Are You Revealing Too Much or Not Enough? & How We Absorb Technology

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Social Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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How you think about getting older might be more powerful than you realize. Scientists have uncovered an unexpected connection between people’s beliefs about aging and what happens to them as the years go by. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12150226/ We’re often warned not to reveal too much about ourselves. Oversharing can make people uncomfortable, right? Maybe. But Harvard Business School professor Leslie John argues the bigger problem may actually be the opposite — sharing too little. In her book Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing (https://amzn.to/3ME0EVt), she explains how thoughtfully sharing personal thoughts, experiences, and vulnerabilities can strengthen relationships, build trust, and even improve professional success. Humans have a strange relationship with technology. Some innovations instantly become essential while others quietly disappear. New technology can spark excitement, fear, resistance, and creativity all at once. Vanessa Chang, Director of Programs at Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology and author of The Body Digital: A Brief History of Humans and Machines from Cuckoo Clocks to ChatGPT (https://amzn.to/4cqHjBE), explores how people historically absorb new technologies — and how those tools reshape the way we interact with each other and the world. When you buy new clothes, it feels natural to wear them right away. After all, they’re brand new. But “new” doesn’t necessarily mean clean. In fact, clothing can go through quite a journey before it reaches your closet — one that may make you think twice before wearing it straight off the rack. https://www.southernliving.com/should-you-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing-11885557 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS QUINCE: Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.dom/sysk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! SHOPIFY: See less carts go abandoned with Shopify and their Shop Pay button! Sign up for your $1 per month trail and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Shopify.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EXPEDITION UNKOWN: We love the Expedition Unknown podcast from Discovery! Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, on something you should know, what you think about getting older can impact just how much older you get.
0:09.5	Then the problem of oversharing, revealing too much, it may not be the problem you think it is.
0:16.0	The line between TMI, too much information, and the bigger danger, in danger in my opinion TLI to little information,
0:23.6	that line you can go further towards TMI than you think you can in all kinds of contexts.
0:31.6	Also, new clothes are not necessarily clean clothes.
0:35.6	And the interesting way humans slowly adapt to new technology,
0:40.3	then we can't live without it.
0:42.3	There was a study some years ago that tried to trace how many times someone touched their
0:47.5	phone in the day. The estimate was 2,600 times just for the average user. What? And power users, over 5,000?
0:56.9	All this today on something you should know.
1:01.0	You know, I'm a sucker for a good mystery.
1:03.5	Like, in the 1950s, a flight from New York to Minneapolis just disappeared over Lake
1:09.6	Michigan.
1:10.4	No wreckage, no answers. Or the
1:13.3	Diet Love Pass incident, a group of experienced hikers found dead under circumstances so strange,
1:20.0	people still debate what really happened. There's a podcast called Expedition Unknown from Discovery,
1:29.9	hosted by Josh Gates, and this is what he does. He doesn't just tell these stories. He goes there. He's hunted for priceless artifacts
1:36.3	stolen by the Nazis in World War II. He's traced the final flight of a pilot who vanished
1:41.9	mid-mission and searched the Great Lakes for a ship that
1:45.5	disappeared without a trace. If you love the unanswered questions of history, you know, the stuff
1:51.2	that makes you lean in, you're going to love this. Travel the globe with Josh Gates as he
1:56.8	investigates humanity's greatest feats and most iconic legends.
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