A fantastic chat with Alysson Costa from the University of Melbourne. Timestamps below.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:23 Alysson's Background 

04:16 Childhood traits stick with you

06:09 Clifton's Strengths

07:51 Knowing what makes you happy is like another level of happiness

10:09 Pandemic has accelerated Alysson's understanding of himself

13:07 Working and resting based on mood, not time of day

16:03 Pomodoro technique feels too artificial

18:27 It's part of the deal to get bored

19:45 If you realize you don't want to do a masters before you do a masters, you already did a masters

20:11 The need for context when giving advice

23:44 Taking Building a Second Brain again, not about the apps, but how someone with the same tools as you can do something completely different

25:14 Sharing workflows online

26:11 Building an amazing twitter experience

28:09 You're the sum of 500 people you follow https://gregfrontiero.com/2020/11/20/...

28:46 Possible solution to algorithms: make them transparent?

31:28 "Everybody needs to quit social media" is not a good solution

32:50 Over-focus on measurable metrics

33:38 Student's obsession with marks/grades is systemic

39:06 The one thing marks/grades don't measure

41:47 Looking for lost keys under the lamppost

43:13 Questioning whether or not to stay in academia

44:33 The spirit of engineering

45:40 Using multiple metrics rather than one

47:11 Where to find Alysson online

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