You only have feelings. This is the paradigm argued for by Nick Shackleton Jones. Nick is the author of the book How People Learn, which offers an entirely new model for learning and cognition which he thinks can massively improve performance, learning, and education.
Nick is many things - he is an author, a speaker, a philosopher, a psychology lecturer, and has worked in both the academic and corporate worlds, including time at the BBC, Deloitte, PA consulting and others in positions centred around learning and innovation. He's a rare individual. I had so much fun talking to him. We talk about his ideas, philosophy, neuroscience, how best to learn, consciousness and AI, among many other things . There's a lovely mix of practical and intellectual stuff here, so I think there's something for everyone - please enjoy.
You can also find a video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/UdD6sbBeer4
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro 01:22 You don't have thoughts, you only have feelings 04:36 The philosophical foundations 06:10 But what about maths? 10:16 What does "think rationally" really mean? 15:06 What is philosophy driven by? 17:49 Mandatory Stoicism dig 20:19 Nietzsche's point 21:44 Memory Champions 23:25 The Affective Context Model 26:59 Definitions of Memory and Learning 30:43 School doesn't help learning 37:33 Education reform 43:17 Why does everyone have to get along? 46:59 What's the difference using Nick's approach? 54:32 Making yourself care about what you need to learn about 57:37 We talk about World of Warcraft for a bit 01:03:42 Video games and Learning Design 01:06:37 Won't we just end up with Minecraft experts? 01:15:34 Advice for teachers 01:18:00 Should we rethink what intelligence is? 01:23:38 The problem of language 01:28:46 The AI question 01:33:29 What will technology be doing with us 10,000 years from now? 01:34:57 Does AI inevitably make us dumber? 01:40:39 How does Nick avoid nihilism?? 01:44:29 Pessimistic Meta-Induction 01:47:22 A joke about behaviourism 01:49:32 Does reality exist independently of our feelings? 01:54:58 What is Nick unsure of? 01:58:59 Why can't we create LLM's that have feelings? 02:03:34 Geniuses are affectation geniuses 02:05:49 Nietzsche's comedic life 02:12:08 What evidence could disprove Shackleton's paradigm? 02:18:09 Combating bad ideas online 02:25:28 Bad role models 02:30:15 The temptation of digital relationships for young men 02:32:09 The losing case for Reality 02:44:11 Where to find more of Nick's stuff
For more of Nick: https://www.tiktok.com/@shackletonjones https://www.linkedin.com/in/shackletonjones/
His book is called "How People Learn: A New Model of Learning and Cognition to Improve Performance and Education" and can be found on Amazon and other booksellers
For more of me: https://linktr.ee/Jacklawrence https://substack.com/@jacklawro https://www.instagram.com/jack.lawro/ https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.lawro
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