Sitemap - 2025 - Shane O'Mara

learning styles: a seductive but utterly useless idea

interleaving: the mix-it-up memory method that works

umwelt

using your memory to strengthen your memory: retrieval practice

the agi dream keeps missing the point

why current ai integrations are so offensively stupid

the puzzle of authority when no one is really in charge

certain and wrong: you can’t enfactify your way out of it

the self as a governance unit

the planning trap: when more means less

unitary presidentialism as a collective cognition design flaw

against civilisational nostalgia: western identity and global cognitive drift

We are all (latent) cosmopolitan globalists

psychological reactance theory: this is why you resist change

‘a low dishonest decade’

the myth of a fixed personality

walking is fundamentally good for human wellbeing

looking into nostalgia’s mirror: bittersweet, fond-ish, social reflection

Institutions as Robust and Resilient, Dynamic, Human, Time-Travelling, Cognitive Communities

Decoding desire: brain science investigates the cosmetics industry

Catch up service

Exercise is a Universal Cognitive Enhancer: Bridging Gaps in Lifespan Brain Health

miscellany, kind of

Tariffs as 'costly punishment'

Part II: Resisting the Allure of Strongman Politics – Rewiring Our Primal Needs for Democratic Renewal

Part I: Rethinking Leadership – Beyond the Myth of the Strong Leader

short livestream

Interesting reads, March 2025 edition

How institutions think

When power becomes personal (part 2)

The Cognitive Dimensions of Close Reading: Themes and Ideas

Power dynamics of ultra-personalised leadership styles

What we are losing; what we have lost

Authoritarians: Some just want to watch the world burn; others prefer spreadsheets

When power is very personal (part 1)

Live with Shane O'Mara - Discussing Dan Davies fantastic new book 'The Unaccountability Machine'

Livecast with Chris Johns at 9 pm Dublin time/4 pm ET on Monday the 27th Jan

Base case for a democratic resurgence: We're (not entirely) doomed

Smarter thinking in everyday life

Pessimistic prospects for a democratic resurgence

Optimistic prospects for a democratic resurgence