Evaluating Artificial Intelligence with both our hearts and our mind's intellectual capacities reveals unexpected, powerful, and compelling ideas, as detailed in this episode.

Show Notes for Episode 27

Our social media engagement adds value to our lives, at least that's what it's supposed to do. This episode explores some of the hidden aspects of social media that affect our experience and our children's encounters.

Exercises: Ways to think about the ideas developed in the episode:

1) The episode reviews several ways screens capture our attention, including the power in the machines themselves and the ways advertisers and creators use bells, whistles, and notifications to keep us engaged.

a) How do you combat these powerful pulls?

b) How do you protect your children?

2) Calming and entertaining children are important human activities.

a) How do you see your role?

b) What roles do screens play in your house?

3) Childhood play is an important activity, one that evolves into the capacity to later enjoy our own lives. Screens, the episode suggests, negatively impacts childhood play.

a) Does this make sense?

b) How do you combat this effect?

4) Being able to listen to others, especially during uncomfortable times, allows us to make human connections.

a) What do you think of this idea?

b) How do you work at developing it?

Physician burnout is a widespread problem, and it can be reversed. This episode shows how thinking with heart and mind opens the door. Reversing physician burnout is vitally important to each of us. We are all patients.

Exercises for interested physicians based on the episode:

1) What would you like your patients to say about your medical practice? How close are you to being that physician? What would you have to change?

2) Should thinking with the heart play a role in medicine? How much of a role does heart-based thinking play in your practice?

3) Do you think there is value in preparing for a patient visit? How would you score yourself? What would you have to change?

4) Do you think you should spend less time in front of a screen during your patient encounters? Could you change this?

5) How well do you control visit time? Are you generally late? How could you get better at this?