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Modern Wisdom

#332 - Julia Galef - Learn To Improve Your Decision Making

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Julia Galef is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, a podcaster and an author.

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings said that tens of thousands of Covid deaths could have been prevented if the Government had read Julia's book. Why is it that he swears by Julia's rationalist manifesto?

Expect to learn what most people get wrong about confidence, the difference between a solider and scout mindset, why attitude is more important than knowledge for effective judgement, how to avoid being self-deceptive, what the rationality movement has got most wrong and much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi friends, welcome back.

0:02.3

My guest today is Julia Gayliffe.

0:04.2

She's the co-founder of the Centre for Applied Rationality, a podcaster and an author.

0:09.6

Boris Johnson's former chief advisor Dominic Cummings said that tens of thousands of

0:14.4

Covid deaths could have been prevented if the government had read Julia's book.

0:19.6

Why is it that he swears by this rationalist manifesto?

0:24.0

Today I expect to learn what most people get wrong about confidence, the difference between

0:29.0

a soldier and a scout mindset.

0:31.5

Why attitude is more important than knowledge for effective judgement, how to avoid being

0:36.2

self-deceptive, what the rationality movement has got most wrong and much more.

0:42.4

I did not think that would be using Dominic Cummings as an example for an intro to this

0:47.1

podcast, but here we are, it is 2021.

0:49.6

Julia's awesome, her insights into the absolute cutting edge of what is effective human

0:54.9

judgement and decision making is phenomenal. She is one of the best voices coming out of

1:00.3

the rationality movement and I'm confident that you're going to take turns and turns away

1:04.6

from today.

1:05.9

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