Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent?The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do.Sam gives a full break down of the main lessons in the book Thinking Fast and Slow. From our system 1 and system 2 thinking to how different biases form and why.To hear about the psychology of biases you can listen to a full season on the Growth Mindset Pod- - -About Wiser PodNico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.Sam Webster HarrisLinkedIn - Sam HarrisHistory of Innovation Pod - How to Change the WorldNicolas VereeckeLinkedIn - Nico VereeckeAI world domination - Evil Plan Inc- - -How to Change the WorldSPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyTAPPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcastCan't find it on your player?RSS feed - https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8----Chapters00:00 Cognitive Biases02:40 System 1 and System 204:05 How both systems Work Together05:31 System 1's Impact on Decision Making07:08 System 1 and Politics10:10 The Teenage Brain and System 2 Development11:14 Cognitive Biases and Their Impact17:20 The Law of Large Number22:15 Prospect Theory and Risk Assessment22:33 The Cookie Analogy: Understanding Loss Aversion23:18 Rationality and Utility Theory in Economics25:16 Prospect Theory: Perception of Value and Risk26:52 Probability and Decision Making29:05 The Experiencing Self vs. The Remembering Self30:53 The Peak-End Rule and Its Impact on Memory34:25 Pleasure vs Satisfaction37:36 The Focusing Illusion: What Really Matters43:17 Final Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Impact: How to Measure World Change
Is Brexit more important than Bitcoin? How do we rank Buddhism vs TikTok?The world changes, technology advances, but what really matters and how much? Sam explains the Innovation Richter Scale, a framework for understanding impact at every level of technology and what it means to society.In Nate Silver's book "On The Edge", he introduces a Technology Richter scale to determine the impact of AI. Sam takes the idea much, much further because it's cool.- - -About Wiser PodNico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.Sam Webster HarrisLinkedIn - Sam HarrisPsychology Pod - Growth Mindset PsychologyHistory of Innovation Pod - How to Change the WorldNicolas VereeckeLinkedIn - Nico VereeckeAI world domination - Evil Plan Inc- - -How to Change the World: The History and Future of InnovationAvailable on all podcast players:SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyTAPPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcastCan't find it on your player?RSS feed - https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8-------Chapters00:00 Innovation Richter Scale01:47 Why create a Scale?04:32 Earthquake Metaphor06:54 Invention, Innovation, Technology06:54 Ranking Magnitude not Morality08:01 The Innovation Richter Scale - Level 1 - 1008:04 Level 1 - Shower thoughts08:23 Level 2 - Actioned Idea (In private)08:42 Level 3 - Public ideas (Not popular)10:10 Level 4 - Popular and commercial ideas11:01 Level 5 - Defining Brand12:31 Level 6 - Innovation of the year15:53 Level 7 - Innovation of the Decade18:12 Level 8 - Innovation of the Century21:22 Level 9 - Innovation of the Era23:46 Level 10 - Species Epoch28:24 Wrap up and where to find part 2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Poor Charlie's Almanac - Charlie Munger
The favourite mental models and timeless lessons from Charlie Munger on how to build worldly wisdom.Charlie Munger was the business partner of Warren Buffet and the cofounder of Berkshire Hathaway. The most successful investing company in history. He was obsessed with how ot make better decisions.His book is full of ways to help you be less wrong and how to find an edge where you can perform at your best and minimise risk of losing. From the inversion principle to understanding opportunity cost and your own circle of competence. He has a no nonsense strategy and likeable charm that just oozes credibility and makes you wish you'd spent time working and learning from him.- - -About Wiser Pod 📚Nico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.Sam Webster Harris👋 LinkedIn - Sam Harris🧠 Psychology Pod - Growth Mindset Psychology🚀 New Pod - How to Change the WorldNicolas Vereecke👋 LinkedIn - Nico Vereecke🤖 AI world domination - Evil Plan Inc- - -How to Change the World: The History and Future of InnovationSPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyTAPPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast---Chapters00:00 Poor Charlie's Almanac02:58 Interdisciplinary Thinking05:44 Understanding Circle of Competence06:54 Opportunity Costs in Decision Making07:49 The Inversion Principle10:43 Cognitive Biases Overview11:51 Confirmation Bias and Clear Thinking13:38 Authority Bias and Independent Thought15:30 Social Proof and Individuality16:55 Arguing Against Your Own Beliefs17:37 Critiquing Charlie's Rationality18:10 Lack of Emotion and suspension of belief19:29 Binary thinking and fixed mindset24:35 The Art of Rational Decision Making25:48 First Principles Thinking27:35 Probabilistic Thinking and Risks29:11 The Margin of Safety30:25 Chauffeur Knowledge vs. True Understanding32:40 Applying Mental Models in Real Life33:27 Sharing Wisdom and Building Community34:51 Conclusions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The World Until Yesterday - Jared Diamond - Stone Age Lessons on Innovation
