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Pomodoro Breaks

Panigrahi Nirma

Making a host of powerful literature in science, technology, humanities, business and management available with the help of advanced technology and generative AI tools.

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00:20:16

The order of time

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2025/02/26

"The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli, invites us to reconsider our time understanding. It challenges us to let go of our preconceived notions and to embrace a more nuanced and perhaps even unsettling view of this fundamental aspect of our existence.

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00:17:20

Observations in Quantum Phenomena

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2025/02/25

Observation plays a crucial role in quantum mechanics, seemingly forcing particles to "make a choice" and settle into a definite state. This is a mind-boggling concept that challenges our classical intuitions about reality. It's an area of ongoing research and debate, and it highlights the strangeness and wonder of the quantum world.

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00:19:05

Interpretations of quantum phenomena

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2025/02/24

Quantum physics is a mind-bending theory that describes the behaviour of matter and energy at the tiniest scales. It's incredibly successful, powering much of modern technology, but it also raises profound questions about the nature of reality. This is where interpretations of quantum physics come in.

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00:41:15

People Businesses

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2025/02/21

Adrian Furnham's "The People Business," a book exploring the application of psychology in business management. The excerpt covers various aspects of workplace psychology, including employee selection, motivation, team dynamics, leadership styles, and organizational culture. It examines common management beliefs, contrasting them with research findings and offering evidence-based insights. Additionally, the text discusses topics like the ageing workforce, the importance of emotional

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00:14:27

Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business

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2025/02/20

Understanding Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business examines the multifaceted concept of enterprise, exploring its narrow (business-focused) and broad ( encompassing personal attributes and societal impact) interpretations. The text analyzes various factors influencing entrepreneurial success, including individual characteristics, cultural contexts, and governmental policies. It also investigates the dynamics of small business growth, highlighting challenges and opportunities, and assesses

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00:20:17

Family businesses

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2025/02/19

Family businesses face unique challenges due to the interplay of family dynamics, business operations, and ownership structures. These three systems operate under different logics, leading to paradoxes that can cause conflict. Conflicts often arise from violated senses of justice, unfulfilled psychological contracts, and the transgenerational transmission of conflict histories. Escalation can occur when individuals attribute blame to a single person, make errors in social perception, and engage in

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00:19:22

Culture in Business

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2025/02/18

We'll explore concepts from a book at the forefront of this emerging field, drawing on interdisciplinary research and real-world examples. We will examine how this new area of scholarship bridges the traditional boundaries between the social sciences by using scientific habits and scholarship to address complex societal and business problems. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43199068

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00:15:30

Big business

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2025/02/17

The choice between supporting big or small businesses is a matter of personal preference and values. Both contribute to the economy in different ways. Small businesses offer unique products, personalized service, and a connection to the local community, while big businesses provide a wide range of goods and services, economies of scale, and global reach.

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00:32:37

Evolution Sociology

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2025/02/14

But human evolution is not just a story of physical changes. It's also a story of social and cultural evolution. As our ancestors developed more complex societies, they invented agriculture, built cities, and created intricate systems of governance, art, and technology. This cultural evolution has accelerated in recent millennia, transforming our world at an unprecedented pace

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00:14:35

Vaccine models

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2025/02/13

Vaccine models are valuable tools for understanding and managing infectious diseases. They provide insights that can inform public health decision-making and help us to develop and implement effective vaccination strategies

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00:27:53

Evolution Theory - NCT

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2025/02/12

Niche construction is the ecological process by which an organism alters its local environment (or another species'). These alterations can be a physical change to the organism’s environment, or they can encompass the active movement of an organism from one habitat to another, where it experiences different environmental pressures.

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00:36:42

Biological Clocks

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2025/02/11

Biological clocks play a crucial role in many physiological functions, including sleep-wake cycles, body temperature regulation, hormone levels, and metabolism. They also influence our mood, alertness, and cognitive performance.

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00:21:35

Active Inference

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2025/02/10

Active Inference is a theory explaining how organisms survive by minimizing surprise through perception and action. It uses the free energy principle as a foundation, deriving formal and empirical implications for cognitive and neural processes. The text explores Active Inference's applications across various cognitive domains, linking it to Bayesian inference, predictive coding, and other frameworks. It also examines the theory's biological underpinnings, relating its computational aspects

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00:24:07

Gender Equality

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2025/02/07

This article from the British Journal for the History of Philosophy compares the writings of 17th-century philosophers Poulain de la Barre and Simone de Beauvoir, focusing on their analyses of women's subjugation. Both authors viewed women's oppression as a complex process involving both force and the internalization of prejudice. The article examines how societal structures and ingrained biases contribute to the objectification of women, exploring the role of self-perception in perpetuating this

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00:23:15

Capital and Inequality

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2025/02/06

Piketty's work has sparked significant debate about inequality and its implications. It has influenced policy discussions and inspired social movements around the world. His research provides valuable insights into the historical trends of wealth concentration and the challenges we face in creating a more just and equitable society.

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00:28:01

Forms of Social Organisation

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2025/02/05

This article reviews two volumes of previously uncollected papers by the influential anthropologist Mary Douglas. The review re-examines Douglas's core arguments on the limited variety of fundamental social structures and their impact on thought processes, particularly within a Durkheimian framework. It discusses the author's typology of four elementary forms of social organization (hierarchy, individualism, enclave, and isolate), highlighting their dynamic interplay and how they shape cultural

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00:14:18

Structure of Language

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2025/02/04

Lasnik and Uriagereka's Structure: Concepts, Consequences, Interactions explores the nature of syntactic structure in human language. The authors, prominent figures in generative linguistics, present a detailed examination of syntactic phenomena, using formal language theory to model linguistic complexity. They argue for the importance of structure-dependent operations and challenging data-driven approaches to language acquisition. The book investigates various levels of syntactic complexity, from

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00:15:49

Reification and Totality

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2025/02/03

Both sources examine Georg Lukács's theories of reification and totality. The first article analyzes Lukács's concept of totality, exploring critiques from various thinkers and arguing that postmodern revenge films allegorically represent Lukács's totalizing process. The second article focuses on Lukács's theory of reification, contrasting reified and dereified social practices and applying this framework to contemporary social movements, suggesting that these movements enact a form of "democratic

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01:11:31

Strategic Thinking

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2025/01/31

Strategic thinking is a cognitive process applied to achieve a goal or set of goals. It involves analyzing the current situation, anticipating possibilities, and formulating plans to achieve desired outcomes. It's about thinking ahead, considering various factors and their interdependencies, and making informed decisions to maximize the chances of success. It's a crucial skill for leaders, managers, and anyone who wants to achieve their goals effectively.

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00:25:32

Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas (Advertising)

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2025/01/29

Rory Sutherland's Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense explores the limitations of purely logical, data-driven decision-making. Sutherland argues that seemingly irrational solutions often outperform logical ones because they better address human psychology and perception. The book uses numerous case studies from advertising and other fields to illustrate how seemingly illogical approaches – from pricing strategies to product design – can yield disproportionately positive

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