Podcasts about better angels our nature violence

Adam povyprávěl o svém VR projektu pro Oculus Quest s názvem Neofables. Tam využívá AI generované světy a celé to běží na technologii WebXR. Velice zajímavé povídání i třeba o byznys stránce takového počínání. * Neofables https://neofables.com/ * kniha Fight Right - https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Right-Successful-Conflict-Connection/dp/0593579658 * kniha The Better Angels of Our Nature - https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010 * kniha The signal and noice - https://www.amazon.com/Signal-Noise-Many-Predictions-Fail-but/dp/0143125087 * kniha Čísla nelžou - https://www.amazon.com/Numbers-Dont-Lie-Stories-Understand-ebook/dp/B08GJVP3GK

Freemasonry. Freemason pins from early 1800s/1900s: https://youtu.be/ltbNbEbfGrM?si=qp3FytLgXPv6rZ_x 4 things masons should do daily: https://youtu.be/fIeBhWIE18Y?si=89w5iYVkPNON9P0j Youth groups livestreams Ep 1: https://youtu.be/oJ0ZI7nELh8?si=tiU-NTqZ8iyr2ILi Masonic round table. Freemason fraternity. Began in England in 1717. Terminology: Launches. Grand Lodge. Lodges: -patriot lodge #1957 Fairfax, Virginia (academic lodge affiliated w George mason university, 2yo 10yr ago) -Wakigan lodge 78 in Illinois (blue lodge) -Corinthian Lodge #47 in Farmington, MN -Acacia Lodge #16 in Clifton, Virginia (country lodge) -Eyola Lodge #207 in Orlando, FL Appendant bodies The shrine Fellowship Job's Daughters Positions: Past master Senior warden Senior deacon Member AMD council Knight masons Royal arch (connects w/ blue lodge) Master mason (after a year?) New candidates Potentate Dues paying member Degrees: Order of corks Masonic doctorate degree First Second Third 33rd York rite Scottish rite Resources: Whence came you? Podcast Millennialfreemason.com blog The winding stairs podcast and blog “$40/yr The Masonic Society journal” this was 10yr ago Events: Masonic Week: www.yorkrite.com/masonicweek/ (now at yorkrite.org). what to expect: AMD councils: might put on degrees, worship, fellowship. Some sessions are closed. People come worldwide to DC. Books: “Comprehensive Freemasonry” by Henry Wilson Coil 33rd degree https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010 A House Undivided

