Oscillations

Space Juggling with Adam Dipert

(Bonus) The Concept of Value

(BONUS) In Search of Meaning

Psychology Gone Wrong with Dr. Maciej Zatonski

It is with some trepidation that we approach today’s topic. Nevertheless, given our throughline of the science of the mind in this podcast, the founders feel strongly that we need to address the pervasive cultural trend of psychotherapeutic practices. Psychotherapy is often taken for granted in many modern societies, and it’s often incorrectly seen as synonymous with psychology. What’s more, it’s also infiltrating culture, technology and art.  We imagine that even the most open-minded and s...

Creator Economy Investing with Rex Woodbury

When OSCILLATIONS got its start a couple of years ago, almost nobody knew what an influencer was, much less understood that an economy was emerging around them. Now influencers are called creators, and the value of creator networks is increasingly recognized in media and tech. Funds like Index Ventures and Lerrer-Hippeau are actively investing in the creator economy, the tools that power it, and the media brands that bring creators together to replace dinosaur networks struggling to maintain...

The Value of Attention with Joe Marchese

A central throughline at OSCILLATIONS is humans’ coevolution with technology. In our interview with Dr. Judy Fan, we talked about how human inventions like drawing and writing serve as cognitive technologies that allow us to jointly attend to the same ideas across space and time. These ancient cognitive technologies paved the way for our inventions of modern technologies, which are now having a disproportionate effect on our collective attention. Building upon these ideas, in our last interv...

How the Internet's Business Model Impacts Society with Tim Hwang

In our last episode, we talked about cognitive technologies, or behaviors that shape our capacities to think, communicate, and imagine. Cultural artifacts like language, visual drawings, math, and art are cognitive technologies because they allow us to link our minds together and invent new ideas that go beyond what any one mind could do on its own. They allow us to stabilize and share ideas across space and time to build increasingly complex tools, systems, and societies. Today, humans are...

Cognitive Technologies with Dr. Judy Fan

In the modern world, technology is all around us. It’s hard to imagine a life without our phones, our cars, and our apps. When we think about what technology is, we typically think about physical inventions, like lightbulbs, steam engines, and laptops, along with the algorithms these machines run on. Most people would agree that technology, broadly speaking, refers to the tools we invent to solve problems and simplify things. Moreover, many would also acknowledge that these tools often creat...

Cognitive Technologies for Communication with Dr. Judy Fan

In the modern world, technology is all around us. It’s hard to imagine a life without our phones, our cars, and our apps. When we think about what technology is, we typically think about physical inventions, like lightbulbs, steam engines, and laptops, along with the algorithms these machines run on. Most people would agree that technology, broadly speaking, refers to the tools we invent to solve problems and simplify things. Moreover, many would also acknowledge that these tools often creat...

The Art (and Science ) of Grace with Sarah Kaufman

Grace is a way of making others feel at ease. Like hospitality, good manners, cultivating a sense of fashion, and putting your best foot forward when it counts, grace is an ongoing effort and cultivated habit of making the world less stressful and more pleasing for those around us. For these reasons, grace is something like a virtue or a paramount “first principle” of social interaction. In this sense, grace is a courtesy; a respect for others. Grace reflects an awareness of being situated ...

Art, Entertainment, and Society with Brad Haugen

Art and entertainment play a central role in culture, shaping our preferences, attitudes, and values, and creating a sense of shared cultural identity. In the 21st century, new technological platforms have not only changed the way we consume art and entertainment, but they’ve also led to new genres of content and paved new pathways for creators. There’s been an explosion of new forms of expression, communication, storytelling, and connecting with others around the world. At OSCILLATIONS, we...

The Science of Self and Identity with Dr. Bruce Hood

Welcome to the OSCILLATIONS Podcast, where we invite you to participate in conversations at the intersection of art, culture, technology, and the science of the mind. There's often a lag between common knowledge and academic knowledge. Sometimes that lag can span decades or even centuries. What the average person might know about the latest ideas in politics. cognitive science, economics, or astrophysics, for example, may in fact be outdated by many years. The field of psychology is only...

What is the Meaning of Art? (Part 2)

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon This is the second part of our discussion: What is the meaning of art?  This may seem like an impossibly difficult question to answer. Art is subjective, right? Art is off limits to scientific analysis because it'...

What is the Meaning of Art?

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon What is the meaning of art? This may seem like an impossibly difficult question to answer. Art is subjective, right? Art is off limits to scientific analysis because it's too broad, vague,  and amorphous, isn't it?...

(BONUS) Lessons from History: Founders' Notes

In a special bonus episode, the OSCILLATIONS founders debrief and compared notes on their recent interview with dance historian Dr. Lynn Garafola. How does what we learned last week speak more broadly to our current era? What can OSCILLATIONS learn from the example set by the Ballet Russes? How can the unique history of art in the early 20th century inform our understanding of art, cognitive science, creative technology, culture, and politics one hundred years later? "Art is the signature o...

Lessons from History with Dr. Lynn Garafola

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon It's a great honor to be interviewing Dr. Lynn Garafola today. She is a pioneering dance historian and the author of several books, including "Diaghilev's Ballet Russes" and the forthcoming "Nijinska Choreographer ...

Lessons from History

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon It's a great honor to be interviewing Dr. Lynn Garafola today. She is a pioneering dance historian and the author of several books, including "Diaghilev's Ballet Russes" and the forthcoming "Nijinska Choreographer ...

Creativity is our Business

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

Creativity is our business

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

Your Brain on Art

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

Your brain on art

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

The World of OSCILLATIONS

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

The world OSCILLATIONS was born into

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

The World of OSCILLATIONS

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon A New Conversation between Artists, Scientists, and Technologists. OSCILLATIONS creates with over 100 of the world’s most accomplished dancers, visual artists, fashion designers, and niche creatives. Our partners ...

Coming Soon: The Oscillations Podcast

"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly Sills Join the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share. subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon An Ancient Stage. Oscillations are pulsating heartbeats, resonating instruments, and firing brains. They are rhythmic movements—a fundamental aspect of material reality. They are also a fundamental aspect of human...