Laura Pike Seeley

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For researchers interested in the intersection of animal and machine intelligence, moreover, this “supervised learning” might be limited in what it can reveal about biological brains. Animals—including humans—don’t use labeled data sets to learn. For the most part, they explore the environment on their own, and in doing so, they gain a rich and rob... See more
from Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain
neural pathways we don’t use die off over time. What makes our brains hold on to these pathways — and create more — is not simply repeating the same things we’ve learned over and over again, but continually taking on difficult problems.
from Stanford duck syndrome: How the myth of effortless genius hurts learning
Neuroscience and learning
It’s human nature to tackle obstacles head-on, but this often results in us banging our heads against the wall or feeling completely paralyzed. The secret of hackers is that instead of avoiding or confronting the bottlenecks that lie in their way, they work around them.
from Why Managers Should Think More Like Hackers
The community is the Orbit, a futuristic-sounding name for a new district on the edge of the town of Innisfil, Ontario, a commuter city about a half-hour drive north of Toronto.
from fastcompany.com by Nate Berg
In the early years, WeWork's primary focus was on providing desk space for small-scale entrepreneurs. More recently, it has shifted towards serving larger businesses and organisations.
from "No one wants a sea of desks anymore" says WeWork's global head of design by Dezeen
So when the opportunity arises — whether that’s giving a big presentation, launching a new product, or starting a business or a family…
from Building a Second Brain by Atria Books
We’re applying technology as part of a larger system to enable the rapid development of housing, and it is an incredible challenge.
from fastcompany.com
Living in an age of digital distraction has wreaked havoc on our brains—but there’s much we can do to restore our tech–life balance.
from Error | Harvard University Press
While a robust digital workplace makes it easy for employees to connect and efficiently complete required tasks, a knowledge-centric digital workplace supports more effective problem-solving, creates leaders at all levels and promotes psychological safety by centering an organization's most valuable asset: the knowledge of its people.
from What Does It Mean to Have a Knowledge-Centric Digital Workplace? by Laura Pike Seeley

from Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain

from Stanford duck syndrome: How the myth of effortless genius hurts learning

from Why Managers Should Think More Like Hackers

from fastcompany.com by Nate Berg

from "No one wants a sea of desks anymore" says WeWork's global head of design by Dezeen

from Building a Second Brain by Atria Books

from fastcompany.com

from Error | Harvard University Press

from What Does It Mean to Have a Knowledge-Centric Digital Workplace? by Laura Pike Seeley