Eliot and Eric host Robert W. Kagan, the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Of Paradise and Power, The Return of History, The World America Made, and The Jungle Grows Back to discuss his new book The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941. They discuss the irresponsibility of American policy making after World War I, whether or not a more robust U.S. commitment to European security could have produced the kind of security order that the U.S. helped create after 1945, the ambivalence of American thinking about the necessity of global order and a reluctance to play a leading role in securing it, and the role of moral and ideological impulses in U.S. policy making. They also assess Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt as statesmen and the state of the study of diplomatic history in the academy today. Dangerous Nation by Robert Kagan (https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Nation-Americas-Earliest-Twentieth/dp/0375724915) Ghost at the Feast by Robert Kagan (https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Feast-Collapse-1900-1941-Dangerous/dp/0307262944/) “The America trap: Why our enemies often underestimate us,” by Robert Kagan (Excerpt from Ghost at the Feast) in Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/robert-kagan-america-trap-world-war-hitler-japan/) The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker (https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010) “The End of History?” by Francis Fukuyama (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24027184) The Change in the European Balance of Power by Williamson Murray (https://www.amazon.com/Change-European-Balance-Power-1938-1939/dp/0691101612) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eliot and Eric host Robert W. Kagan, the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Of Paradise and Power, The Return of History, The World America Made, and The Jungle Grows Back to discuss his new book The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941. They discuss the irresponsibility of American policy making after World War I, whether or not a more robust U.S. commitment to European security could have produced the kind of security order that the U.S. helped create after 1945, the ambivalence of American thinking about the necessity of global order and a reluctance to play a leading role in securing it, and the role of moral and ideological impulses in U.S. policy making. They also assess Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt as statesmen and the state of the study of diplomatic history in the academy today. Dangerous Nation by Robert Kagan (https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Nation-Americas-Earliest-Twentieth/dp/0375724915) Ghost at the Feast by Robert Kagan (https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Feast-Collapse-1900-1941-Dangerous/dp/0307262944/) “The America trap: Why our enemies often underestimate us,” by Robert Kagan (Excerpt from Ghost at the Feast) in Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/robert-kagan-america-trap-world-war-hitler-japan/) The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker (https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010) “The End of History?” by Francis Fukuyama (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24027184) The Change in the European Balance of Power by Williamson Murray (https://www.amazon.com/Change-European-Balance-Power-1938-1939/dp/0691101612) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ukraine-Russia conflict has dominated headlines over the past few months, with countless theories and hypotheses being touted to explain Russia's aggression. Join us as we talk to one of the world's leading experts on violence and politics, Professor Chris Blattman. We start the episode with an explanation of why Chris chose to write his latest book Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace, and how he can apply the logic within to explain Putin's motivations and behavior. We learn why peace is a better driver for innovation and competition than war, and what Chris feels about the controversial observations made by John Mearsheimer about the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Tune in to learn what the George Washington example is, and the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rising levels of violence within the USA. We next move on to the role of CBT in reducing violence across the globe, with some insightful examples of Mr. Rogers-like personas across Africa who Chris has worked with. This episode is jam-packed with tons of fascinating insights into current affairs, how to best tackle poverty, theoretical debate and so much more. Join us today as we talk to a true role model and thought leader on another episode of the Charter Cities podcast.   Key Points From This Episode:   •   An introduction to Chris Blattman, author, economist, political scientist, expert on violence, and seasoned peacebuilder. •   The inspiration behind why Chris wrote Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. •   Chris's response to John Mearsheimer's observations on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. •   Why Chris is content that his book was published before Russia invaded Ukraine. •   The five logics of war applied to the Ukraine-Russia conflict: unchecked interests, intangible incentives, uncertainty, commitment problems, and misperceptions. •   Why Chris feels that peace drives competition and innovation better than war. •   The George Washington example: what it means and how it can be applied to other situations. •   Why Chris is interested in applying Machiavellian logic to his research and blogging. •   How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted levels of violence within the USA, and why. •   Why the Mr. Rogers principle is so effective, and examples Chris has come across in other countries. •   CBT and how it can be applied to reduce poverty. •   The monetary values associated with CBT across different cultures. •   Why oversimplifying complex problems is bad for the solution, and why including locals in the solution is key to success. •   An example of one of Chris' RCTs that failed! •   Why Chris feels that he might have had a larger impact on society if he had moved into consulting in Africa. •   The factors that helped to make the Harris School the success it is today. •   Why Chris thinks giving cash is more effective at reducing poverty than other interventions. •   How decentralizing power will be the ultimate solution to poverty. •   Chris's thoughts on the Charter Cities Institute and goals. •   Where Chris is now, and the issues he will be researching in the next five years.     Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisblattman/ (Chris Blattman on LinkedIn) https://chrisblattman.com/ (Chris Blattman) https://chrisblattman.com/why-we-fight/ (Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace) https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010 (The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined) https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-tilley-obe-a242501b8/?originalSubdomain=uk (Charles Tilley on LinkedIn)...

Special Offer for 10MJ Listeners: Get 50% Your First Test Using PickFu - https://www.pickfu.com/10mj Have questions? Follow 10MJ on https://www.fb.com/10millionjourney Follow 10MJ on Instgram: @10millionjourney   In today’s episode, my guest is Anthony Cofrancesco. Anthony has a wealth and exciting journey from dropping out of college become an entrepreneur to working in Amazon itself dealing with warehouse fraud, mitigating some of the hard situations, to being an Amazon seller, having an Amazon agency in the Philippines, and currently being part of one of my favorite tools pickfu. It allows you to split the different elements of your products, copy images and get real feedback from real people. Long story short, we are in for a treat! Resources mentioned in this episode: Book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari ( https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095) Book Anthony recommends: Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker(https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010) Connect with Anthony:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthonycofran/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tony.cofrancesco LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/antcofranc/ Website: https://www.pickfu.com/ Pickfu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pickfupolls/ Pickfu Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/pickfu  

