The Gray Area with Sean Illing

How to be wrong less often

Vox's Dylan Matthews talks with Julia Galef, host of the podcast Rationally Speaking, and author of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't. They discuss how we can overcome the ways our own minds deceive us and change the way we think to make more rational decisions.

Host: Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), Senior Correspondent, Vox
 
Guest: Julia Galef (@juliagalef), Author; host of Rationally Speaking podcast

References: 

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef (Apr. 2021)
 
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Editor: Amy Drozdowska


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The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday.