In this episode, Collin and Jenna talk about the January 2021 newsletter. They explore what the past smelled like and five lessons from history. They chat about three great books they've read, 'Deep Survival' by Laurence Gonzales, 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' by Carson McCullers, and 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius. Finally, they talk about their thoughts on why we judge people based on their relatives. 

In this episode, we have a reading and discussion (discussion starts at 14:24) of our blog post "Misperceptions of Mutual Exclusivity". We discuss how we all benefit when we understand what is and isn’t mutually exclusive. Then, explore how this affects business, society, and our personal lives. 

In this episode, we talk about some of our favorite blog posts, our exploration into Learning Who We Are, what we read in 2020, our thoughts on The Burden of Knowledge and Innovation, and so much more!

In this episode, we discuss fallacies based on our blog post "Fallacies: An Overview Of Unsound Arguments". We define what fallacies are and discuss some of the most common fallacies we see in life. Fallacies are committed in the pursuit of persuasion. Hopefully, you'll leave this episode with a firmer understanding of fallacies and ready to persuade the world. 

In this episode, we talk about exploring Empathy and Some Fringe Effects of the Pandemic. We chat about three great books we've read, "Thank You for Arguing" by Jay Heinrich, "The Better Angels of Our Nature" by Steven Pinker, and "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" by Frederick Douglass. Finally, we talk about our thoughts on The Power of Rhetoric.

In this episode, we discuss biases based on our blog post "Biases: An Overview of Mental Malfunctions". Biases covered in this episode: Action Bias, Anchoring Bias, Attentional Bias, Bandwagon Effect, Commitment Bias, Confirmation Bias, Dunning-Kruger Effect, Familiarity Bias, Framing Effect, Hindsight Bias, Loss Aversion Bias, Optimism/Pessimism Bias, Recency Bias, Rosy Retrospection Bias, Self-Serving Bias, Status Quo Bias, and Survivorship Bias. 

In this episode, we discuss topics covered in our October 2020 newsletter. Specifically, our exploration of the impacts of walking on thinking and the mortality of facts, our overview of 3 intriguing books, and our thoughts on people literally flying to nowhere. 

In this episode we discuss mental models based on our first blog post:

https://palladianpark.com/mental-models-an-overview/

Mental Models Covered:

The Map is Not the Territory, Probabilistic Thinking, Thought Experiments, Second-Order Thinking, Spectral Thinking, Circle of Competence, First Principles, Start with the Definition, Inversion, Start then Optimize, Occam's Razor, Hanlon's Razor, and Follow Incentives.