The Decision Corner

Soldiers and Scouts with Julia Galef

Jun 27, 2022

40:07

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The Alternative to Soldier Mind Set

01:29

Scout Minds Or Soldier Minds?

01:12

Habits of Mind

01:25

Seeing a View Is Reasonable

03:33

Introduction

3min

The Soldier Mind Set

3min

Scout Mindset - The Goal of Scout Minds

2min

Are You Going Out There to Map the Terrain?

2min

How to Be a Scout in Politics

2min

Are the Objects of the Scout Mind Set Really Beliefs?

3min

Deploy a Scout Mind Set

4min

How Do You Determine When You Can Take on the Scout Line Set Andad?

4min

Train Yourself to Be a Better Scout

3min

10.

Seeing a View Is Reasonable

4min

11.

The Labels Are Partially Partial

4min

12.

Pre Register Hypotheses

2min

13.

The Secret Sauce to Super Forecasting

2min

14.

Scout Mine Set - What's the Nuance?

2min

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke chats with Julia Galef - co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality and host of the podcast 'Rationally Speaking'. They discuss the topic or Julia's book, 'The Scout Mindset' which looks at the underlying motivations that guide our beliefs and behaviors. Some of the things covered include…

- Scout versus soldier mindset - how they differ and why we rely on both, depending on the situation.

- The downsides of soldier mindset and why our tendency to defend our beliefs no matter what can get us into trouble.

- The benefits of adopting an evidence-based mindset and being open to things that challenge our beliefs, aka 'drawing the map in pencil'.

- Practical ways we can embrace a scout mindset in our personal and professional lives.

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The Decision Corner

Soldiers and Scouts with Julia Galef

Episode guests

The Alternative to Soldier Mind Set

Scout Minds Or Soldier Minds?

Habits of Mind

Seeing a View Is Reasonable

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