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E59: Rewriting the Mind’s Story - How Empaithy Uses Narrative to Heal
Why do facts alone rarely change minds, while a single story can transform how we see the world? In this episode, we dive into the neuroscience of narrative, the placebo effect, why beliefs resist evidence, and how therapy rewrites personal stories. Discover why the human mind needs narrative to shift perspective, and how tools like CBT and narrative therapy, now built into Empaithy 2.0, can help you reframe your own story. Visit Empaithy.com to explore more.
26 May 2025
E58: Unpacking the Nature of Creativity
This episode explores the concept of creativity as a process of recombination, where new ideas emerge from existing knowledge and experiences. I delve into neuroscience, AI, and historical perspectives to illustrate how creativity is not about creating from nothing but rather about remixing and reinterpreting what we already know. The discussion highlights the importance of constraints in fostering creativity, the role of AI in creative processes, and the implications of these insights for understanding human ingenuity and originality.
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19 May 2025
E57: Yen on the Edge: Japan’s Currency Crisis
Japan’s economy is at a crossroads, and we unpack why. From a decades-long deflation hangover to today’s yen free-fall, soaring import bills, demographic headwinds, and a record defense build-up, this HD/Cast episode traces how all those threads intertwine—and why what happens in Tokyo could preview the future for the rest of the developed world.
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E55: The AI Mirror - How Language Models Reflect Their Creators' Beliefs
Published 30 Oct 2024 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Past research often involved directly questioning LLMs about their opinions on normative issues or ethical dilemmas. However, responses to such direct questions tend to be inconsistent and highly sensitive to how the prompt was phrased. Now, this inconsistency suggests that traditional models may not accurately reflect an LLM's behavior during everyday use. So, what did Meta's researchers do differently here? Well, they adopted a more open -ended approach to illicit ideologies. Instead of directly probing the models with leading questions, they had the LLMs describe a wide variety of political personalities, aiming to capture the implicit moral assessments in a way that's closer to the natural interaction. […]
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