![]() Shes a co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality as well. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think. Julia Galef might be familiar to some B&R listeners as the host of the Rationally Speaking podcast. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world - which anyone can learn. In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs - or a scout, spurred by curiosity Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. /juliagalef s ‘The Scout Mindset.' (Julia was a guest on the most recent episode of my BBC podcast series 'Think with Pinker' bbc.co. Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. ![]() From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalising in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe - and shoot down those we don't.īut if we want to get things right more often we should train ourselves to think more like a scout. Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a 'soldier' mindset. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. This seems like a good book to do a read-along to, since there. to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think. I listened to Julia Galef on podcasts twice already. She is an advisor to OpenAI, works with the Open Philanthropy Project, and cofounded the Center for Applied Rationality. Julia Galef is pissing me off with her incumbency apologetic she has been making with her book tour for The Scout Mindset. Reading it will teach you to think more clearly, see yourself more accurately, and be wrong a little less often' Adam Grant I just started reading Julia Galefs new book 'The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Dont'. Julia Galef is the host of the popular Rationally Speaking podcast, where she has interviewed thinkers such as Tyler Cowen, Sean Carroll, Phil Tetlock, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. 'With insights that are both sharp and actionable, The Scout Mindset picks up where Predictably Irrational left off. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book' Rutger Bregman ![]() 'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford ![]()
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