Episode 3: Library and wandering mind In this podcast I discuss my first encounter with great authors in Gujarat Vidyapeeth library in Ahmedabad, India. I discuss how open access libraries are important part of discovering unexpected subjects, writers and ideas. I also reflect briefly on the book The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner. How wandering mind can generate creative solutions for difficult solution is described.
Books/articles referred in the podcast:
Baird, Benjamin, Jonathan Smallwood, Michael D. Mrazek, Julia WY Kam, Michael S. Franklin, and Jonathan W. Schooler. "Inspired by distraction: Mind wandering facilitates creative incubation." Psychological science 23, no. 10 (2012): 1117-1122.
Heilbroner, Robert L. The worldly philosophers: The lives, times and ideas of the great economic thinkers. Simon and Schuster, 2011.
Klinger, Eric. "Daydreaming and fantasizing: Thought flow and motivation." In Handbook of imagination and mental simulation, pp. 225-239. Psychology Press, 2012.
Smith, Adam. The wealth of nations [1776]. Vol. 11937. na, 1937.
Smith, Adam. The theory of moral sentiments. Penguin, 2010.
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