(01:39) Segment 1: Christophe Difo and Sean Prophet break down the news. The final presidential debate, white supremacist violence, death squads in Nigeria, Poland's new abortion ban, and the Geneva Consensus Declaration stating that there is "no international right to abortion." (38:40) Segment 2: Star Trek Discovery and Evolutionary Psychology. Our Better Angels and the Five Inner Demons. Universal human values. Honor culture and its perversions. (01:26:02) Off the Radical Secular Radar. (01:28:58) Segment 3: Radical Solutions. Relationships with friends and family in the Trump and post-Trump era. The Radical Secular presents politics from a liberal, cosmopolitan perspective. Show notes: https://apnews.com/article/police-violence-police-brutality-lagos-nigeria-98ee3550fb576d561d84b372a65cc95f (Nigerian death squads) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54642108 (Poland's Abortion Ban) https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/oga/global-health-diplomacy/protecting-life-global-health-policy/geneva-declaration.html (The Geneva Consensus Declaration) https://www.amazon.com/Blank-Slate-Modern-Denial-Nature/dp/0142003344 (The Blank Slate) https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence-ebook/dp/B0052REUW0/ref=sr_1_1 (The Better Angels of our Nature) ___________________________ Email: theradicalsecular@gmail.com Instagram: @radical_secular Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theradicalsecular Twitter: @RadicalSecular Podcast: https://the-radical-secular.captivate.fm All standard podcast venues: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon, Gaana, Saavn The Just Words Fallacy: https://medium.com/just-words-fallacy

I'm joined with David Dittemore, a retired engineer and active member of the organization Veterans For Peace. David and I discuss Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined. We also delve into issues relating to the death penalty, whether war is inevitable, and much more. While no prerequisites are required, links are included down below for Pinker's book and a link to support Veterans For Peace. The Better Angels of our Nature: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010 Veterans For Peace:  https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/donate

Jordan Dunne works as a Technical Program Manager at Google Payments. He previously worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft, Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer at Enlitic, and Product Manager at Vim. Learn more about Jordan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanwdunne/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanwdunne/) Want to level-up your skills in machine learning and software engineering? Subscribe to our newsletter: https://mlengineered.ck.page/943aa3fd46 (https://mlengineered.ck.page/943aa3fd46) Take the Giving What We Can Pledge: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/ (https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/) Subscribe to ML Engineered: https://www.mlengineered.com/listen (https://www.mlengineered.com/listen) Follow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieYouAI (https://twitter.com/CharlieYouAI) Timestamps: (02:00) How were you exposed to CS and why did you pursue it? (03:25) Is software engineering actually engineering? (06:40) How do you define product management? (11:05) When did you realize you wanted to be a PM instead of a developer? (16:40) Project vs Program vs Product Management (18:35) Effective PM as leverage on a dev team (24:05) What can engineers do to make PM's lives easier? (26:10) Companies moving towards technical PMs? (30:20) Handling the added uncertainty from Data/ML products (42:00) ML models held to a higher standard than their human equivalents (45:15) Why are Xoogle PMs so successful? (52:10) Google's and Boeing's cultures influenced by their business models (56:00) "Needless complexity" in PM (59:00) Getting better at estimation (01:04:00) Knowing ML evaluation metrics as a PM (01:06:30) Getting better at communication (01:14:20) Prioritizing what to learn (01:16:50) Keeping the big picture in mind (01:20:00) Rapid fire questions Links: https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Feedback-Science-Receiving-Well/dp/0670014664 (Thanks for the Feedback) https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010 (Better Angels of Our Nature) https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Talking-Stakes-Second/dp/1469266822 (Crucial Conversations) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/ (The Great Escape)

When we started this podcast, we wanted to provide education for parents and teachers to create a more emotionally aware environment but we also wanted to supply the general public with interesting psychological theory and research trends. This episode alongside Dr. Rob King was one of our favourites and delves into the evolutionary psychology of orgasms, mating and attraction. We speak about topics ranging from fertility to overcoming human instinct, and mass shootings to why smell matters. For the parents listening, Dr. King touches on alternative approaches of sexual education and why social media is particularly dangerous for young girls. Listener discretion advised. Hope you enjoy! Links: Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution (Elizabeth Lloyd, 2005) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328475.Case_of_the_Female_Orgasm Masters and Johnson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_and_Johnson Dan Savage (Savage Lovecast Podcast) - https://www.savagelovecast.com/about Steven Pinker (Book - The Better Angels Of Our Nature) - https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010 Rob King Psychology Today - https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/experts/robert-j-king-phd --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/motus-learning/message

