'With insights that are both sharp and actionable, The Scout Mindset picks up where Predictably Irrational left off.
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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. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world - which anyone can learn. Julia Galef (co-founder of CFAR, host of the Rationally Speaking podcast, and frequent speaker at NECSS) weighs in on Dawkins disinvitation: 'I disagree with NECSSs decision.' archive. 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. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. 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. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a 'soldier' mindset. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t written by Julia Galef which was published in. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. Brief Summary of Book: The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book' Rutger Bregman Even if we could find a way to extend that, we shouldn’t. But after a few years teaching these workshops, Galef concluded that knowledge of common logical fallacies and biases, while helpful, is not enough. Julia Galef on status quo bias: Some people will argue, ‘No, it’s good that the human lifespan is only about 85 years. 'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford Galef is the host of the podcast Rationally Speaking and a co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, which holds workshops on rational thinking and avoiding cognitive biases.
Winner of best smart thinking book 2022 (Business Book Awards)
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