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Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Choiceology's Guide to Better Decisions: With Guests James Korris, Carey Morewedge & Jack Soll

May 20, 2024
Guests James Korris, Carey Morewedge & Jack Soll discuss a video game designed to reduce decision errors for intelligence analysts. They explore debiasing techniques through game design and share practical strategies for improving decision-making skills, emphasizing the importance of seeking diverse viewpoints and challenging assumptions.
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Quick takeaways

  • Playing the video game 'Missing' helps reduce decision-making biases by immersing players in challenging scenarios.
  • A decision-making checklist by Jack Soll promotes preparedness, perspective broadening, collaboration, and critical evaluation of choices.

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Video Game 'Missing' as a Decision-Making Tool

The podcast episode discusses how a video game called 'Missing' was created to train U.S. intelligence agents in avoiding decision pitfalls by immersing them in a fictitious missing persons case. The game challenges players' decision-making skills by setting up biased scenarios to test their ability to explore various hypotheses and counterfactuals. It aims to improve players' analytical skills and enhance their critical thinking abilities.

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