Your Brain at Work

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as a general overview of the cognitive science of insight and focus that is useful for developers and knowledge workers.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Google TechTalks

Topic

neuroscience of productivity

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2011–2015

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From the original HN conversations

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• 1. It doesn't say Einstein was bad at math, it says his math skills aren't the reason he is considered a genius. 2. The Google TechTalk it references explains "insights from weak associations" in more detail: [VIDEO] 3. If you don't have perspective, how do …

• For more specifics into the cognitive science behind why this is - another good book, which has lots of wonderful references to studies on this topic (amongst other things), is "Your Brain at Work" by David Rock. Or, for the general overview you can watch …

• People who are into this kind of thing will probably like "Your brain at work" by David Rock. It covers this topic and a few more - it's pretty interesting stuff for developers and knowledge workers. There's also a tech talk here: [VIDEO] Also, get …