Challenge Your Perspective, Take Other Perspectives

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Superforecasters are able to predict outcomes of world events better than most people. They challenge their own perspective and deliberately think of perspectives of other people. I sometimes worry though that certain stubborn people don't take the perspective of others. Some of them are bullies. The fact that they will not change perspective nor will they see yours. And so that worries me.

My guest today is acclaimed psychologist and longtime Stanford University professor Barbara Tversky who calls on her nearly 50 years in the field of cognitive psychology for an in-depth discussion about how our minds work.

We discuss the Nine Laws of Cognition, why action shapes thought, how the language we use changes what we think, tactics to communicate better on Zoom, why she dove into the work of Leonardo da Vinci, when to use charts and when to avoid them, the importance of perspective taking, learned knowledge vs. earned knowledge, and so much more.

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