Episode 25: César Hidalgo - Information and complexity, learning and leading, rethinking technology in society

Show Notes: Spiritual background of his childhood (05:30) Discipline to do good work (06:10) Mentor: Albert-László Barabási (09:30) How do you demand excellence? Musing on the competitive mentality (11:45) Relevance of science is a very social dimension (12:30) What he tells his students (13:30) Adapting as an individual (14:45) MIT Media Lab Collective Learning Group (17:00) The Last Dance documentary (18:30) The Playbook documentary series (18:40) Complexity (21:00) Fractals, iterating functions, and chaosLorenzFeigenbaumBook: Why information grows (26:45) What is information?  Book: How humans judge machines (30:20) Why has knowledge not made it everywhere?  TED Talk: “A bold idea to replace politicians” (34:20) Rethinking democracy and technology Trusting technologies (36:45) Counterfactuals (37:00) What is intelligence? (38:15) Failure that set up for later success (41:15) Reorienting yourself (42:30) Morning routine (45:30) Acting on first emotion (48:00) Do not lose the emotional energy that comes with creativity - it is fleeting and love is going to fade, so be romantic while love is there Lightning Round (40:15) Books: Blank Slate (Steven Pinker), the Righteous Mind (Jonathan Haidt), and the Secret of Our Success (Joseph Henrich) Passion: Writing Janna Levin (astrophysicist and writer): A Madman Dreams of Turing MachinesHeart Sing: Review of economic complexity Screwed up: Ability to accept things he has screwed up Find guest online: WebsiteTwitter: @cesifotihttps://www.judgingmachines.com/"Five-Cut Fridays’ five-song music playlist series