The Jordan Harbinger Show5 Nov 2019

273: Scott Adams | How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America

Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) is the creator of comic strip Dilbert, a talent stacker extraordinaire, and bestselling author. His latest book, Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America, is out now.

What We Discuss with Scott Adams:

Why the term “loserthink” isn't about being uninformed — it's about unproductive thinking.
Mental models we use that sometimes fail us, and thinking traps that we fall into when we're looking to interpret communication, evaluate facts or evidence, and form opinions.
How to evaluate fake news and see why the business models of many media outlets have been redesigned to keep us engaged at the expense of accuracy and truth.
When and how to dial down our ego so we can clarify our thinking, and also when and how we can use our ego as a tool to move forward.
Ways to evaluate and poke holes in bad arguments, and strengthen our own methods of thinking and arguing.
And much more…

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