We answer our first audio question, on whether academia is too broken to fix, and a second question on whether we’ve ever worried about the possible repercussions of our public critiques and commentary on academia. Show details: Our first audio question is from Erin Williams (@DrErinWill), who asks whether academia is too broken to fix The letter to the editor that got rejected, despite the publication of the response to the letter Harassment in academia Have we ever been worried that someone might say, "I'd never hire those dudes" because of what we say? Other stuff that has happened to us as a result of the podcast Fahrenheit vs. Celsius Supply and demand for academic jobs The criticism that comes with putting yourself out there Links - @ReproRocks (https://twitter.com/ReproRocks): for those working in reproduction to share their work through twitter - The Steven Pinker book - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010) - Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/drderringer/status/1110593951105540096?s=20) from @drderringer - Me too Stem blog (https://metoostem.com/) - Gideon on Twitter: @GidMK (https://twitter.com/GidMK) Other links - Dan on twitter (www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter (www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - Everything Hertz on twitter (www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - Everything Hertz on Facebook (www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/hertzpodcast) and get bonus stuff! $1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes) Episode citation and permanent link Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, April 1) "Too Young To Know, Too Old To Care" Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/W6MER (https://osf.io/345dk/)

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nicholas Zakas This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles talks with Nicholas Zakas who is a blogger, author, and software engineer. Nicholas’ website is titled, Human Who Codes – check it out! You can find him on Twitter, GitHub, and LinkedIn among other social media platforms. Today, Nicholas and Chuck talk about Nicholas’ background, JavaScript, and current projects. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 1:00 – Chuck: Welcome! Give us a background, please, Nicholas! 1:14 – Guest: I am probably best known for making ESLint and I have written a bunch of books, too! (See links below.) 1:36 – Chuck: JSJ 336 and JSJ 075 episodes are the two past episodes we’ve had you on! (See links below.) Let’s go back and how did you get into programming? 1:58 – Guest: I think the first was written in BASIC, which was on a Laser computer. It was a cheaper knockoff version. I think I was into middle school when I got into BASIC. Then when I got into high school I did this computer project, which was the first time someone else used one of my programs. 4:02 – Chuck: Was it all in BASIC or something else? 4:13 – Guest: Just BASIC, but then transferred to something else when we got our first PC. 5:13 – Chuck: How did you get to use JavaScript? 5:18 – Guest: 1996 was my freshman year in college. Netscape 3 got into popularity around this time. I had decided that I wanted to setup a webpage to stay in-touch with high school friends who were going into different directions. I got annoyed with how static the [web] pages were. At the time, there was no CSS and the only thing you could change was the source of an image (on webpages). On the you could do... 8:35 – Chuck: You get into JavaScript and at what point did you become a prolific operator and author? 8:52 – Guest: It was not an overnight thing. It definitely was fueled by my own curiosity. The web was so new (when I was in college) that I had to explore on my own. I probably killed a few trees when I was in college. Printing off anything and everything I could to learn about this stuff! 