378: Steven Johnson | How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

378: Steven Johnson | How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson) is the best-selling author of 11 books on the intersection of science, technology, and personal experience, including Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most. He also hosts the Fighting Coronavirus podcast on Wondery.

What We Discuss with Steven Johnson:
  • In a world where we might put more thought into brunch than buying a house, what types of decisions warrant a "decision-making process?"
  • Why we can do better than relying on the old pros and cons list that Ben Franklin, Charles Darwin, and our parents once found useful.
  • Uniform phases of decision-making that we can teach, learn, and apply to tailor-made decisions of varying complexity.
  • How AI might help us augment decision-making processes involving probability.
  • The premortem: why planning as if a future event has already happened might result in better decisions than just asking ourselves "what if?"
  • And much more...

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