The Great Ideas Series II : Human Behaviour & Perception
Fifteen dispatches on human behaviour and perception: the shortcuts behind belief, choice, and emotion—and how to recalibrate them.
With Alex and Sam
Podcast series · 2 episodes
The Great Ideas Series II : Human Behaviour & Perception
Fifteen dispatches on human behaviour and perception: the shortcuts behind belief, choice, and emotion—and how to recalibrate them.
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Episode 1 · About 12 min
Human Behaviour and Perception in the Age of AI
Brad and Sam examine how AI is changing where people place effort, trust, attention and emotional investment. They explore adoption and ambivalence, trust and persuasion, cognitive offloading, social and emotional uses, and the difficulty of recognising synthetic media, ending with the questions that remain open.
Episode 2 · About 16 min
The Past Had Stranger Ideas Than You Think
Alex and Sam explore an ancient coin-operated dispenser, a mechanical model of the heavens, rotating wheels of argument, fictional talking books, and a fax concept older than the telephone. Along the way, they ask what it really means for an idea to arrive before its time.