Bob explains to X the alien what social media are and how humans use them. What are social media influencers? What’s the target audience for each social media? X wants to become an influencer and wants to understand how to do that. They also get into a discussion on if social media is good or not and how it has changed people’s behaviors in the last years…and what might be coming next with Artificial Intelligence (AI)! Do they have social media on Curio? How do influencers work there?

X is an alien that has chosen to do its PhD on "Habits and Behaviors of Multicellular Neural Pre-Enlightenment Organisms'', which includes humans. Bob is helping X with its PhD by answering its questions about human behavior, social norms, and culture.

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Sources:

Twitter is down to fewer than 550 full time engineers: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/20/twitter-is-down-to-fewer-than-550-full-time-engineers.html

The History of Social Media: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/social-media-history/462643/#close

Are We Really ALl Connected by Just Six Degrees of Separation: https://www.sciencealert.com/are-we-all-really-connected-by-just-six-degrees-of-separation

Social Media: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/social-media/

MySpace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

Biggest Social Media Platforms: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/

Study: On Twitter False News Travel Faster Than True Stories: https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308

The Emotional Combinations that Make Stories Go Viral: https://hbr.org/2016/05/research-the-link-between-feeling-in-control-and-viral-content

Social Media for Scientists: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-018-0253-6

Bob explains to X the alien what tax season is, how taxes are being used and how they applied all over the world. They get into a discussion on tax fairness and discuss the different ways we are paying for taxes on our everyday life. Why do we have progressive taxes? Why do we pay for things we don’t use? How does the government spend citizen’s money in Curio?

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Sources:

The first Income Tax: https://taxfitness.com.au/Blog/the-first-income-tax-egyptian-pharaohs-tax-3000-bc#:~:text=Egyptians%20did%20not%20have%20coined,the%20pharaoh%20in%20large%20warehouses)

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax: https://www.forbes.com/quotes/195/

Citizenship Based taxation: https://www.taxesforexpats.com/expat-tax-advice/Citizenship-Based-Taxation-International-Comparison.html

Al Capone’s Tax conviction: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/10/17/al-capone-convicted-on-this-day-in-1931-after-boasting-they-cant-collect-legal-taxes-from-illegal-money/

Droit du seigneur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_du_seigneur

Bob explains to X the alien what human art is, what art critics do and how you measure how valuable art is. They discuss what is considered art and what is not and get into a deep dive on art history and art origins. Do you know what is considered art? Is developing code an art? How do you measure the value of art and how much can you sell art for? What type of art do they have in Curio?

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Oldest Prehistoric Art: https://time.com/6107313/oldest-prehistoric-art/

The Art History Timeline: https://www.behance.net/gallery/17308455/The-Art-History-Timeline

Terracotta Army: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army

Why It’s Illegal to Take Photos of Eiffel Tower At Night: https://www.travelandleisure.com/photography/illegal-to-take-eiffel-tower-photos-at-night

Post-Impressionism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Impressionism

Cubism vs Expressionism: https://www.artlex.com/art-movements/cubism/cubism-vs-expressionism/#:~:text=Expressionist%20artists%20used%20loose%2C%20rapid,a%20reaction%20to%20modern%20art

Difference Between Dada and Surrealism: https://pediaa.com/difference-between-dada-and-surrealism/#:~:text=Dada%20and%20Surrealism%20are%20two,on%20ego%2C%20superego%20and%20id

Art Critic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_critic

12 Artistic Criteria: https://halcyontheatre.org/blog/tony/2012/08/12-artistic-criteria

Art History Timeline: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6cB-jttkBSE/TqlbS66d7MI/AAAAAAAAADQ/p5Poss1Aze0/s1600/ArtHistoryTimeline.gif

The Artists Afterlife: The Death Effect: https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2019/08/28/the-artists-afterlife-the-death-effect/

Average Life Expectancy: https://www.worlddata.info/life-expectancy.php#:~:text=The%20world%20average%20age%20of,data%20from%20the%20year%202020

Beeple Sold and NFT for $69 Million: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22325054/beeple-christies-nft-sale-cost-everydays-69-million

Bob explains to X the alien what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is, along with what is intelligence and emotional intelligence. They discuss the definition and development of artificial intelligence as well as the new advancements like ChapGPT. How do you know what can be considered artificial intelligence? How would X rate in an IQ test? Have they created artificial intelligence in Curio?

