David McRaney

1 week ago | skepticalinquirer.org | David McRaney

I recently enjoyed the great honor of taking the stage at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas, where I gave a lecture about how people do (and do not) change their minds and offered advice on how (and how not) to change them.

1 week ago | youarenotsosmart.com | David McRaney

In this episode we sit down with professor Neil Theise, the author of Notes on Complexity,  to get an introduction to the science of how complex systems behave – from cells to human beings, to ecosystems, the known universe, and beyond – and we explore if Ian Malcolm was right when he told us in Jurassic Park that “Life, um, finds a way.” RSS – Simplecast – Amazon Music– AudibleOFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF NOTES ON COMPLEXITYNothing in the universe is more complex than life.

3 weeks ago | youarenotsosmart.com | David McRaney

In this episode we sit down with Greg Satell, a communication expert whose book, Cascades, details how rapid, widespread change can sweep across groups of people big and small, and how understanding the psychological mechanisms at play in such moments can help anyone looking to create change in a family, institution, or even nation, prepare for the inevitable resistance they will face.

1 month ago | youarenotsosmart.com | David McRaney

In this episode, therapist, teacher, speaker, and trauma specialist Britt Frank tells us all about her new book, Align Your Mind, an all-access pass to understanding, befriending, and leading the multiple voices within yourself. RSS – Simplecast – Amazon Music– AudibleOFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOKMeet your inner critic, your inner teen, and your inner shadow in this engaging guide to taming anxiety, healing trauma, and overcoming self-doubt with Parts WorkWhat is “Parts Work”?

1 month ago | youarenotsosmart.com | David McRaney

In 1974, two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, as the New Yorker once put it, “changed the way we think about the way we think.” Before their landmark research went viral (in the way things went viral in the 1970s), the prevailing wisdom was that human beings were, for the most part, rational optimizers always making the kinds of judgments and decisions that best maximized the potential of the outcomes under their control. This was especially true in economics at the time.