's been a riotous, chaotic, larger than life rollercoaster.


      What is Bitcoin? Where did it arise, who were the players, what role did China play? Is it sustainable? What is proof of work?


      How much will your Bitcoin be worth? This is your chance to get every question answered.

      Markus Thielen is head of 10x Research and specializes in delivering top-tier research at the crossroads of digital assets and financial markets. His expertise is grounded in a comprehensive toolkit encompassing a profound understanding of cryptocurrency and finance, driven by advanced predictive models.
      10X Research has a proven track record in the crypto industry, leading hedge funds like Millennium and major Wall Street institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan.
      Please Enjoy The Show!
      TIMETSAMPS
      0:00 Disruptors and Curious Minds
      1:33 Our Sponsors Wripple
      2:02 Crypto Titans
      3:30 Markus Thielen
      4:11 Bitcoin History
      5:48 What Is The Bitcoin ETF?
      7:11 Leverage And Borrowing
      8:09 Who Can Buy Into An ETF?
      10:11 Public & Political Pressure
      13:20 ETF Scepticism and Fearmongering
      15:50 How Does Satoshi Feel?
      20:28 When Ethereum ETF?
      24:53 Bitcoin: Network Effects & The Hero's Journey
      31:21 Generation Bitcoin
      32:40 The Environmental Impact
      37:26 Ryan Zou
      40:33 China Is Misunderstood
      46:16 Bitcoin Jesus
      47:40 How To Explain The Bitcoin 'Aha' Moment
      51:08 Ordinals - Something, Or Nothing?
      52:48 Is Hal Finney Satoshi?
      53:37 Join Our Book Club
      This show is brought to you by Wripple - Marketing’s On-demand talent platform.
      - Get your company matched with vetted freelancers in real time.
      - If you’re talent, get qualified opportunities with top brands.
      - Now featuring AI, Web3 and blockchain talent across verticals.
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      Jeremy is a futurist, writer, and nexus thinker working at the intersection of technology, entertainment and brand. He is the co-founder of Tunewelders and SoundObjects and creator of the Write To Know You program.
      Mark is a creative writer, futurist thinker and trainee Nexus thinker. He writes, researches and thinks about web3 and emerging technology for LVMH and Culture3.
      Links To The Show:
      Sign up to the book club - http://www.thinkingonpaper.xyz/bookclub
      Connect With Mark - https://linktr.ee/markfielding
      Connect With Jeremy - https://www.jeremygilbertson.com/#bitcoin #blockchain #crypto #cryptocurrency #ethereum #etfs #web3 #podcast

      55 min
    • Book Club: The Design Of Everyday Things, By Don Norman (Part 1) - Everything In Your Life Was Designed By Someone

      Disruptors and Curious minds!

      Welcome to the second book of the Thinking on Paper Book Club, the most immersive, interactive, entertaining and community driven book club focused on technology, culture, mindset and the crazy condition we call life.
      This week we're reading chapter one of 'The Design of Everyday Things.'
      Why this book, you ask?
      In a world saturated with AI created content, human thought is more important and powerful than ever. But reading books isn’t enough. You have to read the right books: books which have stood the test of time; books applicable across domains; books that are as relevant today as they will be in ten, fifty, a hundred years time.
      At least that’s what we think.
      Which is why our next book was first published in 1988.
      It’s a story of how people interact with technology. The good, the bad and the ugly of UX and design. What works and what doesn’t. Why it works and the frameworks and mental models that will help you improve your own designs, whatever they may be.
      Storytelling, design constraints, human error, culture, competitive forces, launching a new product, complexity, human-centred design. You’ll never look at your kettle or a web page in the same way again.
      Here’s a quote:
      ‘If I were placed in the cockpit of a modern jet airliner, my inability to perform well would neither surprise nor bother me. But why should I have trouble with doors and light switches, water faucets and stoves?”
      And here’s another:
      “Good design requires good communication, especially from machine to person, indicating what actions are possible, what is happening, and what is about to happen.”
      Do you have a face for the silver screen? Do you want to be up here with Mark and Jeremy discussing the lessons and strategies learned from the book, in real time? Visit www.thinkingonpaper.xyz and we'll share the link. We only ask that you have read the chapter we discuss.


