Yi-Tan hosts a weekly 40-minute conference call about navigating change in technology and society.

Participate in the call by joining the list.

A live chat takes place on IRC here during each call.
(Learn more about IRC.)

Follow @yitan on Twitter.

Subscribe to the Podcast

Full Version: Feed
Summary Version: Feed

Archives

Yi-Tan Call #196 Be an Iconoclast!

Yi-Tan Call #196 Be an Iconoclast!

Iconoclasts do things differently. Really differently.

In fact, neuroeconomist and Emory professor Gregory Berns believes that iconoclasts have distinctive neurochemistry that helps them notice more than others, avoid the fear response that keeps people from attempting “impossible” things and sell their ideas better to skeptics.

Brain studies with fMRI devices are charting this territory and more. The consequences with reverberate through many fields, probably requiring some neuropolicy.

With Greg, let’s discuss:

* Might we be able to read people’s minds?
* Might we be able to affect decision making?
* Should we be worried?

Yi-Tan Tech Call #196 -Be an Iconoclast!-

Play

Leave a Reply

 

 

 

You can use these HTML tags

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>