Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Taimur talks about some recent advice he was giving a friend, and his thought process when he was doing it. We try to figure out when it's appropriate to give advice to others, and come up with a helpful mental model for thinking about advice-giving.
What is this? Not Overthinking is a podcast about happiness, creativity, and the human condition. We talk about things to help us think, do, and be better. Things like social interaction, lifestyle design, mental models... Things that are hard to examine, but important to explore. And hopefully, things that make for a fun and interesting chat every week.
Who are we? Ali is a junior doctor and YouTuber working in Cambridge, UK. He makes videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. His links: YouTube , Blog , Newsletter , Instagram
Taimur is a data scientist and writer, working on his own startup Causal . He writes on his blog and as a columnist for Medium. His links: Blog , Twitter , Medium , Instagram
Get in Touch We absolutely love getting emails from our lovely listeners. If you've got anything to add, any feedback or advice, or just want to share some thoughts, please drop us a line at hi@notoverthinking.com . If you're feeling super brave, you could even send us an audio clip with some thoughts - those are quite nice to insert into the podcast and lead to more interesting discussions.
Taimur talks about some recent advice he was giving a friend, and his thought process when he was doing it. We try to figure out when it's appropriate to give advice to others, and come up with a helpful mental model for thinking about advice-giving.
What is this? Not Overthinking is a podcast about happiness, creativity, and the human condition. We talk about things to help us think, do, and be better. Things like social interaction, lifestyle design, mental models... Things that are hard to examine, but important to explore. And hopefully, things that make for a fun and interesting chat every week.
Who are we? Ali is a junior doctor and YouTuber working in Cambridge, UK. He makes videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. His links: YouTube , Blog , Newsletter , Instagram
Taimur is a data scientist and writer, working on his own startup Causal . He writes on his blog and as a columnist for Medium. His links: Blog , Twitter , Medium , Instagram
Get in Touch We absolutely love getting emails from our lovely listeners. If you've got anything to add, any feedback or advice, or just want to share some thoughts, please drop us a line at hi@notoverthinking.com . If you're feeling super brave, you could even send us an audio clip with some thoughts - those are quite nice to insert into the podcast and lead to more interesting discussions.
