Alex Hutchinson

And he proposed this idea, this sort of stimulus response curve that's a very general phenomenon where it's like, for any given stimulus, if it's weak, we don't really find it very interesting. As it gets stronger, we find it more and more compelling. But if it gets too strong, understandably, we're like, yeah, we don't like that anymore.

And he proposed this idea, this sort of stimulus response curve that's a very general phenomenon where it's like, for any given stimulus, if it's weak, we don't really find it very interesting. As it gets stronger, we find it more and more compelling. But if it gets too strong, understandably, we're like, yeah, we don't like that anymore.

And he proposed this idea, this sort of stimulus response curve that's a very general phenomenon where it's like, for any given stimulus, if it's weak, we don't really find it very interesting. As it gets stronger, we find it more and more compelling. But if it gets too strong, understandably, we're like, yeah, we don't like that anymore.

And so for uncertainty, there's a lot of evidence that this is the case, even with like, you can take like eight month old babies and show them like patterns of toys coming out of a box or whatever. And if it's super predictable, it's always the same toy. They're like, oh, boring. And you can track their gaze to see if they're interested in.

And so for uncertainty, there's a lot of evidence that this is the case, even with like, you can take like eight month old babies and show them like patterns of toys coming out of a box or whatever. And if it's super predictable, it's always the same toy. They're like, oh, boring. And you can track their gaze to see if they're interested in.

And so for uncertainty, there's a lot of evidence that this is the case, even with like, you can take like eight month old babies and show them like patterns of toys coming out of a box or whatever. And if it's super predictable, it's always the same toy. They're like, oh, boring. And you can track their gaze to see if they're interested in.

And if it's super unpredictable, it's like always something different. They find that boring. But if there's some sort of regularity, it's not predictable, but it's not crazy. And you sort of feel like you could figure out the pattern. That's what we tend to find interesting. That's what this avant-garde is about. It's like an upside-down you.

And if it's super unpredictable, it's like always something different. They find that boring. But if there's some sort of regularity, it's not predictable, but it's not crazy. And you sort of feel like you could figure out the pattern. That's what we tend to find interesting. That's what this avant-garde is about. It's like an upside-down you.

And if it's super unpredictable, it's like always something different. They find that boring. But if there's some sort of regularity, it's not predictable, but it's not crazy. And you sort of feel like you could figure out the pattern. That's what we tend to find interesting. That's what this avant-garde is about. It's like an upside-down you.

You want to be in that sweet spot where it's like, I don't know what's going to happen next, but it's not just gibberish. This applies to music, for example. They've done analyses. It's like, if music is super predictable, this is why after the age of 10, we don't find Mary Had a Little Lamb that interesting. If it's super predictable, we don't find it all that compelling.

You want to be in that sweet spot where it's like, I don't know what's going to happen next, but it's not just gibberish. This applies to music, for example. They've done analyses. It's like, if music is super predictable, this is why after the age of 10, we don't find Mary Had a Little Lamb that interesting. If it's super predictable, we don't find it all that compelling.

You want to be in that sweet spot where it's like, I don't know what's going to happen next, but it's not just gibberish. This applies to music, for example. They've done analyses. It's like, if music is super predictable, this is why after the age of 10, we don't find Mary Had a Little Lamb that interesting. If it's super predictable, we don't find it all that compelling.

But if it's just random tones... We don't find that compelling either. There's a sweet spot, but that sweet spot depends on our experience too. So if you spend a lot of time listening to music or playing music or studying music, you start to prefer more and more complex and less predictable music because you're getting better at predicting what comes next.

But if it's just random tones... We don't find that compelling either. There's a sweet spot, but that sweet spot depends on our experience too. So if you spend a lot of time listening to music or playing music or studying music, you start to prefer more and more complex and less predictable music because you're getting better at predicting what comes next.

But if it's just random tones... We don't find that compelling either. There's a sweet spot, but that sweet spot depends on our experience too. So if you spend a lot of time listening to music or playing music or studying music, you start to prefer more and more complex and less predictable music because you're getting better at predicting what comes next.

No, I'm like, where is this going?

No, I'm like, where is this going?

No, I'm like, where is this going?

I'm trying to do it right now. I just feel like I look like an idiot.

I'm trying to do it right now. I just feel like I look like an idiot.