Should We Rely on Experts to Tell Us What to Feel?

I fly solo in this week’s episode to share my feelings about the ‘experts’ in the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. I also discuss the much better doco, My Octopus Teacher and recollect my own memorable encounter with an octopus.

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Show Notes

The Social Dilemma, the Netflix documentary about the impact of social networking

An introduction to B.F. Skinner’s ‘Operant Conditioning’ work

Douglas Rushkoff, author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age

My Octopus Teacher, the Netflix documentary about the unusual friendship between a filmmaker and an octopus

A written account of my teachable moment with an octopus

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