Jul 22, 2020 31 min

One-hit Wonders

Is it better to live one day as the comic singer of a novelty number one, than 100 years as a respected indie band with a cult following? Nick, Chris and Fraser discuss what constitutes a one-hit wonder, how it applies to other art forms and areas of human endeavour, and whether we should aim for sustained mediocrity or concentrated brilliance. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: UK one-hit wonders ‘One Hit Wonderland’ by ToddintheShadows For more information on Aleph Insights visit our website https://alephinsights.com or to get in touch about our podcast email [email protected] This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

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Is it better to live one day as the comic singer of a novelty number one, than 100 years as a respected indie band with a cult following? Nick, Chris and Fraser discuss what constitutes a one-hit wonder, how it applies to other art forms and areas of human endeavour, and whether we should aim for sustained mediocrity or concentrated brilliance. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: - UK one-hit wonders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-hit_wonders_on_the_UK_Singles_Chart - ‘One Hit Wonderland’ by ToddintheShadows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Vav3a4PAc&list=PLLznZMqdhi_T5X0XrVX16lTN0um7Onpkf Find more Cognitive Engineering episodes here https://link.chtbl.com/SQeIgc44 Image: Phil Long via Flickr

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