281. Moneyball For Your Life: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on Using Data to Get What You Really Want
The Michael Shermer Show
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We're making choices one way or the other anyway. Why not do it in a rational way, with data rather than your gut? Yet, why not have that information available? It seems like it can only be a good thing to know if you are deciding whether to marry some one, or whether to date someone. If you're more risk averse, you should get these and pick whatever you want. But that's what the data show. I think i like that sunsteam makes the point. Y i like the and cast sun steam too also on the libertarian paternalism, or the nudge, where you don't have to do anything,. You can do whatever you want but here
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