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I listen to a podcast called Groks Science and the latest episode to reach my ears is to be found here. Elephant Brain
The chap being interviewed (Dr. Robin Hanson) is co-author of a book called "The Elephant in your Brain". Essentially their thesis is that the concious mind is the press secretary of the brain making up plausible excuses for what you doing, which is actually shaped by your sub-concious. This is probably not a new idea for most of you but they push the idea a bit further to consider the impact of this on how our institutions actually function in the face of participants who not only have hidden agendas but are fundamentally unaware of what those agendas truly are.
He discusses various institutions including politics and religion and talks about the hidden motivation of individuals (and therefore their actions) with respect to these being largely to do with demonstrating loyalty to the group. I did consider just dropping it into a Brexit thread or two but actually I think the leadership and management implications for the army might make an interesting dicussion in its own right.
I listen to a podcast called Groks Science and the latest episode to reach my ears is to be found here. Elephant Brain
The chap being interviewed (Dr. Robin Hanson) is co-author of a book called "The Elephant in your Brain". Essentially their thesis is that the concious mind is the press secretary of the brain making up plausible excuses for what you doing, which is actually shaped by your sub-concious. This is probably not a new idea for most of you but they push the idea a bit further to consider the impact of this on how our institutions actually function in the face of participants who not only have hidden agendas but are fundamentally unaware of what those agendas truly are.
He discusses various institutions including politics and religion and talks about the hidden motivation of individuals (and therefore their actions) with respect to these being largely to do with demonstrating loyalty to the group. I did consider just dropping it into a Brexit thread or two but actually I think the leadership and management implications for the army might make an interesting dicussion in its own right.