Kevin Dickinson
@KevinRDickinson
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Education and science writer @BigThink & @Freethinkmedia, game enthusiast, curious reader, (mostly) reliable narrator
Bellingham, WA
Joined October 2011
RT @bigthink: @philosophyminis @MarcusduSautoy For more on formalism and the mathematics of beauty, read the full story on Big Think: http…
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I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to provide a piece on the psychology of confidence building for Big Think's latest special issue. The issue also has articles by @RyanHoliday, @EricMarkowitz, and @johndoerr. Well worth a moment (or two) of your time!
Forget everything you've been told about sports and business. It's time to rewrite the rules.
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@FitAndTrippy Thanks for the shout-out, Malcom. Glad to hear you liked the article and found it helpful!
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@koenfucius @ProfSunitaSah @DocGrawitch Thanks for the shout-out, Koen! Always a pleasure to see my work on your excellent feed and glad to hear that Prof. Sah's ideas are resonating. Cheers!
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RT @koenfucius: Defiance isn’t about boldly challenging others; it’s about acting according to our values when faced with the pressure to d…
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A brilliant audit of philosophy's many schools of thought surrounding happiness. I could listen to Jonny Thomson (@philosophyminis) talk about this stuff for hours. That he managed to distill so many ideas into a coherent, enjoyable 10 mins is bonkers talent. Well done, mate!
2,500 years of happiness philosophy, explained in 10 minutes. Timestamps: 0:00 - What is the end point? 1:46 - The philosophies of happiness 2:31 - 3 pillars of happiness 3:00 - Happiness ≠ pleasure 4:40 - Moderation 5:53 - Virtue 8:08 - Applying the 3 pillars Featuring Big Think's Jonny Thomson (@philosophyminis)
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Since Cal Newport isn't on social media, we have to spread the slow productivity gospel. Its golden rule: "Do less, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality." Hang the attention economy. Take time to enjoy the things you do, and find pride in mastery, not metrics.
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RT @MaxCRoser: Sometimes, the most important news is when something isn’t happening. In my new @OurWorldInData article, I highlight that U…
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@EphieBernstein @johanknorberg @bigthink Thanks for the shout-out, Ephie. This is one of my favorites from back in the day, so I'm delighted to see it's still reaching interested readers. Cheers!
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“A genuinely intelligent system should be able to do a sanity check." - @GaryMarcus I spoke with Marcus regarding his concerns over the AI, the industry's shortcomings, and why we see intelligence where none exists. It all comes down to an imaginary chicken named Henrietta...
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@MiaAI_Builder @ipfconline1 @freethinkmedia @Roboticskyline @Nicochan33 @PawlowskiMario @Khulood_Almani @bamitav @MiaAI_Builder Agreed. As the headline suggests, I am both hopeful and skeptical over the proposition. Hopeful because it can provide at least some support at scale. Skeptical because so many qualities of healthy, human connections can't be conveyed in a textbox.
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Well said, @AdamMGrant! We're drowning in info. Building trust and integrity in these institutions (+education) is the only way to find the room to breathe. Yet, these institutions seem to have fallen into the belief that the incentives all flow in the opposite direction.
The root cause of our divides is not a lack of information. It’s a lack of trust. Faith in media, government, and the law has plummeted. People dismiss the message when they doubt the source. A key to healing America is increasing the neutrality and integrity of institutions.
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@kubis_dominik Thanks for the shout-out @kubis_dominik, and glad to hear you enjoyed the article. I'll be checking out that Manson article this evening myself. Cheers!
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@QuoteResearch's work is an important reminder of why AI and Google searches can never replace thoughtful people doing the hard investigative work. They are necessary for separating the empirical from the fabricated or mistaken in our information-overloaded world.
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