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A lot of social mistakes happen because people try to appear both highly capable and highly humble at the same time.
Övül Sezer’s research on “impression mismanagement” explores why humblebragging, hiding success, and performative sincerity often backfire.
@ovulsezer
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Hard Medicine episode 5 with @AzraRazaMD , hosted by @ilanayurkiewicz
If you’re looking for a long listen this weekend, I’m thrilled to drop Hard Medicine episode 5 with oncologist and scientist @AzraRazaMD.
What if an approach that prioritizes “cure” above all else is costing us thousands of lives and untold suffering?
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Mary in America is coming soon. to find out more about my new podcast, i went right to the source:
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“We are more than the numbers.”
Dr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein - @platobooktour - on how modern life increasingly reduces human worth to metrics, attention, and quantification, while meaningful living exceeds measurement.
Ep. 461 of The Armen Show.
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Dr. @KaledaDenton on AI, conformity, and individuality:
“It’s maybe turning us into less dynamic and complex individuals and slightly reducing our individual agency.”
One of the central ideas in our conversation:
AI systems don’t just provide information.
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In episode 442 of The Armen Show, I spoke with @h_chandlerwilde , author of Lost & Found, about what objects mean after loss.
Photos, letters, books, diaries, and small keepsakes are not just “stuff.”
They can be memory keys, connecting us to identity, relationships, and home.
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“The brain learns over time when predictions and signals align.”
Re-sharing a conversation with neuroscientist Dr. @camillalnord about predictive processing, mental health, motivation, and why the brain is constantly trying to balance expectations against lived experience.
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Free speech is a safeguard for whoever is out of power.
Once you shift from protecting the principle → to controlling outcomes (hate, misinformation, offense), the rules become flexible, and eventually political.
Power changes hands - rules stay
From my talk with @JMchangama
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