What book, podcast, or YouTube video has changed how you think?

A book that changed the way I think was Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Before reading it, I didn’t even know there was a whole world of investments. I only had knowledge about liabilities.

I was reading Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb when the Covid panic began to bite, and I applied his "panic early" approach to my life as best I could. Taleb’s idea of “panic early” isn't about being scared - I wasn't scared of Covid - it means it’s smart to act quickly when you first notice that something might go wrong, even if it doesn’t seem like a big deal yet. Instead of waiting for a disaster, you get ready or make changes early. That way, you may not only avoid disaster but thrive in the ensuing volatility.

He also gave me the concept of the "Lindy Effect." The Lindy Effect is a rule of thumb that suggests the longer something non-perishable (like a book, idea, or technology) has been around, the longer we can expect it to last into the future. So if something has survived 100 years, it may reasonably be expected to survive another 100.

I don't agree with everything Taleb says, and his opinion of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general is lamentable, as I mentioned in this blog post a few years ago:

https://peakd.com/lindy/@hirohurl/now-for-a-contrarian-perspective-on-bitcoin-from-my-man-nassim-nicholas-taleb

That aside, however, I find his books to be highly entertaining and thought provoking.

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This is a very nice question. For me it will be Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Helps us identify the cognitive side of thinking and the deliberative side as well.

The book that has most changed how I think is The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters. Though the one that I prefer is his follow up, A Path through the Jungle.

Prof Peters developed the Chimp Model to help understand and manage the brain. Which he explains and supports on the Chimp Management website.

My quick interpretation is:

1. There are 3 areas of the brain that he identifies as The Human, The Chimp, and The Computer.
2. The human part of the brain represents who we truly are. And it's the part that processes logic.
3. The chimp part of the brain processes emotion. Its structure enables it to act much faster than the logical part of the brain. And it's much stronger. So humans struggle to control emotional behaviour.
4. Even stronger and faster, is the computer. Being the part of the brain that processes reactions.
5. The way for the human to control the chimp is to develop and strengthen reactions that support its logical sense of purpose.

So the books effect on me is to try and set aside a few minutes each day to improve my reactions to emotional situations. Prof Peters' second book and his website are helping me with this.

I love startalk podcast! I love science in general and I always learn a lot. One of the topics was about the science of revenge, that really gave me deep thoughts about the topic!

If we talk about a recent book that changed how I think I would say: The One Thing. It brings a new view about the things some self-development books talk about. I'm writing some insights I'm getting from reading it.

Here's an example:

https://peakd.com/hive-180164/@rimurutempest/book-insights-the-one-thing-c4b14d57e6caa

Speaking of which, it's hard to say. Numerous books and other media have influenced me. Since I deal with multimedia and copyright quite a lot, especially now that I'm intensively involved with Hive and since I'm already retired, I'd like to mention a short story by Richard Stallman (you can find out who he is for yourselves).
The Right To Read.
That's when I started thinking about what freedom means in the digital world.
Then there was an interview in Wired with William Gibson, who says that we live in an age of recycling, where we use new technologies to increase our creativity from old content.
Kirby Ferguson's podcast Everything is A Remix is also essential to me.

Lately, I've been focusing on the relationship between AI and humans, and I've been reading articles and listening to podcasts on the subject.

Perhaps it would be an overstatement to say that it "changed my perspective," but this Uni commencement speech by Tim Minchin from a while back has long stuck in my mind, and I often share it with people... and so it seems like an appropriate thing to share here, as well!

One of the books that had the most impact on me was "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari.
It made me reflect deeply on the history of humanity and how our beliefs and social structures have evolved.
It changed my perspective on many issues, especially how we interpret progress and the nature of our collective decisions.
A video from the author in Spanish:

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There are several, but one that came to mind first is that by Robin Sharma, The Man Who Sold His Ferrari. It made me realize the importance of not taking one's health for granted☺️ It got me reflecting on my habits.

I would have to say it would probably be the Stop Killing Games Initiative by Accursed Farms on Youtube. He has been doing a great job on the initiative, and it made me think that I don't want a reality where we don't own anything. Consumer rights on electronics in the digital age need to be protected, and I honestly don't want games to die because the Publishers decided it.

I've been watching a lot of videos from cointimes, a web3 community here in Brazil that we've partnered with HiveBR. I started to see that I was way off course after watching some of their videos, in this case the videos of various cointimes members such as Isac Honorato and Lucas Moda.

It's hard to choose the only one book because there are several books which could change my mind and my opinion or my mind in different areas some of them were published just in native language some of them are worldwide known. As example Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.

The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. I have been reading the page for each day for almost four years, reflecting on it for a few moments and writing my impressions in a notebook, by hand. It is like therapy where I administer the treatment myself. I do not always agree with what the book says, and I like that too. I recommend it.

I do not think it's any one book or publishing which I have read which really changed me. Rather, it has been all the different news articles read over the years that has changed my world view on things. :)

I don't think there is a specific one that made such a great impact but I do like to watch/listen to videos from ARK Invest where they talk about what's happening in the economy, markets, and some of the innovation that's going on in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/@ARKInvest2015

I can't say it's anything in particular. How about the medium instead? I go through a lot of finance threads daily in Reddit 🤣. There's lots of rubbish in there, but occasionally, some good reads can be found.

None. I don't really pay much attention. I prefer to go to the library.

Without a doubt, the one that has left the biggest mark on me has been the Baby Shark video.
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sorry, I can not answer this. Books changed me but which one and how that specific one did... I can not desrcibe it

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