The Gray Area with Sean Illing

How to be wrong less often

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Vox's Dylan Matthews talks with Julia Galef, host of the podcast Rationally Speaking, and author of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't. They discuss how we can overcome the ways our own minds deceive us and change the way we think to make more rational decisions.


Host: Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), Senior Correspondent, Vox

 

Guest: Julia Galef (@juliagalef), Author; host of Rationally Speaking podcast


References: 

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef (Apr. 2021)

 

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This episode was made by: 

  • Producer: Erikk Geannikis
  • Editor: Amy Drozdowska
  • Engineer: Paul Mounsey
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