Episode · EconTalk · 2022-08-01
Russ Roberts & Gerd Gigerenzer: books mentioned on EconTalk (Aug 2022)
Gerd Gigerenzer on How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
IBM's super-computer Watson was a runaway success on Jeopardy! But it wasn't nearly as good at diagnosing cancer.
Russ Roberts discussed How to Stay Smart in a Smart World by Gerd Gigerenzer. Gerd Gigerenzer discussed The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
Discussed“his newest book is our topic for today how to stay smart in a smart world why human intelligence still beats algorithms”
Where to get it
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff is a profound economic and sociological study examining how major technology corporations harvest human experience as behavioral data for profit and control.
Discussed“and also the other side so this great book by uh shojana supoff yeah about the uh uh both sides assume that the algorithms would be so perfect”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Gut Feelings
“gared was last here in december of 2019 talking about his book gut feelings”
“so in the book how to stay smart i use an analogy the the free coffee house”
Plugged Reckoning with Risk
“long time ago i published a book called a calculated risk in in the uk it's called reckoning with risky uh the american publisher didn't want to translate it in reckoning with risk because i think no american would read a book with reckoning title anyhow”
“my guest today has been gert gigerenser his book is how to stay smart in a smart world jared thanks for being part of econ talk”