How To Earn A Living Building Things Out Of LEGO And How To Keep Your Brain Healthy By Playing Video Games
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4 min readJan 19, 2021
Do your parents think videogames are bad for you? Have they been telling you to grow up and get a job? They’ll love this episode!
This Episode’s Highlights:
- How to Keep Your Brain Healthy by Playing Video Games (and Which Kinds?)
- How to Get Paid To Play With LEGOs — There’s More Than One Way To Get Paid
- … and a few other interesting bits here and there!
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(Scroll Down for Time Stamps, Highlights, Key Links, and Everything Else 👇)
Errata:
- At 20:59, when starting the segment involving Dirk Denoyelle, the original audio track had some pretty bad errors at the beginning so I had to re-record the first few seconds and overlay it on to the original recording. This is why it sounds different and somewhat disjointed in terms of flow.
- At 21:22, when starting the segment talking about Nathan Sawaya, the same errors were found and I had to do the same.
Time Stamps:
- 00:00 … Episode Preview
- 00:39 … Welcome to the Show
- 02:03 … How Do Brain Scientists Keep Their Brains Healthy?
- 04:41 … How Relationships and Social Interaction Affect Brain Health
- 05:15 … Can Videogames Help Keep Your Brain Healthy and Prevent Dementia?
- 07:31 … New places where you can find the podcast online (and why)
- 10:47 … Throughout the years: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
- 11:36 … Jumpei Mitsui — a Man Who Gets Paid to Make Stuff With LEGO
- 13:39 … How Can YOU Become Someone Who Gets Paid To Play With LEGO?
- 14:13 … How to Become a LEGO Master Builder
- 16:05 … Are there any downsides to being a LEGO Master Builder? What does a LEGO Master Builder Do?
- 17:53 … How Do You Become A LEGO Certified Professional?
- 19:57 … What does it mean to be a LEGO Certified Professional?
- 20:36 … What Kinds of People Become LCPs? (Sean Kenney, Dirk Denoyelle, and Nathan Sawaya)
- 22:18 … Featured Track
- 22:59 … Episode Wrap-Up, Secret Link, and a parting thought from F.M. Alexander on Habits
Episode Highlight ⚡: Jumpei Mitsui x The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
The Original by Hokusai
Episode Highlight ⚡: Andrew Johnson — How To Apply For A Job To Get Paid For Playing With LEGO
Key Links 🔑
- A brain scientist who studies Alzheimer’s explains how she stays mentally fit
- Older Folks Get Modest Memory Boost From Brain Boot Camp
- STUDY: Social relationships and risk of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies
- STUDY: Cognitive Enhancement via Neuromodulation and Video Games: Synergistic Effects? | Study Reveals the Benefits of Video Games for Brain Health
- STUDY: Playing Super Mario induces structural brain plasticity: gray matter changes resulting from training with a commercial video game
- Brain Training | Super Mario 64
- Edward Snowden | Citizenfour | Thoughtcrime
- LEGO Certified Professionals | Sean Kenney | Dirk Denoyelle | Nathan Sawaya
Secret Link 🕵️♂️
Is this hot? Is this cool? You decide.
Featured Track 🎶
This Episode’s Featured Track is the Spin Doctors’ “Two Princes” from their 1991 album “Pocket Full of Kryptonite”.
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🌐 Spin Doctors | Official Website
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