
1. How to Make Your Own Luck
The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
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Betting on Uncertainty
More often than not, it's the best player who wins in a game of poker. Betting on uncertainty is one of the best ways to understand our decision-making process. In his critique of pure reason, emmanuel kant proposes betting as an antidote to false confidence. Kant offers the example of a doctor asked to make a diagnosis.
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