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The Unfolding Thought Podcast asks a provocative question: Why do we—and the groups we form—think and act the way we do? Although we may feel we understand ourselves and others, much of what drives our thoughts, choices, and behaviors remains hidden or overlooked.
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Life in Palestine Since October 7 | Sami Awad (opens the original)
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Sami Awad begins with an unexpected reason to be happy: his neighborhood in Bethlehem has running water for the first time in almost a month. In this episode of The Unfolding Thought Podcast, Eric talks with Sami, a Palestinian Christian and nonviolent activist, about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and life since the October 7, 2023 attacks. Speaking from his home in the West Bank, Sami describes a reality that extends beyond the war in Gaza. He recalls where he was when the attacks b
AI Is Making Hiring Harder, Not Easier | Ryan Hogan (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Unfolding Thought Podcast, Eric talks with Ryan Hogan about a hiring market that artificial intelligence was supposed to improve. Instead, employers can receive hundreds or thousands of automatically submitted applications. Ryan says Talent Harbor's clients may arrive with 500 to 2,000 applicants while only 1% to 2% appear worth a conversation. AI screens applications created and submitted by other AI systems, increasing volume while making qualified people harder to find.
What Simple Systems Are For | Mike Michalowicz (opens the original)
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Mike Michalowicz has spent nearly two decades developing simple systems for complicated business problems. In this episode of The Unfolding Thought Podcast, Eric talks with Mike about when simplicity helps, when it removes something essential, and what a constraint can reveal. Eric looks across Mike's books. The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur places responsibility on the founder who must keep everything moving. Clockwork and All In ask that founder to build a business and team that can continue witho
The Hidden Structure Behind Self-Help | Dr. Jeremy Stevenson (opens the original)
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Most self-help advice does not fail because the advice is wrong. It fails at the point where knowing must become doing. Clinical psychologist Dr. Jeremy Stevenson and co-author Spencer Greenberg analyzed 106 self-help books and 23 therapies, extracted nearly 500 specific techniques, and discovered that they could be organized into 12 broad psychological strategies. They call them The 12 Levers. In this episode of The Unfolding Thought Podcast, Eric talks with Jeremy about how cognitive restructu
Can AI Have Values? | Geoffrey Moore on Consciousness, Ethics & The Infinite Staircase (opens the original)
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Geoffrey Moore gave technology one of its most enduring metaphors: Crossing the Chasm. But what happens when a useful framework is mistaken for reality? In this episode of The Unfolding Thought Podcast, Eric talks with Geoffrey about The Infinite Staircase, his effort to connect physics, biology, consciousness, culture, language, ethics, and human purpose. Geoffrey explains why every framework has an "efficient frontier," a boundary beyond which it stops clarifying reality and begins distorting
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