Thinking fast and flow

We discuss the trend of self-health as we framed it in a (potentially) old first asynchronous podcast. Who knows - maybe this is better than peer review in the future while giving time to think slow while also thinking fast as we discuss - we both do some exercise as we record as this podcast is about exploring what is hard to capture in the sedentary lifestyle of the armchair philosopher. If you...

Sandro is working on a documentary based on my PhD. Instead of over-briefing him as a brilliant creative we agreed to just get him to go through the questions I asked participants and for him to decide what to film. Sandro spends a lot of his time in mountains filming adventure docs - have a search for him online and enjoy the quality

Sandro is working on a documentary based on my PhD. Instead of over-briefing him as a brilliant creative we agreed to just get him to go through the questions I asked participants and for him to decide what to film. Sandro spends a lot of his time in mountains filming adventure docs - have a search for him online and enjoy the quality

I prepare to present my PhD as well as learning about climate change as the theme of the conference. I outline a post doc proposal I have been working on as well

I managed to convince Dr. Conor Heffernan to talk to me after just emailing once with the explanation that this podcast involves hardcore working out while discussing research. His work and ability to communicate in audio is something that inspired me to reach out in the first place. Conor specialises in the history of physical culture even though through the conversation and my ability to ask sta...

I talk about doing the Iron man triathlon over a week and the Inal chapter of the PhD about Rationality and Intuition

Final preparations before our no tech triathlon, doing a 4km swim, 180miles cycle and 42 km run up Snowden. A huge debate over strategies on how to pace ourselves

l talk to Paul Burgum who inspired me at the Royal Geographical Society hosted Explore conference. His PhD research at Durham University looks at themes close to my heart such as resilience and self-determination I am so grateful he played along and went on the run while we recorded. We talked broadly but also covered key data from his research on Reduced mood variability is associated with enhanc...

A brief note to reflect on what phenomenological study can be helpful for - finding out what a thing is about even if there is so many variations of the thing. Treat with caution as you might bring your expectations to this and assume I am suggesting phenomenological study doesn't have its limitations and inappropriate use when more precise methods are needed

The experimental podcasting continues with another attempt at making bad quality podcasting. We recorded on the go. We have proper microphones but they didn't seem to work well. We still enjoyed talking about our cycle, swim and run adventure. Not sure why Anchor uploaded a video from Teams but don't have the time to edit a podcast. Let's hope we get better over time. 

I do an update on the PhD writing including heuristics or rules of thumb for writing faster then I share views from the first sub-section of my findings chapter around personal priorities.... All of that while cycling

Me and my mate Charlie are planning to do what we call an Iron Age Man. Cycle over a 100 miles, swim then marathon running - the Iron Man distances - but do that with no digital technology. He thinks a polaroid camera counts as Iron Age tech but I disagree. Anyway, the aim is to get better at making decisions under uncertainty. Just the way a natural scientist uses a microscope or a telescope to s...

I talk about reading Joseph Campbell's book as I prepare for the write up of my PhD after being done with analysis

Talking about Husserl's book Ideas after finishing the audiobook. A painful book but every time I listened and felt I don't understand then when I would work on analysing my PhD I would be able to find another shape to put them in

Quick note on what felt like a new ide but was already in Techopedia. It was posted there less than a month ago https://www.techopedia.com/ai-washing-everything-you-need-to-know/2/34841

After going to the EXPLORE conference put on by the Royal Geographical society I am captured by the stories of the proper bad ass explorers I met there and start planning my own journey

I am at a stage of my PhD journey where I am exploring narrative structures to present back my findings. Exploring options before choosing a way to present findings true to the data but also easy to follow is not an easy task in, text form

Since I am missing a conference where I would have been able to mingle with other PhDs and will miss the day at uni where newcomers and outgoing PhDs get together I thought I'd record some tips or dare I say rules of thumb

Going through most of what I would have presented at the International Place Branding Association's 2022 Conference. I won't be making the trip but trying to keep working on the PhD findings by going through what I would have shared

I had some feedback a year ago just before starting my PhD analysis. Now I am half way through analysis but have a vision about where the PhD seems to be heading. I want to get some feedback before the final stretch of the last year of writing

I try to think through a submission for the essay prize of the Royal institute of philosophy on the topic of "Emotions"

I discuss how AI should be asked to prove its sentience by demonstrating it can meditate, I open with a placefulness practice and then update on the PhD progress as I start prep for a conference in October

An experiment in bringing a few worlds together. I try to present an example of how we can practice mindfulness that doesn't require sitting still and taking one object of focus

Опитвам се да мина през основните идеи от литературата които са част от докторантурата ми с цел да видя дали ще имам по различна гледна точка на Български. Интересен експеримент

A quick memo on a concept that just makes sense - Placefulness