From the Vault: Overconfidence, Part 1
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
What is overconfidence? We tend to know it when we see it, but the concept is increasingly hard to nail down the more you think about it. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the mythic roots of hubris, the psychology of overconfidence and its role in society and business. (Originally published 2/25/2020)
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| 1:40.4 | wherever you get your films. Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lamb. And |
| 1:52.6 | I'm Joe McCormick and it's Saturday time to go into the vault for a classic episode of the show. |
| 1:57.6 | This originally aired February 25th, 2020 and it is about overconfidence. |
| 2:03.3 | Ooh, yeah. This one's interesting to look back on because I think when we recorded this we were |
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