Neuroscience: Why are our Habits so Powerful? @ Comprehensivist Wednesdays
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Sanjay will be interviewed by Shrikant on a range of topics on neuroscience and habit, such as:
- What is a habit and why do we have them?
- Is there more than one type of habit?
- Are habits only learned, or do we have innate habits (from birth)?
- How do habits form? Is there more than one process?
- What occurs in the brain when a habit forms? Does our brain change physically?
- Are there differences between helpful vs. problematic habits?
- How much willpower do we need to change a habit?
- How can we change habits?
The interview will be followed by breakout rooms and takeaways.
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Welcome to the series "Comprehensivist Wednesdays". Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive”.
The first, introductory, event from "Comprehensivist Wednesdays" can be watched on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjwTy6pGkNA
The full archive of videos from the series can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkCiNL_gZp2cgfSPqwbnXu8e3Lcq7W8w7
CJ Fearnley's site "Collaborating for Comprehensivism" has more information on the idea: https://www.cjfearnley.com/CfC/
To see all forthcoming "Comprehensivist Wednesdays" events, look at the Wednesday events on the "52 Living Ideas" calendar: https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/
July 15: Why Be a Comprehensivist? — a Panel Discussion.
Watch here: http://y2u.be/qjwTy6pGkNA
July 22: Louis Sullivan’s Ideas: Art of Expression & Form Follows Function with Architect Sherri Tracinski & Shrikant
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/oM8vbQQ-4MU
Jul 29: Humanity's Great Traditions of Inquiry and Action with CJ Fearnley
Watch it here: http://y2u.be/8RuHE_3FMUs
Aug 5: Optimize Everything: Interview with mathematician Spencer Greenberg on Psychology, society, technology & science
Aug 12: The Necessities and Impossibilities of Comprehensivism with CJ Fearnley
Watch it here: http://y2u.be/u6372Te2YA8
Aug 19: Polymaths in 21st Century with Angela
Watch it here: http://y2u.be/ltbPex0oVAY
Aug 26: The Art-Experience and The Architecture of Our Identities with Karen
Sep 2: Neuroscience: Why are our Habits so Powerful? with Sanjay
Sep 9: Four Cardinal Greek Virtues in Visual Art & Mythology by John Roth
Sep 16: The Fundamental Role of Story in Our Lives with CJ Fearnley
Sep 23: Lightening Talks (Talk for 5 minutes about what you are exploring)
Sep 30: The Great Conversation & Syntopicon of Mortimer Adler with Shrikant
52 Living Ideas records Comprehensivist Wednesdays events and posts them on YouTube. Feel free to keep your video on or off as you prefer. Watch all their past Meetups at: https://www.youtube.com/c/52LivingIdeas?sub_confirmation=1