In this episode, Micheal Rousell, author of The Power of Surprise, explains the science of surprise at the level of neurons and brain structures, and then talk about how surprises often lead to the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, the different personal narratives that guide our behaviors and motivations and goals, and, perhaps most importantly, our willingness to be surprised again so that we can change and grow.
In the show, you will how we can use the current understanding of how surprise leads to learning, and how learning depends on interpretation, to improve our lives, and the lives of others
286 - Notes on Complexity - Neil Theise
285 - What Do You Mean? - Celeste Kidd (rebroadcast)
284 - Awe - Dacher Keltner (rebroadcast)
283 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy
282 - They Thought We Were Ridiculous - Andy Luttrell
281 - More Chat, Less Bot - Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar, Henrik Werdelin
280 - Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg
YANSS 279 - Pluralistic Ignorance (rebroadcast)
278 - An Admirable Point - Florence Hazrat
277 - Visual Thinking - Temple Grandin (rebroadcast)
276 - How to Stand up to a Bully - Andrea Chalupa
275 - Blight - Emily Monosson
274 - Cascades - Greg Satell
273 - The Conspiracy Test - Jesse Richardson
272 - Quit! - Annie Duke (rebroadcast)
271 - Survival of the Richest - Douglas Rushkoff (rebroadcast)
270 - Defining Genius
269 - Deconstructing How Minds Change - Michael Taft
268 - The Status Game - Will Storr (rebroadcast)
267 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn
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