Ted Audio Collective

Hi everyone, here is a little something different for you today.

We're sharing an episode of the Ted Interview,

another podcast in the Ted Audio Collective.

It's hosted by author Stephen Johnson,

and you'll get to experience his conversations

with the world's most fascinating minds.

Right now, the topic of conversation is the future of work

and the future of intelligence.

Here's an episode we thought you'd like.

And if you want more, follow the Ted Interview

wherever you're listening to this podcast.

Welcome to the Ted Interview.

I'm Stephen Johnson, one of the defining properties

of a global pandemic beyond the life and death struggles with disease itself,

is the fact that it disrupts so many of the routines of everyday life.

Usually we're glad when the case counts drop

and we get to go back to normal life again,

attending in-person school or dining out in restaurants.

But in certain cases, the COVID disruptions have left us wondering

if some of our old routines were really the optimal ones.

Nowhere is this rethinking of habit more pronounced

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