Hidden Brain

Changing Our Mental Maps

We don't see the world as it is. We see the world through mental maps that we've constructed over a lifetime of experience. And the problem with mental maps is that they can become outdated — they can lead us astray in a world that has changed, or in situations that are different from those in which the maps were formed.

Hidden Brain

Changing Our Mental Maps

We often think of our beliefs and mental models as reflections of reality — accurate maps of the world that help us navigate our lives. But what happens when the map is wrong? What happens when the map itself is the problem?

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Kareem Amin - The Unusual Approach to Company Building - [Invest Like the Best, EP.478]

The thing that's really changed for me is I used to think that the most important thing was finding the right answer. And what I now believe is the most important thing is creating the conditions for truth to emerge. Because if you create the conditions for truth to emerge, the right answer will find you.

It's Been a Minute

Who needs to know where you are?

You don't have to trust that they're telling you the truth. You just get to see it. So it's also a different type of information.

Freakonomics Radio

The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update)

the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it's time to get some more Feynman in our lives?

Throughline

History's playbook for taming the beast of inflation | Throughline

One way to say it would be we I think we now understand better how little we understand about inflation.

The a16z Show

Robin Hanson on Prediction Markets, Gambling, and the Future of Forecasting

speculative markets are one of the most powerful tools humans have for aggregating information and forecasting outcomes

TBPN

Hill & Valley Gigastream, The Fastest Companies, Apple's Next CEO, OpenAI's Non-Profit

Against I would be worried about unknown unknowns. Pro. While there isn't much human data, the anecdotal evidence is pretty strong. Against anecdotes are not enough for me. Pro. Fair. It is for me.