      👉 Watch on YouTube: https://studio.youtube.com/video/5w8BzvMFky0/edit

      🔗 Follow Mark And Jeremy:

      • Join the Book Club:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Thinking on Paper⁠⁠⁠⁠

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      • Connect with Jeremy:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jeremy Gilbertson⁠⁠⁠⁠

        • #bookreviews #bookcommunity #thedesignofeverydaythings #designbooks #donnorman

        24 min
      • Book Club: The Nexus, Augmented Thinking For A Complex World (Part 8) - Your Output Always Equals Your Input

        Disruptors and Curious minds! Welcome to the Thinking On Paper Book Club. This week we're reading chapter eight of The Nexus: Augmented Thinking For A Complex World, by Julio Ottino and Bruce Mau.

        Please Enjoy The Show!

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        Why are we reading this book?


        ➡️ The Nexus explores the convergence of art, technology, and science, and how it can help us solve complex problems. You know, how to stop the ice melting, how to unify art, science and technology and safe us from ourselves... complex networks, urban decay, creativity in the age of AI... hell, how to make better tennis rackets and music that doesn't suck.  


        ➡️ The Nexus is a visually striking book that combines word and image to illustrate the concept of augmented thinking, which is the ability to balance creativity and execution, and to embrace complementarity, where opposing extremes coexist and expand our thinking. 


        ➡️ The Nexus provides historical examples of how art, technology, and science have interacted and influenced each other, from the Renaissance to the present day... those insights help us build the strategies and networks essential for building the future. Only by understanding the past can we truly know what the future should and shouldn't be. 


        ➡️ The Nexus has received brilliant reviews from critics and readers, who praised its originality, insight, and relevance. 


        ➡️ Daniel H. Pink, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and A Whole New Mind, called it “a spectacular book”.


        ➡️ Gwynne Shotwell, the President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, said it "stretched my brain and caused me to think differently about both the beauty and challenges of our world.


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        👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Md6jWwujc&t=124s

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        🔗 Follow Mark And Jeremy:

        • Join the Book Club:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Thinking on Paper⁠⁠⁠⁠

        • Connect with Mark:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Mark Fielding⁠⁠⁠⁠

        • Connect with Jeremy:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jeremy Gilbertson⁠⁠⁠⁠

          • #nexusthinking #brucemau #nexus #clearthinking #bookreviews #bookclub #booksummaries #bookrecommendations #books #reading #goodbookstoread #bestbooks

          17 min
        • Book Club: The Nexus (Part 7) - How To Know If You Are Creative, Or Not...

          Welcome to the Thinking On Paper Book Club. This week we're reading chapter seven of The Nexus: Augmented Thinking For A Complex World, by Julio Ottino and Bruce Mau. Please Enjoy The Show!

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          Why are we reading this book?

          ➡️ The Nexus explores the convergence of art, technology, and science, and how it can help us solve complex problems. You know, how to stop the ice melting, how to unify art, science and technology and safe us from ourselves... complex networks, urban decay, creativity in the age of AI... hell, how to make better tennis rackets and music that doesn't suck.  

          ➡️ The Nexus is a visually striking book that combines word and image to illustrate the concept of augmented thinking, which is the ability to balance creativity and execution, and to embrace complementarity, where opposing extremes coexist and expand our thinking. 

          ➡️ The Nexus provides historical examples of how art, technology, and science have interacted and influenced each other, from the Renaissance to the present day... those insights help us build the strategies and networks essential for building the future. Only by understanding the past can we truly know what the future should and shouldn't be. 

          ➡️ The Nexus has received brilliant reviews from critics and readers, who praised its originality, insight, and relevance. 

          ➡️ Daniel H. Pink, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and A Whole New Mind, called it “a spectacular book”.

          ➡️ Gwynne Shotwell, the President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, said it "stretched my brain and caused me to think differently about both the beauty and challenges of our world.

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          👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Md6jWwujc&t=124s

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          🔗 Follow Mark And Jeremy:

          • Join the Book Club:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Thinking on Paper⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

          • Connect with Mark:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Mark Fielding⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

          • Connect with Jeremy:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jeremy Gilbertson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

            • #nexusthinking #brucemau #nexus #clearthinking #bookreviews #bookclub #booksummaries #bookrecommendations #books #reading #goodbookstoread #bestbooks 


            20 min
          • Book Club: The Nexus (Part 6) - You're Eating Nothing But Quark Gluon Soup

            Disruptors and Curious minds! Welcome to the Thinking On Paper Book Club. This week we're reading chapter six of The Nexus: Augmented Thinking For A Complex World, by Julio Ottino and Bruce Mau. Please Enjoy The Show!

