Unusual Connections

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I love understanding the mechanics behind society, technological development, politics, war-fare - just about anything. I tend to make unusual connections simply because of the way my brain is wired.

Louis D. van Niekerk

  • Jan 28, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 6m AVG DURATION
  • 8 EPISODES


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How you get fooled into not quitting when you should

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 7:34


Discover how your brain fools you into believing things and deciding matters that are fundamentally incorrect, without you ever knowing that it is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Covid-19 as an evolutionary filter

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 6:05


Covid-19 is showing us in real and practical terms precisely how evolution works ar least as far as the development of the immune system is concerned. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Why (some) Christians love Trump

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 9:35


It has been fascinating me for more than four years now how a man who so clearly lives anything but the Christian values, can have such a large following among Christians. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Why dophamine junkies are creative

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 6:50


I explore the link between the neurological pathways in creative people and why entrepreneurs are dophamine junkies --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Why the Dunning-Kruger effect prevents you from fulfilling your and others’ full potential.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2019 6:52


A players are rare. Not placing them together is an injustice because the Dunning-Kruger effect will see them diminished to the level of B-players. Find out how you are a victim of this cognitive bias whether you are a A, B or C-player. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Risk is an everyday life occurrence. Knowing how to identify it may make you happier.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 7:13


Don’t ever under estimate the risk-reward relationship. Make sure you know how to recognise and manage risk. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Why a birthday is nothing to be celebrated

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 4:58


Congratulations, it’s your birthday! Really, congratulations for what? I make an unusual connection about birthdays in this episode. Come and discover why maybe you should not celebrate your birthday or anybody else’s for that matter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

Why you don’t have to read your WhatsApps?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 5:29


We explore why nobody has the right to insist you read your WhatsApp, email, etc. If you don’t protect your privacy nobody will. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusualconnections/message

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