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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

Autor Julia Galef
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2024

Problema fundamentală pe care o identificăm în procesele decizionale moderne nu este lipsa informației, ci tendința instinctivă de a ne proteja convingerile existente, fenomen pe care Julia Galef îl numește „mentalitatea de soldat”. Considerăm că The Scout Mindset oferă soluția pragmatică pentru această barieră cognitivă, propunând o tranziție către „mentalitatea de cercetaș” – o abordare în care obiectivul principal este acuratețea hărții mentale, nu defensiva ideologică. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări care tratează erorile de logică ca pe niște simple defecte de procesare, Galef demonstrează că modul în care vedem lumea este strâns legat de identitatea noastră și de confortul emoțional. Apreciem în mod deosebit faptul că autoarea nu se rezumă la teorie, ci extrage lecții din succesul unor figuri precum Jeff Bezos sau din performanța „superforecasterilor” care depășesc în acuratețe analiștii CIA. Complementar volumului Critical Thinking, care se concentrează pe structura logică a argumentelor, The Scout Mindset acoperă zona inteligenței emoționale aplicate, învățându-ne cum să ne simțim confortabil atunci când greșim pentru a putea rectifica deciziile în timp util. Recomandăm acest titlu pentru rigoarea cu care tratează tribalismele moderne și pentru instrumentele concrete pe care le oferă pentru a vedea lucrurile clar, dincolo de dorințele noastre subiective.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780349427652
ISBN-10: 0349427658
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Piatkus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Despre autor

Julia Galef este o autoritate recunoscută în domeniul raționalității aplicate și al procesului decizional. Este gazda popularului podcast „Rationally Speaking”, unde a intervievat unii dintre cei mai importanți gânditori contemporani. Cofondatoare a Center for Applied Rationality și consilier pentru OpenAI, Galef și-a dedicat cariera studierii modului în care oamenii pot gândi mai clar. Conferința sa TED din 2016 despre motivele pentru care credem că avem dreptate chiar și când greșim a adunat peste 4 milioane de vizualizări, consolidându-i reputația de expert care poate traduce concepte cognitive complexe în strategii acționabile.


Descriere

'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford

Winner of best smart thinking book (Business Book Awards) and a Guardian best books of 2021

When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a 'soldier' mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalising in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe - and shoot down those we don't.

But if we want to get things right more often we should train ourselves to think more like a scout. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true.

In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world - which anyone can learn.

With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think.

'Highly recommended. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book' Rutger Bregman

'With insights that are both sharp and actionable, The Scout Mindset picks up where Predictably Irrational left off. Reading it will teach you to think more clearly, see yourself more accurately, and be wrong a little less often' Adam Grant


Recenzii

Julia Galef doesn't simply harangue us for not thinking clearly; she diagnoses why we do it, and suggests concrete ways to improve our rationality. This is a book that will make a real difference in how you think
Julia Galef is an intellectual leader of the rationalist community, and in The Scout Mindset you will find an engaging, clearly written distillation of her very important accumulated wisdom on these topics
Drawing on her extensive knowledge of the scientific literature and of popular culture, Julia Galef explores the remarkable human capacity for self-deception - and shows us how we can catch ourselves in the act of fooling ourselves
The Scout Mindset offers an insightful, entertaining and genuinely useful guide to thinking more clearly
An engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit
Highly recommended. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book
We know a lot about how flawed human reasoning is, but surprisingly little about how to repair it in our daily lives. Thankfully, Julia Galef is here to change that. With insights that are both sharp and actionable, her book picks up where Predictably Irrational left off. Reading it will teach you to think more clearly, see yourself more accurately, and be wrong a little less often
Julia understands human thinking with incredible clarity and she's a master at communicating that clarity to others through her writing and metaphors. I haven't stopped thinking about the scout mindset ever since I first heard Julia explain it
Julia Galef is one of the smartest, most exciting voices not just in American rationalism, but in American writing period. She is consistently fascinating
Julia Galef, one of our foremost experts on identifying the problem of motivated reasoning and cognitive biases, has produced the best work to date on what to do about it, both personally to improve our lives and socially to make the world a more rational and reasonable place for all. A must-read for all who have trouble saying "I was wrong" and "I change my mind", which is all of us
The Scout Mindset is essential reading for understanding how the stories we tell ourselves sacrifice better decision-making in the long-term for a short-term boost to our egos . . . A must-read for anyone looking be more rational in their choices
Most books tell you what to think. This is something rarer, and more valuable: A book about how to think and how to learn, without the fear or favour that so often holds us back from inching closer to the truth. The beauty of The Scout Mindset demonstration is it is, itself, an example of the ethos it teaches. The delight it takes in questioning its own premises, and understanding the alternative arguments, will make you want to be a scout, too
I've learned more about how to think and reason well from Julia Galef than from almost anyone

Notă biografică

Julia Galef is the host of the popular Rationally Speaking podcast, where she has interviewed thinkers such as Tyler Cowen, Sean Carroll, Phil Tetlock, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. She is an advisor to OpenAI, works with the Open Philanthropy Project, and cofounded the Center for Applied Rationality. Her 2016 TED Talk "Why You Think You're Right--Even If You're Wrong" has been viewed over 4 million times.