Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-01-20
Chris Williamson & Steven Pinker: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #424
The Problem With Trying To Be Rational - Steven Pinker - #424
Steven Pinker is a Cognitive Psychologist at Harvard University, a psycholinguist and a Best Selling Author. It would be nice to always make the right decision.
Steven Pinker discussed The Bias That Divides Us by Keith E. Stanovich and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Chris Williamson discussed Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Bias That Divides Us
Discussed“this is one of the conclusions from keith stanovich in his book the bias that divides us”
Where to get it
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Blink
Discussed“about 20 years ago as a result of a bestseller by malcolm gladwell called blink there was the popular idea people in in business love it that you should go with your gut”
Where to get it
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Algorithms to Live By
Discussed“is it seth stevens davidowitz that wrote algorithms to live by are you familiar with that um i'm familiar with um it's plausible i forget whether that was his exact title he he did write a book that for which i wrote a forward called everybody lies oh no no no it wasn't that one i think actually i think”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Rationality
“that's another chapter in my book rationality it pertains to what sometimes called expected utility theory”
Passing Everybody Lies
“he he did write a book that for which i wrote a forward called everybody lies”