Cognitive Dissonance, Eliud Kipchoge, Audio | Feeding Frenzy 40

Feeding Frenzy is a weekly post that is a collection of knowledge to absorb. Every week you can expect something worth listening, reading, watching, and pondering. Think of this as a boost of the signal above the noise! 

In this edition, we have three podcasts worth listening too. We have a podcast on cognitive dissonance, Sal Kahn, creator of Kahn Academy, and Derek Sivers on the Knowledge Project. Worth reading, we have a story from Whoop how their device allowed a user to save their own life. Worth watching; we have videos on adjusting noise gate and compressor setting on the RodeCaster Pro. And as always, a few more topics worth your time.

Tag us in your favorite content in the week!

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Worth Listening

Carol Tavris, Ph.D. & Elliot Aronson, Ph.D.: Recognizing and overcoming cognitive dissonance | Peter Attia

The topic of cognitive dissonance is fascinating. Part of it for me is that no matter how much you are aware of it, we will still have blind spots. The best we can hope for is not to hold on too tightly to what we know. 

 

Sal Kahn | How I Built This

Last week, I shared Guy Raz on the Tim Ferriss show. So that prompted me to explore episodes How I Built. Seeing Sal Kahn has been recently interviewed, I caught my attention. I used Khan Academy to help get myself through calculus during college. To hear Sal's story and his attention to long term vision is commendable. 

 

Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation [The Knowledge Project Ep. #88] | Farnam Street

This podcast is with two of my favorite sense makers. Hearing Derek talks about his processes is nothing short of a master class. His thought process is one that aims to be as concise as possible. If you listened to Derek on the podcast, I'm sure you'll enjoy this one as well. 

Worth Reading

How Understanding My WHOOP Data Helped Save My Life | Whoop

"I checked my WHOOP data again and realized that my resting heart rate was through the roof. It's usually right around 54 bpm, but on this day it had gone from 55 to 69. In addition to that, my heart rate variability dropped immensely from 53 to 27. In hindsight, I can't believe that I didn't think for one second about having a heart condition--my head was still stuck on coronavirus."

Eliud Kipchoge Emerges as the Philosopher-King of Running | New York Times

Kipchoge has the requisite raw physical talent for racing. Still, the qualities that set him above the rest, Sang and several teammates said in interviews, involve his unmatched combination of discipline, self-belief, and psychological mettle. Sang spoke of Kipchoge's ability to "focus a notch higher" — during training, at key moments in races, and in avoiding the distractions brought by fame and wealth.

Worth Watching

RODECaster Pro Noise Gate Settings - V2.1 Firmware

Compressor Settings for RODECaster Pro v2.1.0

I recently found these two videos to help fine-tune the setting on my RODECaster Pro mixer. Generally, the setting out of the box improves the quality of audio significantly. Mostly what I've picked up on audio engineering has been trial and error. These videos gave me some insight into general rules on how noise gates and compressors can be adjusted.

Worth Pondering

"The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. "Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives, that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does." They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness. These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted."

― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

 

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Stay curious, and have a great week!

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