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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