The Benefits of Adopting Scout Mindset

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A lot of the short term benefits we get from Soldier's Mindset, there might be a compensating benefit if we kind of learn to adopt Scout Mindset in a thoughtful way. I have like a two pronged argument where one of the prongs is that we tend to overweight Soldier Mindset relative to Scout Mindset. The other prong is that we can actually make Scout Mindset more beneficial and more immediately beneficial to us than it is maybe by default.

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What are "scout" and "soldier" mindsets? How can we have productive disagreements even when one person isn't in scout mindset? Is knowing about good rationality habits sufficient to reason well? When do we naturally tend to be in scout mindset or soldier mindset? When is each mindset beneficial or harmful? Are humans "rationally irrational"? What are the two different types of confidence? What are some practical strategies for shifting our mindset in the moment from soldier to scout?

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