Listen "The Dark Side of Learning"
Episode Synopsis
Have you noticed how bad habits, sloppy short cuts and toxic workplace cultures can get under your skin? - and even become part of who you are?
In this How To Learn mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan discuss The Dark Side of Learning. Ultimately, the most powerful mechanisms of learning such as repetition and imitation are entirely neutral. They don't care whether you're learning something good or bad, they just embed it in your brain anyway.
So whether it's humming a jingle or getting into a habit that undermines you at work, he's how to start the difficult job of spotting where the Dark Side of Learning has been at work. Spoiler: it's as hard at finding the Traitors in a group of Faithful!
In this How To Learn mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan discuss The Dark Side of Learning. Ultimately, the most powerful mechanisms of learning such as repetition and imitation are entirely neutral. They don't care whether you're learning something good or bad, they just embed it in your brain anyway.
So whether it's humming a jingle or getting into a habit that undermines you at work, he's how to start the difficult job of spotting where the Dark Side of Learning has been at work. Spoiler: it's as hard at finding the Traitors in a group of Faithful!
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