The Voice Computing (Siri and Alexa) Revolution & Why So Many Bosses are Incompetent

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Does cooking food on the grill increase your risk of getting cancer? The answer is – maybe. But it isn’t that simple. This episode begins with a discussion on which foods may or may not increase cancer risk and how you cook that food may make all the difference. (http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/does-grilling-really-cause-cancer) In the old Star Trek TV show (filmed about 50 years ago), Scotty used to talk to the computer on board the starship Enterprise. That was how he communicated his commands. Fast forward to today and we are now doing the same thing with Siri and Alexa. So, is voice computing the beginning of a new revolution in computing that will unshackle us from the keyboard? Or is it just a quick way to set a timer, play music and find the nearest fast food restaurant - but not much more? Journalist James Vlahos joins me to discuss this. James is a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Popular Science, Scientific American, the Atlantic, GQ, and National Geographic – and he is author of the book Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work (https://amzn.to/2YinseC) What do Adidas, Ikea, Nutella, Porsche and Hermes have in common? They are all name brands that many people mispronounce. Listen to hear if you’ve been pronouncing them correctly or not. http://www.businessinsider.com/brand-names-mispronounced-2016-5 Have you ever worked for an incompetent boss and wondered how he or she ever got to where they are? There are interesting reasons why so many leaders in high places are incompetent – and it has been researched by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at University College in London and Columbia University in New York. He is also author of the book Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders (and how to fix it). (https://amzn.to/2Jxqk37). He joins me to explain why this happens and how to stop it. This Week’s Sponsors -LinkedIn. Go to www.LinkedIn.com/podcast to get $50 off your first job posting. -Ancestry. Go to www.Ancenstry.com/something to get your Ancestry DNA kit for only $50 (offer expires 5/13/19) -Better Help. Go to www.BetterHelp.com/SYSK to get 10% off your first month of counseling -Away Travel. For $20 off a suitcase go to www.awaytravel.com/something and use the promo code: something -Capital One. www.Capitalone.com. What’s in your wallet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on Something You Should Know, is it true cooking food on the grill can cause cancer?
0:07.3	I'll tell you what the science says.
0:09.7	Then the world of voice computing, Siri and Alexa, is it the beginning of a revolution or
0:15.7	it just is what it is?
0:17.6	The basic utilities are popular, setting timers, playing music is very popular, but beyond
0:23.7	that there haven't been a ton of just killer apps for voice yet, and that's something
0:28.7	that people in the voice community are fratting about a bit.
0:32.1	Plus, name brands you may be mispronouncing, like Adidas and Nutella, and a lot of bosses
0:39.1	and leaders are really incompetent.
0:41.6	Why is that, and how do we fix it?
0:44.0	If we focus more on competence instead of confidence, more on humidity instead of charisma
0:49.1	and more on integrity instead of narcissistic tendencies, we will end up with better leaders,
0:54.8	both male and female.
0:56.1	Call this today on Something You Should Know.
1:16.0	So depending on where you live, the weather should be warming up, thoughts turn to summer,
1:22.7	and thoughts turn to outdoor cooking, and there has been a lot written in recent years
1:27.8	about the dangers of outdoor cooking, essentially that it can lead to cancer, but when you look
1:33.6	closer, it seems to be more about how you cook on the grill.
1:38.1	First of all, the risk is almost exclusively from grilling meat, not vegetables or anything
1:43.6	else, just meat, and from cooking to meat too hot, if you're incinerating your meat, you
1:50.2	are increasing your risk of cancer.
1:53.3	Low and slow is the way to go when cooking on the grill.
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