614: Alex Kouts | The 7 Deadly Sins of Reading the News

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🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Alex Kouts (@akouts) is a teacher, civic tech startup guy, adventure technologist, and Chief Product Officer of Countable, "your dashboard for democracy." He rejoins the show to explain the seven deadly sins of reading the news that are committed in our society now more than ever. "Everybody is one extreme experience away from changing their mind on almost anything." -Alex Kouts The Cheat Sheet: Understand the most common logical fallacies and cognitive biases -- the seven deadly sins -- that betray our ability to understand the news. Learn how to read the news -- not just how to select it, but how to scrutinize it. Discover what triggers people and who really benefits from the resultant emotions generated. Recognize how an ever-dizzying amount of information makes that information nearly impossible to rationally process. Find out how laziness in consuming information makes us wilfully ignorant to the point of self-victimization. And so much more... Learn over 500 subjects (no tests or homework!) at The Great Courses Plus -- The Art of Charm listeners get one month free here! Want to wash two loads and dry two loads of laundry at the same time? The new Wi-Fi enabled Samsung FlexWash and FlexDry washer and dryer pair can do it -- and you can get it now at The Home Depot! Wearing a stylish timepiece shouldn't break the bank. Art of Charm listeners can find out why MVMT is the fastest-growing watch company in the world for 15% off with free shipping and free returns here! Save money on travel and get a free Amazon gift card every time you use Upside! Enter the code FORBES at checkout here and you're guaranteed a free $200 Amazon gift card your first time (minimum purchase required)! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/614/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	People confuse correlation for causation, so to speak.
0:02.8	We see that a lot in politics outside of correlation studies,
0:05.3	so a false-cause found in politics is the idea that a border wall
0:08.9	is going to solve all border security problems.
0:11.3	When Rowdy, there's a lot of other factors involved.
0:13.6	It's much more complex and nuanced.
0:22.2	Welcome to the Art of Charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger.
0:24.8	On this episode, we'll be talking with my close friend and friend of the show,
0:28.1	Alex Coots. Among other pursuits, he is the co-founder of Countable
0:31.6	and a past AOC guest. You've heard him come on and school us on salary
0:35.4	negotiation and other topics, and is one of the most requested guests here on AOC.
0:40.3	Today, we'll discuss the seven deadly sins of reading the news,
0:43.0	the most common logical fallacies and cognitive biases that betray our ability
0:47.7	to understand the news. He sees what triggers people, what they do with that emotion,
0:51.6	and how they generate intrinsic reward from said actions.
0:54.4	He's interviewed close to a thousand people about how they consume political news,
0:58.3	how they take action, and their relationship with their government.
1:01.4	We'll explore our human inability to process information,
1:04.8	accelerated by a dramatic increase in the amount of information we get
1:08.5	that makes us more lost than ever, and how we as a country have gotten so lazy
1:12.6	in consuming the information that is presented that we've victimized ourselves.
1:16.3	Of course, we'll not only outline all these biases,
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