Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 4 hours 25 minutes
episode 193: Infomagical Challenge 3: Magical Brain
Your third challenge: Avoid a trending topic, or “must read” today. Consume only what's valuable to you. Issued by Cates Holderness, who launched The Dress meme, and Ann Blair, historian of information overload. More instructions here: http://wny.cc/XOEXS
episode 192: Infomagical Challenge 2: Magical Phone
Tidy up your apps and transform your phone into a portal of wisdom. Brought to you by "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" author Marie Kondo herself. More information here: http://wny.cc/XPaMH
episode 191: Infomagical Challenge 1: Magical Day
No multi-tasking today. Work on one thing at a time, and give each task your full focus. For more information: http://wny.cc/XLutv
episode 190: The Case for Infomagical
All of the information you need about information overload. Sign up for Note to Self's Infomagical project at wnyc.org/infomagical!
episode 189: When FOMO Meets JOMO
Caterina Fake (the person who popularized the term "FOMO") talks with Anil Dash (the person who coined the term "JOMO"). Turns out, they're good friends.
episode 188: An Apology to Our Listeners. Because Two Dots.
Two Dots game director David Hohusen on what it's like to balance "caring about users' well-being" with "designing an addictive game." The brave man came back!
episode 187: A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Getting Organized (Plus: Survey!)
If you had to guess, how many facts have you taken in today? Dr. Daniel Levitin says it's probably way too many to process.
episode 186: Listen to Your Voicemail
Love it or hate it, there's at least one important thing only voicemail can do. A reprise of one of our favorite episodes from 2015.
episode 185: Why You Should Care About LEGO and Creativity
Your kid's seven new LEGO kits really do matter for the future of creative thinking.
episode 184: 5 Links We Would GChat You If We Were Friends
Caitlin Dewey, one of our favorite technology and culture critics/newsletter curators, picked five stories of the year for your listening (and actually relaxing into the idea that we don't REALLY have to care about EVERYTHING) pleasure.