10:03 – Guest (continues): Professors would ask ME how to do this or that on the departmental website. When I was graduating from college I knew that I was excited about the WEB. I got a first job w/o having to interview. 12:32 – Guest (continues): I got so deep into JavaScript! 13:30 – Guest (continued): They couldn’t figure out what I had done. That’s when I got more into designing JavaScript APIs. About 8 months after graduating from college I was unemployed. I had extra time on my hands. I was worried that I was going to forget the cool stuff that I just developed there. I went over the code and writing for myself how I had constructed it. My goal was to have an expandable tree. This is the design process that I went through. This is the API that I came up with so you can insert and how I went about implementing it. At some point, I was on a discussion with my former colleagues: remember that JavaScript tree thing I wrote – I wrote a description of how I did it. Someone said: Hey this is really good and you should get this published somewhere. Huh! I guess I could do that. I went to websites who were publishing articles on JavaScript. I went to submit the article to one of them. I think it was DevX or WebReference. 18:03 – Guest: A book is a compilation of different articles?! I can do that. I wanted to write a book that would fill in that next step that was missing. I didn’t know what the book was going to be, and I decided to start writing. Once I’ve had enough content I would take a step back and see what it was about. (Check out Nicholas’ books here!) 19:01 – Chuck: Oh you can turn this into a book! 19:10 – Guest: There was very little that I had planned out ahead of time. Anything that happened to me that was exciting had stumbled into my lap! 19:37 – Chuck: That’s how I felt about podcasting – it fell into my lap/life! 19:50 – Chuck: Listeners – check out the past episodes with Nicholas, please. Nicholas, what are you proud of? 20:10 – Guest: In 2006, I was at Yahoo and started off with My Yahoo Team. This was the first time that I was exposed to a massive amount of JavaScript in a single web application. 26:21 – Chuck: Can you talk about your health issues? People would definitely benefit from your example and your story. 26:44 – Guest: I think it is something important for people to understand. The guest talks about Lyme Disease. 35:49 – Chuck: Yep taking care of yourself is important! 36:00 – Guest: Yes to enjoy time with friends and explore other hobbies. Help yourself to de-stress is important. Cognitive work is very draining. When you aren’t getting the right amount of sleep your body is going to get stressed out. Take the time to do nonsense things. You need to let your brain unwind! I love these adult coloring books that they have! 38:07 – Chuck: I love to take a drive up the canyon. 38:12 – Guest. 38:24 – Chuck: Yeah to focus on ourselves is important. 38:36 – Guest: Your body will make it a point to say: pay attention to me! Your body goes into flight or fight mode and your systems shut-off, which of course is not good. You don’t want your body to stay in that state. New parents get sick frequently with newborns, because they aren’t getting enough sleep. 41:08 – Guest: Get some R&R! 41:20 – Chuck: This is great, but I have another call! Let’s do some Picks! 41:35 – Advertisement – Fresh Books! 30-Day Trial! END – Cache Fly Links: React Angular Vue.js JavaScript Ember Elm jQuery Node DevX WebReference Nicholas C. Zakas’ Books ESLint NPM – ESLint Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease Lyme Disease Nicholas’ Twitter JSJ 336 Episode with Zakas JSJ 075 Episode with Zakas Sponsors: Cache Fly Get A Coder Job Fresh Books Picks: Charles Max Wood Wall Calendars – 6 ft. x3 ft. Nicholas Zakas Book: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker Adult Coloring Books

