Wild Problems

“But behavioral economics is one of the most robust and fascinating Russ Roberts is a thesis around like wild I think it's called wild decisions. Was that the book or like big decisions something like that? Uh friend of the show.”

“They have a problem, something they need to work through. Of course, you're going to give them my book, Wild Problems, and everything's going to be fine.”

“um you know if you had ended your story with the hundred couples every single one of those couples got divorced I can't figure it out you know that that's like oh wow that's amazing in a bad way but I think at the same time so we do like surprises and and my you know many of the things”

“So you interviewed me 3 years ago about my book, Wild Problems and I did go back and look at some of that before we did this...”

“and then you know related to these issues are the challenges we have in decision-making and the episode I did with Agnes Callard and then the one I did on with L.A. Paul both with the Burton book and those of others ended up leading to my last most recent book Wild Problems and I just I'm so grateful for”

“I'm sure I've quoted this on the program before and I think it's in my book, Wild Problems, but it's carved into stone, or it was when I was there at the University of Chicago, this quote from Lord Kelvin.”

“and, you know, we had a conversation a long time ago, which got into my book, ended up in my book Wild Problems, about whether it's better to be a a philosopher or pig, whether it's better to live the life examined, the examined life of the philosopher, or to be cavorting, and enjoying a physical life.”

“u know the idea that i write about this in my book wild problems”

“those of you out there who read my book Wild problems you know part of my the theme in that book is that and it's a theme in your book Brian is uncertainty is not something to be conquered it's something to be embraced”

“I think about this because you know I wrote a book called wild problems supposed to help you make decisions think about decision making I think deep down somewhere in my thinking about the book I thought you know this is going to be a book that older and wiser people like grandparents will give to their younger grandchildren”

“If I had to give one convers- piece of advice about conversation one instruction or I something I I write about in my book Wild Problems, I would say and this is almost impossible advice to take by the way.”

“one of the reasons is that they overlay the entire experience of life I argue in the in my book they give texture to Everyday Life in it”

“That book is Wild Problems, A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us.”

“The What the book is about is um what I call the decisions in life where data are not helpful.”

“So, if that isn't you, don't buy this book.”

“And soon there'll be nothing left for readers to I mean, listeners to bother reading the book cuz we've covered almost everything interesting in the book.”

“his latest book wild problems a guide to the decisions that define us explores the challenges of using rationality when facing big life decisions”

“let's hop directly into wild problems a guide to the decisions that define us”

“i'll tell you tim book comes out on august 9th and i've already had people write me and say can you get me a copy”

“i use it in my new book uh wild problems is my new book”

“my new book wild problems which is this insight of of harry frankfurt that uh we don't just have wants or desires we have desires about our desires”

“i'm writing a book on decision making in life it's called wild problems”

“i think when this episode airs you could pre-order it on amazon it's called wild problems and i'm critical in there and emily as it turns out has actually read a manuscript to the book which is very cool which i appreciate it's really good everybody should pre-order it”