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Tue. 01/18 - tl;dr idk (and that's ok)

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Choosing to remain in the dark; on the power of “deliberate ignorance.” Plus, AI that can make academic articles more comprehensible, and one site in particular that took off last week. And a new browser-based history game that I at least can’t stop playing. Sponsors: Munk Pack, Use code KRH at Munkpack.com for 20% off your first purchase Jenni Kayne, Use code KRH at jennikayne.com for 15% off your first order Links: What We Don't Want to Know (Vice) "Deliberate ignorance can be understood as a cultural skill" (Max Planck Society) Jon Hamm Narrates Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Updated for the Timeline Era (Kottke.org) A New Use For Ai: Summarizing Scientific Research For Seven-Year-Olds (The Verge) tl;dr papers  tl;dr papers twitter examples  This AI model will help you summarise a research paper in seconds (Study International) Wikitrivia is a web game that challenges your knowledge of historical dates (The Verge) Wiki History Game “Weird Al” Yankovic Biopic to Star Daniel Radcliffe (Pitchfork) Daniel Radcliffe to Play 'Weird Al' Yankovic in Roku Movie (Variety) Daniel Radcliffe tweet (Aliza Weinberger, Twitter) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.4

I'm Jackson Bird today.

0:42.7

Choosing to remain in the dark on the power of deliberate ignorance.

0:48.2

Plus, AI, that can make academic articles more comprehensible,

0:52.5

and one site in particular that took off last week,

0:55.7

and a new browser-based history game that I at least can't stop playing. Here are some of the

1:01.7

cool things from the news today. As you are listening to this podcast, I can assume you are

1:10.5

probably a curious person.

1:12.8

Maybe the kind of person who has an insatiable urge to learn anything and everything.

1:17.9

That's the kind of person I am too.

1:20.0

I'm so curious about so many different things that, in fact, on the rare occasion that I'm

1:24.9

uninterested in something, I actually lean into that because I know I need to rein myself in.

1:30.8

You know, if one day I become interested in it, so be it, but for now, I've got such a tendency to want to learn and know and try so many different things

1:38.6

that it's almost refreshing when I encounter something I'm not interested in.

1:43.9

There are also the things that I am curious about, but I try to exercise restraint and

1:49.0

not uncover more information about because I'm aware of various ways I might regret acquiring

1:55.0

that knowledge. You know, maybe spoilers for a book or movie I'm really excited about.

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