Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-10-29
Books mentioned on 169. Can We Disagree Better?
Do you suffer from the sin of certainty? How did Angela react when a grad student challenged her research?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a landmark psychology book that explores the two systems of thought that drive how we make choices, judge situations, and perceive the world around us.
Discussed“It's one of Danny Kahneman's inventions, but has gotten less attention than, like, Thinking, Fast and Slow and cognitive biases and so forth. I've absolutely heard of it; I think it's a fascinating concept!”
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Conflicted
Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together by Ian Leslie is a self-help and communication book that examines how humans can disagree more constructively.
Recommended“And that's where this self-help book called Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together is really helpful. Who wrote this?”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Grit
“So, I guess the most personal thing for me would be, you know, in my research on grit, I got very taken with the idea that high achievers are people who are kind of indomitable in their will, and they are obsessive in their pursuit of a single goal. So, what's very hard for me is to then be criticized”
Passing Thinking, Fast and Slow
“it's one of Danny Conan's inventions but has gotten less attention than like thinking fast and slow and cognitive biases and so forth”