The Secretariat Problem

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i have a personal anecdote that i thought was kind of funny because it illustrates some of the themes of the book. My wife and i are celebrating our 30 sixth wedding anniversary next week. She's a professional litigator, so you should pity me. Shesaidi i'd lose every argument, cause professional litigators are pretty good at arguing. I don't pity you, you know, i pity hera ha. In factever one pities her, including herself.

Waze and Google Maps tell us the best way to get to where we're going. But no app or algorithm can tell us whether we should head there in the first place. To economist Russ Roberts, the reason is simple: Humans are dynamic and aspirational beings. When it comes to making life's big decisions, from what to study to whom to marry or whether to have a child, it's not always us doing the deciding, he argues, but rather the people we want to be. Join the host of EconTalk, the president of Shalem College, and the author of the new book Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions that Define Us, as he speaks with friend and EconTalk favorite Michael Munger about why the traditional economic models for decision making can lead us astray--and why life should be less about solving problems than embracing possibilities.