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Sources:

Intelligence Quotient (IQ): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient

Emotional Intelligence (EQ): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence

Google’s AI Passed the Turing Test: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/17/google-ai-lamda-turing-test/

Interchange by William de Kooning: https://timespek.com/interchange-by-william-de-kooning-critical-analysis/

AI for Social Good Guide: https://ai.google/education/social-good-guide/?category=examples

Bob explains to X the alien what Valentine’s Day is and why do humans celebrate the day of love…which brings them to explore what love is. How do you know you are actually feeling love and not something else? They get into a discussion about why we use hearts to represent love and what are the main love associations and why/if they make sense. Is love something good? Do they have love in Curio? These and many more questions are waiting for you, so join Bob and X in this lovely discovery episode.

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Sources:

List of International Days: https://www.un.org/en/observances/list-days-weeks

Asteroid Day: https://www.un.org/en/observances/asteroid-day

Saint Valentine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine

Valentine’s Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day

Life and Death of a Planet: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/life-and-death/chapter-6/#:~:text=When%20our%20Sun%20approaches%20its,once%20again%20begins%20to%20contract.

Misattribution of arousal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misattribution_of_arousal

Yes, Love Can Be Measured and This is How: https://medium.com/brainchronicles/yes-love-can-be-measured-and-this-is-how-34d359224161

Scientists Try to Measure Love: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-08-la-he-love8-2010feb08-story.html

The Top 10 Causes of Death: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death

I know that I know Nothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing

Bob explains to X the alien what beauty is and how it’s measured (is it?). They get into a discussion about what is considered beautiful and what is the usefulness of beauty (if any). Is there math behind beauty? What is considered beautiful in Curio? These and many more questions are waiting for you, so join Bob and X in this beautiful discovery episode.

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History of Cosmetics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cosmetics#:~:text=The%20first%20cosmetics%20appeared%205%2C000,antimony%2Dbased%20paint%20as%20eyeliner.

Eyeliners and Egyptian cosmetics: https://recipes.hypotheses.org/12837#:~:text=Religious%20Importance&text=Egyptians%20also%20exaggerated%20their%20eyes,Evil%20Eye%20(Tapsoba%20et%20al., https://www.cosmeticsinfo.org/get-the-facts/a-history-of-cosmetics-from-ancient-times/

Skin Color and Beauty Standards: https://thesciencesurvey.com/spotlight/2022/04/24/skin-color-and-beauty-standards-a-history/

Japanese White Teeth: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-you-know-medieval-japan-white-teeth-were-ugly-women-campagna/

Darwin and Wallace: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zwvpsg8/revision/1

Beauty in the Animal Kingdom: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/magazine/beauty-evolution-animal.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_choice

Major Histocompatibility Complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_histocompatibility_complex

The Golden Ratio: https://plus.maths.org/content/myths-maths-golden-ratio

Facial Symmetry and the Perception of Beauty: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225775645_Facial_Symmetry_and_the_Perception_of_Beauty

Welcome to It's Complicated: It's Human! podcast.

How would you describe human behaviors to an alien? Bob and X the alien go in a trip to learn why humans do what they do. It will give you some food for thought as nothing is as simple as you think when explaining it to someone with no background on social and cultural norms! You will get a balanced mix of philosophical analysis, scientific facts and humor.

Bob explains to X the alien what sex is. They we discussed why humans have non-reproductive sex, the difference between sex and gender and how the human species has survived. It’s like explaining sex to your kids on steroids! Do you want to learn how aliens in X planet reproduce and if they have sex just for pleasure? Join us in this new episode, learn something new and have some fun!

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Sources:

Age of Consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent

What is Time: https://www.space.com/time-how-it-works, https://www.livescience.com/29621-what-causes-the-tides.html, https://www.britannica.com/science/tidal-friction

The Twin Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox

Redshift: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift

Gender Identity: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00926239408403428

Human Genome: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Phosphate-Backbone#:~:text=A%20phosphate%20backbone%20is%20the,(deoxyribose)%20and%20phosphate%20groups

Types of Gender Identity: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-gender-identity#support

LGBTQIA+: https://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/educated/glossary

World Population: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/

Sexual Attraction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_attraction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_sexual_reproduction#Origin_of_sexual_reproduction, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqv6gdm/revision/5#:~:text=The%20advantages%20of%20sexual%20reproduction,the%20individuals%20in%20a%20population

Homosexual Behavior: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals#:~:text=Scientists%20perceive%20homosexual%20behavior%20in,450%20species%20of%20animals%20worldwide.

Infertility and Genetics: https://www.genomemedical.com/genetic-testing-pregnancy/is-infertility-genetic/

The Matter and Antimatter Asymmetry: https://home.cern/science/physics/matter-antimatter-asymmetry-problem