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            Why are we reading this book?

            ➡️ The Nexus explores the convergence of art, technology, and science, and how it can help us solve complex problems. You know, how to stop the ice melting, how to unify art, science and technology and safe us from ourselves... complex networks, urban decay, creativity in the age of AI... hell, how to make better tennis rackets and music that doesn't suck.  

            ➡️ The Nexus is a visually striking book that combines word and image to illustrate the concept of augmented thinking, which is the ability to balance creativity and execution, and to embrace complementarity, where opposing extremes coexist and expand our thinking. 

            ➡️ The Nexus provides historical examples of how art, technology, and science have interacted and influenced each other, from the Renaissance to the present day... those insights help us build the strategies and networks essential for building the future. Only by understanding the past can we truly know what the future should and shouldn't be. 

            ➡️ The Nexus has received brilliant reviews from critics and readers, who praised its originality, insight, and relevance. 

            ➡️ Daniel H. Pink, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and A Whole New Mind, called it “a spectacular book”.

            ➡️ Gwynne Shotwell, the President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, said it "stretched my brain and caused me to think differently about both the beauty and challenges of our world.

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            👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmoDWgDkZW8&t=193s

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            🔗 Follow Mark And Jeremy:

            • Join the Book Club:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Thinking on Paper⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

            • Connect with Mark:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Mark Fielding⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

            • Connect with Jeremy:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jeremy Gilbertson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

              • #nexusthinking #brucemau #nexus #clearthinking #bookreviews #bookclub #booksummaries #bookrecommendations #books #reading #goodbookstoread #bestbooks 


              18 min
            • Book Club: The Nexus (Part 5) - Creativity Lessons From Bell Labs

              Disruptors and Curious minds! Welcome to the Thinking On Paper Book Club. This week we're reading chapter five of The Nexus: Augmented Thinking For A Complex World, by Julio Ottino and Bruce Mau. Please Enjoy The Show!

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              Timestamps
              ⁠0:00⁠ Disruptors and curious minds
              ⁠1:37⁠ Creativity Through History
              ⁠2:34⁠ Bell Labs
              ⁠4:24⁠ Bauhaus
              ⁠5:37⁠ The Lunar Society
              ⁠8:10⁠ Nexus Thinkers
              ⁠9:15⁠ Separate Artists From Technologists
              ⁠10:15⁠ Design At The Intersection
              ⁠13:45⁠ The Quantum Realm & Chaos
              ⁠16:13⁠ Complex Systems
              ⁠18:18⁠ Network Science And Teams
              ⁠21:00⁠ Novelty

              Why are we reading this book?

              ➡️ The Nexus explores the convergence of art, technology, and science, and how it can help us solve complex problems. You know, how to stop the ice melting, how to unify art, science and technology and safe us from ourselves... complex networks, urban decay, creativity in the age of AI... hell, how to make better tennis rackets and music that doesn't suck.  

              ➡️ The Nexus is a visually striking book that combines word and image to illustrate the concept of augmented thinking, which is the ability to balance creativity and execution, and to embrace complementarity, where opposing extremes coexist and expand our thinking. 

              ➡️ The Nexus provides historical examples of how art, technology, and science have interacted and influenced each other, from the Renaissance to the present day... those insights help us build the strategies and networks essential for building the future. Only by understanding the past can we truly know what the future should and shouldn't be. 

              ➡️ The Nexus has received brilliant reviews from critics and readers, who praised its originality, insight, and relevance. 

              ➡️ Daniel H. Pink, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and A Whole New Mind, called it “a spectacular book”.

              ➡️ Gwynne Shotwell, the President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, said it "stretched my brain and caused me to think differently about both the beauty and challenges of our world.

              ======================

              👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT2f79gms6U&t=19s

              ======================


              🔗 Follow Mark And Jeremy:

              • Join the Book Club:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Thinking on Paper⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

              • Connect with Mark:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Mark Fielding⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

              • Connect with Jeremy:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jeremy Gilbertson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

                • #nexusthinking #brucemau #nexus #clearthinking #bookreviews #bookclub #booksummaries #bookrecommendations #books #reading #goodbookstoread #bestbooks 

                27 min

              About Thinking On Paper

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              The human story of technology. Are you tired of the algorithm choosing everything for you? In a world increasingly vibe coded by 20-year-olds and run by billionaires, this is where you think about technology for yourself.