14min chapter

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David Eagleman

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

CHAPTER

Reflections on Fatherhood and Knowledge

This chapter reflects on the speaker's upbringing with a diverse father who wore many hats, shaping their understanding of communication and therapy. It discusses the evolution of knowledge access in the digital age and its implications for learning, as well as the challenges in neuroscience. The conversation also examines the balance of pressure and performance, the nature of instincts versus intuitions, and the importance of deep expertise as highlighted by Malcolm Gladwell's 'Blink'.

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