Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

PBS Transcript and video

Gregory Johnsen

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Here is the transcript and video from the PBS News Hour yesterday.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Business

Workplace “aporia”: How to handle unresolvable arguments

Ways to move forward when you’re wrong and I’m right.

Business

How I adapted my company to AI: 5 key insights

Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank explains how he successfully embraced and deployed AI.

Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

Neuropsych

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

An image of a brain exhibiting the tetris effect.

Business

How the neuroplastic “Tetris Effect” can unblock work-life obstacles

Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.

Aphantasia limits the ability to visualize a statue of a man in the mind's eye.

Neuropsych

My brain doesn’t picture things. What’s wrong with me?

I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”

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