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#095 - George MacGill - Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back

Modern Wisdom

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Is Facebook Changing Its Algorithms?

There's a really good example again, Gabriel Weinberg, Sarah Lichtenstein did a study where people were asked about 41 leading causes of death. And they massively overestimated the risk of sensationalized types. But as Jordan Peterson says, be friends with people that want the best for you doesn't mean with be friends that with people who tell you what you want to hear. That's reinforced by the algorithms that we see online because what you agree with, you will tend to click on more.

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