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Seven: Prof Tetlock on why accurate forecasting matters for everything, and how you can do it better

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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Introduction

Hilisteners, this is effective achism, an introduction from 80 thousand hours. Today's episode is with professor philip tetlocg, a legendary social scientist and a personal hero of mine. He spent the better part of forty years collecting forecasts about the future from tens of thousands of people to try to figure out how accurately people can predict the future. And as a result, it's relevant to everyone, no matter what they're doing. Making accurate predictions is just essential for good decision making in your own life.

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