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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef

July 18, 2021
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
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0:00
Awkward intro and What we know about Julia Galef (very little)
3:52
Synopsis and a little bit about biases
8:34
What is scout mindset?
12:46
Synopsis continued and "holding your identity lightly"
18:24
Soldier mindset and human evolution
24:41
Building beliefs or "Can a scout be racist?"
33:12
GAME TIME!! Exploring our own biases, including the importance(?) of check lists
55:54
Inner calibration and probabilities
58:00
Epistemic confidence vs social confidence: convincing like Jeff Bezos
1:02:28
Keeping an eye out for loss aversion (and less useful biases)
1:07:13
The merits and pitfalls of being certain
1:10:54
Why some people prefer the soldier mindset (because it's comfy)
1:14:49
Remedies for the soldier mindset//DON'T leave our echo chamber
1:18:34
Belonging to a group
1:21:03
GAME TIME!! Ideological Turing test (illegal substance abuse in sports)
1:31:40
GAME TIME!! Ideological Turing test (learning how to speak Turkish)
1:37:28
WRAP UP
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Book Schmooze
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
Jul 18, 2021

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In this inaugural episode of the Book Schmooze podcast we review the book "The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't" by Julia Galef. Is it RAD or is it WHACK?  Find out by listening to this episode.

Some notes:

-That one time Alexej talked about Expected Utility Theory what he actually meant was Prospect Theory
-It's called "Ideological Turing Test", not hypothetical Turing Test

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Send us a Text Message.

In this inaugural episode of the Book Schmooze podcast we review the book "The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't" by Julia Galef. Is it RAD or is it WHACK?  Find out by listening to this episode.

Some notes:

-That one time Alexej talked about Expected Utility Theory what he actually meant was Prospect Theory
-It's called "Ideological Turing Test", not hypothetical Turing Test

0:00
Awkward intro and What we know about Julia Galef (very little)
3:52
Synopsis and a little bit about biases
8:34
What is scout mindset?
12:46
Synopsis continued and "holding your identity lightly"
18:24
Soldier mindset and human evolution
24:41
Building beliefs or "Can a scout be racist?"
33:12
GAME TIME!! Exploring our own biases, including the importance(?) of check lists
55:54
Inner calibration and probabilities
58:00
Epistemic confidence vs social confidence: convincing like Jeff Bezos
1:02:28
Keeping an eye out for loss aversion (and less useful biases)
1:07:13
The merits and pitfalls of being certain
1:10:54
Why some people prefer the soldier mindset (because it's comfy)
1:14:49
Remedies for the soldier mindset//DON'T leave our echo chamber
1:18:34
Belonging to a group
1:21:03
GAME TIME!! Ideological Turing test (illegal substance abuse in sports)
1:31:40
GAME TIME!! Ideological Turing test (learning how to speak Turkish)
1:37:28
WRAP UP