the btrmt. lectures

About the btrmt. lectures

A brain scientist talking about (better) patterns of thought, of feeling, and of action. One pattern, one podcast—you see if it works for you. The btrmt. lectures, with Dr Dorian Minors. (btrmt.—said "betterment.")

Publisher

Dorian Minors

Category

science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Nov 2025

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2026

   Honeybees Are Smarter Than They Should Be

   John Locke said brutes abstract not. Then honeybees, with brains smaller than our smallest unit of measurement, learned the concept of sameness. Now machines are doing things we thought only we could do. Should that unsettle us?

2. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Eerie Coincidences Aren't That Eerie

   Is your phone listening to you? You mention something random, something you'd never normally talk about, and within days there's an ad for it. I used to be sure that was coincidence. Some companies have since tried. But I still think most of it is you.

3. 

   3 Oct 2026

   Why Stupid Leadership Retreats Work

   Leadership transformation consulting looks superficially like a scam: fake yoga, brain words, and "it's very hard to measure impact". I left the industry a cynic. But it does work, and I think the reason is so simple that it almost doesn't matter how stupid it is.

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