Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Hold still and I’ll go make a YouTube video for you.
I don’t know why I thought you were going to get anything out of the written word.
Just wait right there and I’ll scream some buzzwords into a microphone for you, and tell you that you’re smarter than everyone. Because you may be able to remember some of those buzzwords, but not what they actually mean.
Disruption! Synergy! The Singularity!
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