Affiliate Links for the Books:

Alva Nöe: Action in Perception: https://amzn.to/3kRWcV8

Rainer Maria Rilke: Duineser Elegien https://amzn.to/3F3LiCt

Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American mind: https://amzn.to/3YvyY4O

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Description:

In Conversation with the Host Friedrich Wicke, Prof. Oliver Brock talks about his early StartUp and Academic career in California, differences between the US and Berlin, the Science of Intelligence, Soft Robotics, Paradigms of Computation, Simplicity in Science, acoustic sensing and the Quest to build an artificial Hand.

0:00 Intro

01:25 Studies, Liberal Arts

04:38 Accidentally getting into Stanford

09:20 Early Career in Academia and at a StartUp

17:11 Return to Berlin, US vs. Europe

21:08 Science of Intelligence, Coordinating big Research Projects

28:56 Soft Robotics

35:58 Applications of Soft Robotics

39:14 Building an Artificial Hand

59:18 Book Recommendations