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nicholas Zakas This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles talks with Nicholas Zakas who is a blogger, author, and software engineer. Nicholas’ website is titled, Human Who Codes – check it out! You can find him on Twitter, GitHub, and LinkedIn among other social media platforms. Today, Nicholas and Chuck talk about Nicholas’ background, JavaScript, and current projects. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 1:00 – Chuck: Welcome! Give us a background, please, Nicholas! 1:14 – Guest: I am probably best known for making ESLint and I have written a bunch of books, too! (See links below.) 1:36 – Chuck: JSJ 336 and JSJ 075 episodes are the two past episodes we’ve had you on! (See links below.) Let’s go back and how did you get into programming? 1:58 – Guest: I think the first was written in BASIC, which was on a Laser computer. It was a cheaper knockoff version. I think I was into middle school when I got into BASIC. Then when I got into high school I did this computer project, which was the first time someone else used one of my programs. 4:02 – Chuck: Was it all in BASIC or something else? 4:13 – Guest: Just BASIC, but then transferred to something else when we got our first PC. 5:13 – Chuck: How did you get to use JavaScript? 5:18 – Guest: 1996 was my freshman year in college. Netscape 3 got into popularity around this time. I had decided that I wanted to setup a webpage to stay in-touch with high school friends who were going into different directions. I got annoyed with how static the [web] pages were. At the time, there was no CSS and the only thing you could change was the source of an image (on webpages). On the you could do... 8:35 – Chuck: You get into JavaScript and at what point did you become a prolific operator and author? 8:52 – Guest: It was not an overnight thing. It definitely was fueled by my own curiosity. The web was so new (when I was in college) that I had to explore on my own. I probably killed a few trees when I was in college. Printing off anything and everything I could to learn about this stuff! 10:03 – Guest (continues): Professors would ask ME how to do this or that on the departmental website. When I was graduating from college I knew that I was excited about the WEB. I got a first job w/o having to interview. 12:32 – Guest (continues): I got so deep into JavaScript! 13:30 – Guest (continued): They couldn’t figure out what I had done. That’s when I got more into designing JavaScript APIs. About 8 months after graduating from college I was unemployed. I had extra time on my hands. I was worried that I was going to forget the cool stuff that I just developed there. I went over the code and writing for myself how I had constructed it. My goal was to have an expandable tree. This is the design process that I went through. This is the API that I came up with so you can insert and how I went about implementing it. At some point, I was on a discussion with my former colleagues: remember that JavaScript tree thing I wrote – I wrote a description of how I did it. Someone said: Hey this is really good and you should get this published somewhere. Huh! I guess I could do that. I went to websites who were publishing articles on JavaScript. I went to submit the article to one of them. I think it was DevX or WebReference. 18:03 – Guest: A book is a compilation of different articles?! I can do that. I wanted to write a book that would fill in that next step that was missing. I didn’t know what the book was going to be, and I decided to start writing. Once I’ve had enough content I would take a step back and see what it was about. (Check out Nicholas’ books here!) 19:01 – Chuck: Oh you can turn this into a book! 19:10 – Guest: There was very little that I had planned out ahead of time. Anything that happened to me that was exciting had stumbled into my lap! 19:37 – Chuck: That’s how I felt about podcasting – it fell into my lap/life! 19:50 – Chuck: Listeners – check out the past episodes with Nicholas, please. Nicholas, what are you proud of? 20:10 – Guest: In 2006, I was at Yahoo and started off with My Yahoo Team. This was the first time that I was exposed to a massive amount of JavaScript in a single web application. 26:21 – Chuck: Can you talk about your health issues? People would definitely benefit from your example and your story. 26:44 – Guest: I think it is something important for people to understand. The guest talks about Lyme Disease. 35:49 – Chuck: Yep taking care of yourself is important! 36:00 – Guest: Yes to enjoy time with friends and explore other hobbies. Help yourself to de-stress is important. Cognitive work is very draining. When you aren’t getting the right amount of sleep your body is going to get stressed out. Take the time to do nonsense things. You need to let your brain unwind! I love these adult coloring books that they have! 38:07 – Chuck: I love to take a drive up the canyon. 38:12 – Guest. 38:24 – Chuck: Yeah to focus on ourselves is important. 38:36 – Guest: Your body will make it a point to say: pay attention to me! Your body goes into flight or fight mode and your systems shut-off, which of course is not good. You don’t want your body to stay in that state. New parents get sick frequently with newborns, because they aren’t getting enough sleep. 41:08 – Guest: Get some R&R! 41:20 – Chuck: This is great, but I have another call! Let’s do some Picks! 41:35 – Advertisement – Fresh Books! 30-Day Trial! END – Cache Fly Links: React Angular Vue.js JavaScript Ember Elm jQuery Node DevX WebReference Nicholas C. Zakas’ Books ESLint NPM – ESLint Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease Lyme Disease Nicholas’ Twitter JSJ 336 Episode with Zakas JSJ 075 Episode with Zakas Sponsors: Cache Fly Get A Coder Job Fresh Books Picks: Charles Max Wood Wall Calendars – 6 ft. x3 ft. Nicholas Zakas Book: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker Adult Coloring Books

