Decision Making - MetaLearn

ML200: Taking Action, Living Your Values & The Path to Human Progress

In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: closing the gap between knowing & doing, the challenge of living your values and the path to human progress. Show Notes * On MetaLearn’s six years and 200th episode [01:27] * When did Nasos realise the importance of knowing the difference between knowing

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ML192: Iain McGilchrist on The Matter with Things, The 4 Paths to Understanding & Answering The Big Questions

Discover the key differences between the left and right hemispheres and how they shape your view of the world, the 4 pathways to understanding and how the big problems we face as humans are all related.

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ML189: Oliver Burkeman on Using Your 4000 Weeks, Time Management for Mortals & Overcoming Convenience Culture

Discover the time management myths that are holding you back, practical strategies that help you focus on what matters most and the true cost of convenience culture.

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ML182: Tom Chatfield on Overcoming Cognitive Biases, Finding Trustworthy Sources and How To Think Better

Discover how to overcome your biases so you can be less wrong, the three characteristics of valuable information sources and how to think more clearly in a world of information overload.

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ML179: Luke Burgis on The Power of Mimetic Desire, Choosing the Right Role Models and How To Want What You Need

Discover how to turn blind wanting that leaves you unfulfilled to intentional wanting that supports your own values, how different role models affect your desires and behaviour and how conflict often comes from similarities, not differences and the tactics to break the cycle in your personal life.

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ML177: Thomas Moore on Therapy that Works, Myths for Getting Through Dark Times and How To Care for the People Around You

Discover what therapy or "soul care" is and how it works, the myths that to help you through dark times in life and the modern obsession with childhood trauma.

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ML165: Annie Duke on Learning from Experience, Overcoming Analysis Paralysis and How To Make Better Decisions

Discover what games like poker and chess can teach us about decision making, how to learn effectively from your experiences, and how to overcome analysis paralysis and eliminate unnecessary decisions.

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ML154: Margaret Heffernan on Career Experiments, Thinking Critically about The Future and Thriving in Uncertainty

Learn how to run career experiments, the problems with modern forecasting in an uncertain environment and the importance of human qualities like coalition building, imagination and humility in the modern world.

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ML153: Josh Kaufman on Overcoming Akrasia, The Ultimate To-Do List and The Dangers of Overoptimising

Discover how to overcome akrasia, the autofocus method of managing a to-do list and the dangers of optimising something too early.

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The Question is The Answer Part 1: The Questions That Matter Most

It is absolutely impossible to imagine human society, intelligence and language without our ability to ask questions. In this series I explore the importance of questions and the frameworks for asking good ones. This first part covers a critical moment in my life when I asked myself a big question -

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ML121: Venkatesh Rao on Leveraging the Power of Dialectic and Lessons from the Creative Process

Discover the conditions needed to generate insight from conversation, lessons about the creative process from years of writing on two of the internet's most popular blogs and why dialectic is the driving force of any good relationship and a healthy society.

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ML98: Ali Almossawi on Using Algorithms to Make Better Decisions, Sidestepping Logical Fallacies and How To Think More Critically

Discover how to use algorithms to think smarter and make better decisions, how to sidestep logical fallacies and improve your critical thinking skills in a world full of noise and how to make sense of the data deluge we’re experiencing in the 21st century.

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ML74: Julian Baggini on Thinking About Thinking, The Point of School and How To Make Rational Decisions

Discover how to become more aware of your own thinking, develop your reasoning and critical thinking skills and make better decisions in the different areas of life.

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ML62: Uri Bram on Thinking Statistically, Understanding Music and How To Learn from Experts

Discover the statistical principles we should all be aware of in our increasingly data driven world, whether understanding musical concepts makes you a better musician and how to learn difficult skills from experts in different fields.

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ML54: Barry Schwartz on Practical Wisdom, The Meaning of Work and the Paradox of Choice

Discover the tools we can use to learn from our everyday experience, how practical wisdom can be applied to improve the educational system and how to make better choices in a world of infinite possibilities.

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ML49: The Difference Between Knowledge and Wisdom

They're two words that get thrown around a lot but what exactly is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Here's my take on the difference between knowledge and wisdom, broken down into four main areas, along with actionable insights using some of my favourite stories and my own personal exper

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ML41: Iain McGilchrist on The Left/Right Brain Divide, The State of the Educational System and the Evolution of Western Thought

Learn about the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres, the impact our left brain dominated world has on the educational system and how to apply what cognitive science tells us about learning.

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ML36: Shane Parrish on the Power of Multidisciplinary Thinking, Using Mental Models and How To Make Better Decisions

Discover the processes needed to make better decisions, what we can learn from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger and the importance of multidisciplinary thinking and learning in a complex and interdependent world.

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ML28: Richard Nisbett on Mental Models, The Geography of Thought and The Nature vs Nurture Debate

Learn about the cognitive biases and mental models that influence our thinking and decision making as well as the difference between Eastern and Western thought and the extent to which intelligence is determined by genetics or our environment.