April 29, 2024: How to be enough

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We hand-picked 3 good articles for you to highlight this week. Hope they'll help you get new ideas and perspectives. (You can read this online!)

📚 3 Good Articles for You

How to be enough
by Allie Volpe (10 mins)

  • Psychologist Maytal Eyal highlights an "epidemic of self-hatred" where individuals feel pressured by a culture obsessed with self-improvement, leading to excessive self-criticism and the adoption of rigorous routines and lifestyle changes that often don't address deeper feelings of inadequacy.
  • The concept of the "hedonic treadmill" suggests that people naturally adapt to both positive and negative life changes, maintaining a baseline level of happiness regardless of achievements or acquisitions, which leads to a perpetual cycle of wanting more but not achieving lasting satisfaction.
  • Effective strategies to counteract this cycle include setting meaningful personal growth goals, practicing gratitude, and reevaluating one's baseline for satisfaction, allowing for a healthier balance between appreciating what one has and aspiring for genuine improvements.

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Doing more, but learning less: The risks of AI in research
by Mike Cummings (5 mins)

  • Narrowed Scientific Inquiry: AI could limit the scope of questions, experiments, and perspectives in research, leading to "illusions of understanding" where researchers believe they understand more than they do.
  • AI's Role in Research: Describes four AI archetypes in research—Oracle, Surrogate, Quant, and Arbiter—each potentially replacing human judgment and reducing scientific diversity and methodological variety.
  • Need for Diverse Perspectives: The paper calls for a discussion that includes insights from humanities and social sciences to recognize and mitigate AI's epistemic risks, stressing the importance of maintaining diverse perspectives in scientific research.

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How colours affect the way you think
by Mark Ellwood (11 mins)

  • Behavioral Influence: Colors like pink and red are used strategically to influence behavior, such as calming inmates or encouraging help, though evidence of their effectiveness is mixed.
  • Sensory Perception: Colors impact how we perceive tastes and perform tasks, with certain colors enhancing sweetness or influencing mental focus.
  • Cultural Significance: Colors carry psychological weight, affecting our choices and assumptions, such as expectations of food taste or product softness based on color intensity.

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