Future IQ

Networking is perhaps the most important skill for your career. To help you understand the importance of professional networking and help you build a better career, we're here with some examples, analogies and stories that may convince you to improve your networking skills. Let's understand the importance of networking now. Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hi...

Opportunity cost is one of those economic concepts that will change your decision-making forever once you understand it clearly. But it is quite difficult to grasp the concept if you just got to know the term. Therefore, we've brought you more than 10 examples in this video to help you understand it better. Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hit us up on Twitter: @...

Have you ever thought that you know a thing well but diving a little deep, you realize you don't know it as much? This is the concept called the illusion of explanatory depth. This explains our inability to explain things we think we know a lot of. Let's see how it applies in our lives and how you can stay avoid looking like an overconfident person who doesn't really know anything. Hop...

Most of the steel in use these days is contaminated by nuclear radiation. Why and when this happened is an interesting tale. Let's talk about the effects of nuclear weapons testing after the second world war on our daily lives. How the steel we use these days is contaminated, and what does it mean for you? Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hit us up on Twitter: @n...

Decades of research have shown time-to-time that looks matter a lot, even at places you wouldn't expect. Good-looking people seem to get better grades in schools and colleges. Beautiful people even get shorter sentences if convicted? But is this just a random occuring in nature or is there any depth to it? Let's find out in this episode of FutureIQ about The Beauty Premium. How do good-loo...

Do you think good-looking people are always the worst? If yes, you need to watch this video. Learn if all hot guys are rude and all beautiful women are not smart or it's just a mental construct. Understand why we think this or why this exists in a nuanced fashion in this episode of FutureIQ. We covered Berkson's Paradox; aka collider bias, the dumbness of politicians, the lack of social ab...

The bad effects of pollution are not limited to physical health. There are numerous studies that have observed the effects of pollution on human intelligence and the results will shock you. However counterintuitive it may seem, pollution is making you dumb. Let's take a deep dive into the topic with Dr. Navin Kabra and the funny and sensitive RJ. Shrikant in this episode of futureIQ. Hope you...

Are schools making us dumber? Nassim Taleb coined a famous term a few years ago: Antifragile. This encapsulates many concepts in nature and other parts of our growth. The term syggests building systems that can not only withstand the current problems, but get better with each new problem. Hence, facing more problems improves the system. To make our children antifragile, they need to face more diff...

Why you can only have 150 friends. Dunbar's numbers roughly suggest the limits of human brains to form relationships. These numbers also estimate the intimacy of the relationships. And this is the theory that says that you can't have more than 150 friends, more than 5 best and the most intimate relationships. It also tries to explain why old relationships tend to lose their charm once you...

How to become an expert? Who wins between talent and hard work? How many hours does it take to be an expert to be successful in life? We have discussed a very interesting concept of "Effort Shock" in this episode, which explains how to excel in life with less effort. Just like Bollywood songs where the lead becomes a super lead in a miraculous song. Check out this video, that explains wh...

How do they hack your email, passwords, bank accounts and more? Find out in this episode by one of the best cybersecurity experts in India. With nearly 3.5 lakh viruses coming out every day to harm you in every possible way, you need to know some of the most commonly used attacks by hackers and online security tips to stay safe from such attacks. Learn how to keep your Email, Social Media, Bank ac...

Living with family vs living alone, which is better? Should your kids move out of home at 18 or after 12th. Living away from parents is considered quite a struggle in India. This video might help you get to a conclusion whether your kids should leave home and stay from family for education or not. Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra http:/...

What are substitute goods that dictate supply and demand in economics? Complements and substitutes make for an interesting realization in economics. You can start understanding the effect of complements and substitutes on your daily life by understanding what complements are, what are substitute goods, how complementary goods and substitute goods are correlated and what you should know about compl...

Is anything worth your time? Understanding the dollar value of your time will help you make better decisions to manage your time. It will help you objectively decide whether something is worth your time or not. Let's learn the concept of the dollar value of your time, how to calculate the money value of your time and everything else related to it that will make your life easier. Understand the...

A professor of Aerospace Engineering posted an article that mentions 40 laws for spacecraft design. People soon found out that these were applicable in other areas of life too. So, what are these laws that can help you navigate better through the world and maybe help you gain some insights, rules or guiding points in life? Let's find out these 40 Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design. More vide...

Many people believe that plastic should be banned because it is bad for the environment. But is it true? Would we have a better environment, systems and lifestyle without the use of any form of plastic? The answer will shock you. I have the data and research with me to explain if plastic is the villain that everyone makes it to be. Or is it the anti-hero that has dark sides but also does immense g...

Why smart people think they're stupid, or why idiots are the ones most confident about their beliefs? This observation is explained by a phenomenon called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It explains the overconfidence of idiots and the under confidence of the geniuses. We see many examples of the Dunning Kruger effect in real life. And we're going a little deep with these examples in this episo...

Do you start things and never finish them? As you might be aware, you're not alone who suffers from this problem. Many, or almost all of us lose interest in things so fast that we avoid completing them. This phenomenon is known as The Dip. We've dedicated this episode to explain this phenomenon and find out how to overcome such a situation do be able to complete things we start and achieve...

Why do we make stupid financial decisions? The answer lies in the millions of years of conditioning, sunk cost fallacy, loss aversion bias and endowment effect. What do all these things mean, and how do these affect your financial decisions? Find it out in this episode of the FutureIQ podcast. We've explained the sunk cost fallacy experiment with the help of some real-life examples that you ma...

Why you should get a PhD degree? A PhD holder will be able to answer this question. Guess what? Navin has a PhD or doctorate in computer science that he got from Wisconsin in 1999. Let's hear what are his insights about the positives and negatives of holding a PhD degree and whether is it worth the effort and time it takes to obtain the Doctor of Philosophy in the title these days. Episodes me...

If you're asking if diamonds or diamond jewellery worth it, you need to watch this episode of the FutureIQ podcast. This episode will enlighten you with the dark truth of diamonds that is hidden behind the shining surface of the carbon structure. Learn more about how diamonds are a bad investment, gift and the difference between lab-grown artificial or synthetic diamonds and natural diamonds....

Power law distribution is one of the more interesting distributions that can be often seen in ordinary situations. The prominent examples of power law in real life are returns on different stocks, social networks and the number of followers on these sites, populations of countries and the number of lies told by people. All these things can be described by a power law. But what is a power law? How...

The modern legal system is far from being perfect but is it broken? So, let's compare it with the old-fashioned justice system to get a surface-level understanding of where the modern system fails and what are the good qualities of the old-fashioned justice system. Understanding the good and bads of both of these criminal justice systems will give you a clear perspective on both. Hope you enjo...

What is liberal arts education? Do you know someone who is confused about whether to take arts commerce, science, maths or engineering for higher studies after 12th standard? Have you heard the term liberal arts thrown around such students lately? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you need to watch this episode. Navin and Shrikant are breaking down the details of liberal arts educati...

What is social conformity? Why do we tend to follow some arbitrary social rules without knowing their origins or if they're good for us? The answer may lie in a psychological or social theory, called group conformity. Let's try to understand what is group conformity. What is groupism in the workplace? Why do we follow social norms? What is group behaviour conformity? What is social conform...