Charan Ranganath

With my students, I have, you know, I had was very, very fortunate to have many people leave my lab after the pandemic, which destroyed so many careers and many people left my lab and I got faculty positions. I'm like so happy for them.

With my students, I have, you know, I had was very, very fortunate to have many people leave my lab after the pandemic, which destroyed so many careers and many people left my lab and I got faculty positions. I'm like so happy for them.

With my students, I have, you know, I had was very, very fortunate to have many people leave my lab after the pandemic, which destroyed so many careers and many people left my lab and I got faculty positions. I'm like so happy for them.

Well, thank you. You do well because you have good people in the lab, as you know. That's true. But what was interesting was I had finished the book and my lab was relatively empty, and I did feel purposeless. I felt that absence of that sense of this bigger thing.

Well, thank you. You do well because you have good people in the lab, as you know. That's true. But what was interesting was I had finished the book and my lab was relatively empty, and I did feel purposeless. I felt that absence of that sense of this bigger thing.

Well, thank you. You do well because you have good people in the lab, as you know. That's true. But what was interesting was I had finished the book and my lab was relatively empty, and I did feel purposeless. I felt that absence of that sense of this bigger thing.

And so part of the work is, you know, and this was like a thing that I felt doing the book promotion is I feel a sense of purpose in explaining science to people. I got an email this morning as I was getting on the plane from somebody who was asking me a question about memory. And I was just like, this is so cool.

And so part of the work is, you know, and this was like a thing that I felt doing the book promotion is I feel a sense of purpose in explaining science to people. I got an email this morning as I was getting on the plane from somebody who was asking me a question about memory. And I was just like, this is so cool.

And so part of the work is, you know, and this was like a thing that I felt doing the book promotion is I feel a sense of purpose in explaining science to people. I got an email this morning as I was getting on the plane from somebody who was asking me a question about memory. And I was just like, this is so cool.

You know, after you spend years lecturing students and some of them are sleeping in class and You wonder, is anybody really impacted by this? And it's just been a beautiful thing. So that gives me a sense of purpose.

You know, after you spend years lecturing students and some of them are sleeping in class and You wonder, is anybody really impacted by this? And it's just been a beautiful thing. So that gives me a sense of purpose.

You know, after you spend years lecturing students and some of them are sleeping in class and You wonder, is anybody really impacted by this? And it's just been a beautiful thing. So that gives me a sense of purpose.

I've come up with – I've really rededicated myself to research and we're doing these huge computational models of learning and I'm trying to get – we're doing VR stuff and we're going to be doing all sorts of new things in the research. And that gives me a sense of purpose.

I've come up with – I've really rededicated myself to research and we're doing these huge computational models of learning and I'm trying to get – we're doing VR stuff and we're going to be doing all sorts of new things in the research. And that gives me a sense of purpose.

I've come up with – I've really rededicated myself to research and we're doing these huge computational models of learning and I'm trying to get – we're doing VR stuff and we're going to be doing all sorts of new things in the research. And that gives me a sense of purpose.

But a lot of it to me about the connection thing that you bring up, it's super important because often I find myself, again, because of the ADHD thing, for all of these things that I like, there's things that you have to do that suck. And for me, that suckiness is utterly painful.

But a lot of it to me about the connection thing that you bring up, it's super important because often I find myself, again, because of the ADHD thing, for all of these things that I like, there's things that you have to do that suck. And for me, that suckiness is utterly painful.

But a lot of it to me about the connection thing that you bring up, it's super important because often I find myself, again, because of the ADHD thing, for all of these things that I like, there's things that you have to do that suck. And for me, that suckiness is utterly painful.

I mean, and I know there's a lot of people like, I know ADHD is over diagnosed right now for reasons that are interesting. And I know a lot of people, it's very kind of fashionable to say stuff, something like that. Maybe, I don't know, people can be judgy about this stuff. But for me, it really is painful.

I mean, and I know there's a lot of people like, I know ADHD is over diagnosed right now for reasons that are interesting. And I know a lot of people, it's very kind of fashionable to say stuff, something like that. Maybe, I don't know, people can be judgy about this stuff. But for me, it really is painful.