SOB: When More Is Less

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🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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“Dare to Be Stupid” explores situations where technically superior products turn out to be woefully impractical. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Wrejects.com. Sometimes, more is less, better is worse, and blatantly superior products fail to overcome their competitors. On this episode of “Dare to Be Stupid,” correspondent George Frankly explores right answers to wrong questions. - Take your crypto to the next level with Nexo. Invest and swap instantly, earn up to 20% APR on your idle assets or borrow cash against them at industry-leading rates. Get started today at nexo.io to receive up to a $100 welcome bonus. Valid through March 31. - Wrejects Galactic Wrestling League is a play-to-earn, turn-based online fighting game, boasting a unique collection of fighters, all with their own special moves, strengths, weaknesses and artwork. Find out how you can get in on the action and be there for the first drop on March 31 at Wrejects.com. - Credits This episode was written, edited and performed by George Frankly with additional production assistance from Rob Mitchell and Eleanor Pahl. Music for this episode was provided by Gurty Beats, Jared Rubens and Sam Barsh. Image for this episode is by Ric Matkowsk on Unsplash, modified by “Speaking of Bitcoin.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:01.0	Hello there.
1:02.0	I'm George Franklin, and I'm going to take a look at how even the best and brightest people
1:06.0	can make truly stupid decisions and terrible predictions, and what we can learn from them.
1:11.1	This is Dare to be Stupid.
1:13.3	What do a gun that's too accurate, a burger that's too affordable, and a crypto coin that's
1:17.1	too energy efficient have in common?
1:19.7	This time on Dare to Be Stupid, more is less, better is worse, and other right answers
1:24.2	to wrong questions.
1:26.8	I've been stuck in the armchair stats nerd trap of using baseball as a metaphor for everything
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