The Learning Loop

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A shared visual space is super important, allowing people to not only focus on something but also see and view representation. So then just having the smaller space is in until we can do it surround and in VR, then that will go a step further. The second rabbit hole that I promised three rabbit holes before we get to the sort of like next big thing,. But we did explore Zoom, which was good. You mentioned that we, when we created diagram or a visual representation, what we're doing is we're consolidating and we're creating an explanation. And so my belief on this is that we don't learn from experience. We learn through reflection. From that reflection, we draw abstract

My guest today is acclaimed psychologist and longtime Stanford University professor Barbara Tversky who calls on her nearly 50 years in the field of cognitive psychology for an in-depth discussion about how our minds work.

We discuss the Nine Laws of Cognition, why action shapes thought, how the language we use changes what we think, tactics to communicate better on Zoom, why she dove into the work of Leonardo da Vinci, when to use charts and when to avoid them, the importance of perspective taking, learned knowledge vs. earned knowledge, and so much more.

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