Modern Wisdom

#332 - Julia Galef - Learn To Improve Your Decision Making

Jun 10, 2021

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Making Tough Judgement Calls When Stranded at Sea

01:18

The potential downside of rationality community norms

01:23

Why Do Some People See Things More Clearly and Others Don't?

05:18

How to Stand Out From the Crowd

03:37

Introduction

4min

Is Being More Rational a Good Goal?

2min

Why Do Some People See Things More Clearly and Others Don't?

5min

Are You a Soldier or a Scout?

3min

Analysing Paralysis

3min

The Soldier Mindset in Times of Stress and Insecurity

4min

The Rationality Movement at Large

2min

Psychoanalysis of the Rationalist

2min

What's the Rationality Movement's Got Most Wrong?

5min

10.

Putting Skin in the Game - Is There a Caviate?

2min

11.

The Most Important Thing to Care About Is Climate Change

2min

12.

Do You Have a Self Awareness Strategy?

6min

13.

Self Deception Is Good for Your Mental Health

3min

14.

Do You Ever Fantaize About Rapping or Being Raped?

2min

15.

Learning to Be Wrong Can Make You Happy in the Short Term

3min

16.

Are You Right or Wrong?

3min

17.

How to Stand Out From the Crowd

4min

18.

The Future of Ethereum

3min

Julia Galef is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, a podcaster and an author.

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings said that tens of thousands of Covid deaths could have been prevented if the Government had read Julia's book. Why is it that he swears by Julia's rationalist manifesto?

Expect to learn what most people get wrong about confidence, the difference between a solider and scout mindset, why attitude is more important than knowledge for effective judgement, how to avoid being self-deceptive, what the rationality movement has got most wrong and much more...

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