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nicholas Zakas This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles talks with Nicholas Zakas who is a blogger, author, and software engineer. Nicholas’ website is titled, Human Who Codes – check it out! You can find him on Twitter, GitHub, and LinkedIn among other social media platforms. Today, Nicholas and Chuck talk about Nicholas’ background, JavaScript, and current projects. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 1:00 – Chuck: Welcome! Give us a background, please, Nicholas! 1:14 – Guest: I am probably best known for making ESLint and I have written a bunch of books, too! (See links below.) 1:36 – Chuck: JSJ 336 and JSJ 075 episodes are the two past episodes we’ve had you on! (See links below.) Let’s go back and how did you get into programming? 1:58 – Guest: I think the first was written in BASIC, which was on a Laser computer. It was a cheaper knockoff version. I think I was into middle school when I got into BASIC. Then when I got into high school I did this computer project, which was the first time someone else used one of my programs. 4:02 – Chuck: Was it all in BASIC or something else? 4:13 – Guest: Just BASIC, but then transferred to something else when we got our first PC. 5:13 – Chuck: How did you get to use JavaScript? 5:18 – Guest: 1996 was my freshman year in college. Netscape 3 got into popularity around this time. I had decided that I wanted to setup a webpage to stay in-touch with high school friends who were going into different directions. I got annoyed with how static the [web] pages were. At the time, there was no CSS and the only thing you could change was the source of an image (on webpages). On the you could do... 8:35 – Chuck: You get into JavaScript and at what point did you become a prolific operator and author? 8:52 – Guest: It was not an overnight thing. It definitely was fueled by my own curiosity. The web was so new (when I was in college) that I had to explore on my own. I probably killed a few trees when I was in college. Printing off anything and everything I could to learn about this stuff! 10:03 – Guest (continues): Professors would ask ME how to do this or that on the departmental website. When I was graduating from college I knew that I was excited about the WEB. I got a first job w/o having to interview. 12:32 – Guest (continues): I got so deep into JavaScript! 13:30 – Guest (continued): They couldn’t figure out what I had done. That’s when I got more into designing JavaScript APIs. About 8 months after graduating from college I was unemployed. I had extra time on my hands. I was worried that I was going to forget the cool stuff that I just developed there. I went over the code and writing for myself how I had constructed it. My goal was to have an expandable tree. This is the design process that I went through. This is the API that I came up with so you can insert and how I went about implementing it. At some point, I was on a discussion with my former colleagues: remember that JavaScript tree thing I wrote – I wrote a description of how I did it. Someone said: Hey this is really good and you should get this published somewhere. Huh! I guess I could do that. I went to websites who were publishing articles on JavaScript. I went to submit the article to one of them. I think it was DevX or WebReference. 18:03 – Guest: A book is a compilation of different articles?! I can do that. I wanted to write a book that would fill in that next step that was missing. I didn’t know what the book was going to be, and I decided to start writing. Once I’ve had enough content I would take a step back and see what it was about. (Check out Nicholas’ books here!) 19:01 – Chuck: Oh you can turn this into a book! 19:10 – Guest: There was very little that I had planned out ahead of time. Anything that happened to me that was exciting had stumbled into my lap! 19:37 – Chuck: That’s how I felt about podcasting – it fell into my lap/life! 19:50 – Chuck: Listeners – check out the past episodes with Nicholas, please. Nicholas, what are you proud of? 20:10 – Guest: In 2006, I was at Yahoo and started off with My Yahoo Team. This was the first time that I was exposed to a massive amount of JavaScript in a single web application. 26:21 – Chuck: Can you talk about your health issues? People would definitely benefit from your example and your story. 26:44 – Guest: I think it is something important for people to understand. The guest talks about Lyme Disease. 35:49 – Chuck: Yep taking care of yourself is important! 36:00 – Guest: Yes to enjoy time with friends and explore other hobbies. Help yourself to de-stress is important. Cognitive work is very draining. When you aren’t getting the right amount of sleep your body is going to get stressed out. Take the time to do nonsense things. You need to let your brain unwind! I love these adult coloring books that they have! 38:07 – Chuck: I love to take a drive up the canyon. 38:12 – Guest. 38:24 – Chuck: Yeah to focus on ourselves is important. 38:36 – Guest: Your body will make it a point to say: pay attention to me! Your body goes into flight or fight mode and your systems shut-off, which of course is not good. You don’t want your body to stay in that state. New parents get sick frequently with newborns, because they aren’t getting enough sleep. 41:08 – Guest: Get some R&R! 41:20 – Chuck: This is great, but I have another call! Let’s do some Picks! 41:35 – Advertisement – Fresh Books! 30-Day Trial! END – Cache Fly Links: React Angular Vue.js JavaScript Ember Elm jQuery Node DevX WebReference Nicholas C. Zakas’ Books ESLint NPM – ESLint Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease Lyme Disease Nicholas’ Twitter JSJ 336 Episode with Zakas JSJ 075 Episode with Zakas Sponsors: Cache Fly Get A Coder Job Fresh Books Picks: Charles Max Wood Wall Calendars – 6 ft. x3 ft. Nicholas Zakas Book: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker Adult Coloring Books

Former Major in the Special Air Service (SAS) and Consultant Floyd Woodrow joins us to talk about how leaders can drive their teams to success and the defining factors in forming a strategy which motivates and inspires businesses to reach their potential. Floyd will be speaking at the [World Class Leadership Conference 2018](http://be-world-class.com/event/world-class-leadership-conference-2018/). Purchase your ticket by [Clicking Here](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-class-leadership-2018-tickets-32185301102) Find Floyd [Website](http://compassforlife.co.uk/) [Elite!](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elite-Secret-Exceptional-Leadership-Performance/dp/1908739452) [The Warrior, The Strategist and You](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warrior-Strategist-You-Purpose-Potential/dp/1783962739/) [The Better Angels Of Our Nature](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0141034645)