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Organising the Mind

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Tom Sutcliffe is joined in the studio by Daniel Levitin, author of New York Times bestseller 'The Organized Mind'. Levitin dismisses the idea of multi-tasking and explores how we can counter information overload. But the poet Frances Leviston with her latest collection, Disinformation, believes her best work is conceived in disorganisation. The cognitive scientist Maggie Boden puts forward the idea that computers can be highly creative, and the conductor Ian Page celebrates the genius of Mozart who wrote his first symphony in London at the age of eight.

Producer: Katy Hickman. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Levitin
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Boden
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Leviston
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Page
Producer:
Katy Hickman

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