![]() ![]() With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think. The average reader, reading at a speed of 300 WPM, would take 3 hours and 23 minutes to read The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things. ![]() It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world-which anyone can learn. Now hes back, to try to pull Reddit back from the brink. In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. The Tech Elites Favorite Pop IntellectualJulia Galef on bringing the rationalist movement to. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Would love to hear Sean talk with Julia Galef about her new book 'The Scout Mindset. But after a few years teaching these workshops, Galef concluded that knowledge of common logical fallacies and biases, while helpful, is not enough. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. Galef is the host of the podcast Rationally Speaking and a co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, which holds workshops on rational thinking and avoiding cognitive biases. Galef is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality and host of the Rationally Speaking podcast. ![]() From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe-and shoot down those we don't.īut if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a "scout" mindset. Rationalist Julia Galef is one of Vox’s Future Perfect 50. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. ".an engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit."- The Wall Street JournalĪ better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making. WASHINGTON Hunter Biden’s lawyer filed an ethics complaint in the House of Representatives on Friday against Rep. ![]()
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