Heard enough lame insights about caveman psychology? Jared Diamond goes hard into what life was really like, how we thought and how it compares to today.A masterclass of a book when it comes to truly understanding our history and humanity and packed full of insights.Sam digests the book from a lens of innovation and what the reality of our life meant for taking risks and trying new ideas and making them happen.We cover various tribe studies across the world and the episode is brimming with stories and statistics that will make you think and a little bit Wiser than Yesterday.Part two is available on the How to Change the World: History and Future of Innovation podcast:SpotifyAppleNote - Nico is taking a reading break, and Sam has a season to cover some of his favourite books in depth 🙃- - -About Wiser Pod 📚Nico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.Sam Webster Harris👋 LinkedIn - Sam Harris🧠 Psychology Pod - Growth Mindset Psychology🚀 New Pod - How to Change the WorldNicolas Vereecke👋 LinkedIn - Nico Vereecke🤖 AI world domination - Evil Plan Inc---Chapters00:00 Intro to The World Until Yesterday02:12 The Hand Axe Conundrum04:05 Episode Goals05:21 1 - SURVIVAL LOCK06:00 Energy requirements08:09 Time Scarcity10:38 Risk and Psychological Safety12:56 2 - CULTURE LOCK14:17 Culture in New Guinea15:16 Results of trying ideas17:01 The Grandmother Hypothesis17:57 Widowhood statistics19:21 Kaulong Tribe Widow killing21:03 Catalhayuk - 1000 years of stasis22:12 3 - KNOWLEDGE LOCK24:18 Losing knowledge25:41 Maths26:28 Communication and Language27:29 Ice Age Picasso Paradox29:30 Wrap up - Book review and teasers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon - Brad Stone
We share the 10 best mental models about innovation from tech titan Jeff Bezos.This episode covers the story of Amazon and some of the incredible shifts it has created on the planet. From the obvious online shopping wave to things like the e-reading industry and audiobooks, web-servers giving us Uber and Netflix, devices like Alexa. We also learn about their failures like the Fire Phone and other things you probably haven't even heard of, Amazon Destinations, anyone?Lessons to think like an innovator and be more decisive:Primitive Thinking - Creating the building blocks that make new thingsReversible and Irreversible Decisions - Can you just try something already instead of overthinking?Day 1 Thinking - The philosophy of never being finishedNote - Nico is taking a reading break, and Sam has a season to cover some of his favourite books in depth.- - -About Wiser PodNico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.Sam Webster Harris👋 LinkedIn - Sam Harris🧠 Psychology Pod - Growth Mindset Psychology🚀 New Pod - How to Change the WorldNicolas Vereecke👋 LinkedIn - Nico Vereecke🤖 AI world domination - Evil Plan Inc- - -How to Change the World: The History and Future of InnovationSPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyTAPPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast---Chapters00:00 The Everything Store & Jeff Bezos02:53 Thinking in Primitives04:10 Story of AWS06:44 2 Customer Centric Obsession08:25 Working backwards - Why they built Amazon Prime10:23 3 Long Term Thinking11:39 Story - Kindle and e-publishing industry14:21 Willingness to be Misunderstood15:01 Team - Single-Threaded Leadership16:10 Team - Employ and Empower Builders17:15 Culture - Meetings are for Decisions18:15 High Velocity Decision making20:27 Regret Minimisation Framework22:03 Disagree and Commit23:13 Embrace Failure23:56 Total Fails - Fire Phone, Amazon Wallet etc...26:14 Importance of Timing and Competition28:28 Day 1 Thinking31:10 Useful Bonus points31:18 Flywheel effect31:46 Word of Mouth Marketing32:42 Opposing beliefs - Ignoring vs Crushing Competition34:51 Opposing Beliefs - Stubborn and Flexible35:22 Wrap up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wiser than Yesterday hosts open-ended discussions, breakdowns, and summaries of the world's most thought-provoking and inspiring books.Our hosts, Nicolas Vereecke and Sam Harris digest non-fiction books from all centuries and genres. They discuss the biggest philosophical insights and practical lessons for health, wealth, wisdom, and happiness.This podcast is here to help listeners become smarter. To learn about new ideas and to gain more perspectives on the books and ideas they are familiar with.Each season we tackle a new field and read the best books on a given topic such as racism, startups, stoicism, or personal finance. We cast a wide net to summarise all sides of opinions in an area to come to a wider understanding of the topic at large as well as help listeners navigate the different opinions and ideas they haven't heard of.We dive into topics such as philosophy, business, equality, psychology, politics, economics, and who knows what else. Our goal is to simply explore the best ideas and learn new things. You're most welcome to join us for the ride. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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