Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Knowledge Management and Deugenesis (with Jeremy Nixon)

May 5, 2021

Jeremy Nixon, founder of Consilience and former machine learning researcher at Google Brain, dives into the intriguing world of knowledge management. He discusses the creation of personal knowledge indexes and the benefits of structured reflection for decision-making. The power of abstraction, how constraints can fuel creativity, and the fascinating concept of deugenesis get explored. Nixon illustrates how immersion in experiences, like gaming, influences cognitive patterns and how elite athletes harness visualization techniques for peak performance.

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Jeremy Nixon

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Intro

2min

Evolving Beliefs: The Dynamic Learning Index

18min

The Power of Abstraction in Learning

5min

Exploring Personality Traits Through Recursive Decomposition

4min

Navigating Complexity through Simplification

18min

The Tetris Effect and Cognitive Integration

3min

Innovating with Generative Models in Machine Learning

5min

Harnessing Visualization Techniques for Athletic Excellence

2min

The Power of Constraints in Creativity and Innovation

3min

10.

Unlocking Creativity through Constraints

23min

11.

Deugenesis: Redefining Immortality and Knowledge

16min

Read the full transcript here.

What is "The Index"? What are some benefits of externally compiling and organizing one's knowledge? When is spaced repetition useful? How can we co-opt our visual systems to boost memory? Would we all be more interested in producing an external personal knowledgebase if we could feel on a visceral level how much information is constantly being forgotten? How and when should we move up and down the ladder of abstraction? What sorts of problems can be solved by simulation? What is a generative model (as opposed to a predictive model)? How can constraints improve creativity? How useful are credentials as a guide to how much a person knows and whether or not a person is "allowed" to have an opinion on a topic? What do credentials actually signal about a person? What are "fox" and "hedgehog" thinking? What is deugenesis?

Jeremy is the founder of Consilience, an immersive information retrieval company. Previously he did machine learning research at Google Brain and studied Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Jeremy works relentlessly towards aggregating knowledge, acquiring knowledge, and creating new knowledge. Find him on Twitter at @jvnixon or email him at jnixon2@gmail.com.

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Spencer Greenberg — Host / Director
Josh Castle — Producer
Ryan Kessler — Audio Engineer
Uri Bram — Factotum
Janaisa Baril — Transcriptionist

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