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Smart People Podcast

Annie Murphy Paul - How to Overachieve with our Limited Brain

Smart People Podcast

Smart People Industries

Business, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and The Best American Science Writing. She is the author of Origins, selected by the New York Times Book Review as a “Notable Book,” and The Cult of Personality. Her TED Talk has been viewed more than 2.6 million times. Annie is a recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship, the Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship, and the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellowship at New America. You can learn more about Annie at: anniemurphypaul.com. Annie's book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, is available now. We have a brand new podcast coming soon! To learn more about the upcoming show, sign up for the newsletter at smartpeoplepodcast.com/new. Become a Patron! Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast Sponsors: Felix Gray - Go to felixgrayglasses.com/smart for the best Blue Light glasses on the market! Donate: Donate here to support the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?

0:07.4

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0:13.8

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0:14.8

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0:17.1

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0:26.4

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0:29.7

On the beach.

0:34.8

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0:39.1

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0:41.2

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0:43.4

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0:50.5

The podcast where we talk to smart people, but not necessarily done by smart people.

0:52.2

That is an awesome question.

0:56.3

This one goes down probably on one of my top five. Hey, I like nutrition. I like to eat food. This is the coolest thing ever. We're going to do this forever.

1:00.6

I wish I paid more attention in that class. You know, I'm going to be honest. I don't understand that.

1:06.0

As a man, I don't get it.

1:09.5

Welcome to smart peoplepodcast.com.

1:13.4

Hello and welcome to smart people podcast conversations that satisfy your curious mind.

1:18.9

Chris Stemp here.

1:19.8

Welcome.

1:20.9

Yes, we're talking about the brain, the mind, one of the favorites, but we're doing it differently

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