Active Inference
Active Inference is a theory explaining how organisms survive by minimizing surprise through perception and action. It uses the free energy principle as a foundation, deriving formal and empirical imp...
10 Feb 202521min
Gender Equality
This article from the British Journal for the History of Philosophy compares the writings of 17th-century philosophers Poulain de la Barre and Simone de Beauvoir, focusing on their analyses of women's...
7 Feb 202524min
Reification and Totality
Both sources examine Georg Lukács's theories of reification and totality. The first article analyzes Lukács's concept of totality, exploring critiques from various thinkers and arguing that postmodern...
3 Feb 202515min
Strategic Thinking
Strategic thinking is a cognitive process applied to achieve a goal or set of goals. It involves analyzing the current situation, anticipating possibilities, and formulating plans to achieve desired o...
31 Jan 20251h 11min
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas (Advertising)
Rory Sutherland's Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense explores the limitations of purely logical, data-driven decision-making. Sutherland argues that seemingly irrational solu...
29 Jan 202525min
I'll Have What She's Having
I'll Have What She's Having explores how social learning shapes human behaviour, examining diverse examples from mate selection and economic decision-making to spreading ideas and cultural trends. The...
28 Jan 202534min
Introduction to Quantitative Finance
The talk covers a wide range of topics in global finance, including an overview of financial securities and derivatives, international diversification strategies, the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the t...
27 Jan 202520min
Lean Enterprise Transformation
This is the second edition of George Koenigsaecker's book, Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation, which focuses on building a Lean culture within organizations rather than just implementing Lean ...
25 Jan 202519min
