29 Sep The AI that Creates any picture you want – Explained
Artificial Intelligence researchers investigating automated image capturing processes. Playing with images and text to generate novel scenes that don't happen in the real world...
Problem Solving
29 Sep Tech Monopolies; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Posted at 09:51h
in Business, C1 - Advanced, Economics, Last Night Tonight, Management, Politics, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Technology
Do you actually know which tech companies are considered monopolies under the law, and which ones just feel like monopolies in everyday life?...
29 Sep How these Startups growth hacked their first customers
Posted at 09:40h
in Business, C1 - Advanced, Economics, Management, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Slidebean, Technology
Could you get your first 100 customers without a product, a budget, or a pitch deck?...
28 Sep Beware online «filter bubbles» TED
Posted at 12:18h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Environment, Management, Politics, Problem Solving, Technology, TED
Do you actually know what your social media feed is hiding from you, or do you just assume you're seeing everything?...
28 Sep The 4 Things it Takes to be an Expert
Posted at 11:38h
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What does a chess grandmaster and someone who memorised 70,000 digits of pi actually have in common?...
28 Sep The Science of Thinking: System 1 Vs System 2
Posted at 11:32h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Management, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science, Veritasium
Do you actually think before you make decisions at work, or are you just pattern-matching on autopilot?...
04 Sep The dangers of copying successful people – non guided – template
Posted at 21:47h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Management, Non Guided, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology
This short video (3m20s) takes a look at people’s tendency to look for "magic formulas" to achieve success. For example, should you be waking up at 5 o’clock every day like Michelle Obama and Apple CEO Tim Cook (he actually wakes up at 3.45!)? Is...
01 Jun Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
If two competitors both stay silent, they both win. So why do people so often betray each other anyway?...
30 May The dangers of copying successful people
Posted at 19:45h
in B1 - Intermediate, BBC, Business, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
If Bill Gates dropped out of university and became a billionaire, does that mean dropping out was the reason he succeeded?...
26 May What would you learn if you read 100 self-help books?
Posted at 11:37h
in B1 - Intermediate, Business, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
Is reading 100 self-help books an act of serious self-investment, or just an expensive way to avoid actually changing?...