EA EAR RBBU UD D PODSTER’S AARON WATSON RECOMMENDS:
SEMINARS ABOUT LONG-TERM THINKING longnow.org/seminars/
Great podcasts serve education extenders by
providing us with captivating lectures the likes of those we remember from the best of our university classes. There are few parallels to the sensation of getting absorbed by the intelligence of another human as they speak and open your mind to a new plane of thinking. While interviews can be insightful and good questions unlock treasure troves of insight, a well-prepared lecture can serve to be more balanced and focused. Enter Seminars in Long-Term Thinking, produced by The Long Now Foundation, in which brilliant minds speculate on what we can expect the future to hold and offer methods for establishing better long-term thinking. The foundation’s goal is to serve as a counterpoint to today’s accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common. They hope to foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. In one fantastic episode, Brian Christian breaks down the “Algorithms to Live By,” such as Optimal Stopping Theory, which says you should stop somewhere between 31% and 37% toward your goal and take the first option better than anything you saw in the first 31%. The long episodes provide plenty of context and serve the dual purpose of practicing extended focus. Check it out, and start thinking long-term. Aaron Watson is the host of the Going Deep with Aaron Watson podcast, a forum for meaningful, deep conversations about the passions, fears and problems of people from all walks of life. Guests talk about entrepreneurship, sports, finance, comedy, and lifestyle design. goingdeepwithaaron.com 50
SEPTEMBER 2016