
David McRaney
Blogger, You Are Not So Smart at Freelance
Host at You Are Not So Smart Podcast
How Minds Change: https://t.co/uH2s8PG627 | YANSS: https://t.co/ZtYun0GPjn | Exploring Genius: https://t.co/qnkmkQmd5y | Speaking: https://t.co/YHGpsVTDR4
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1 week ago |
youarenotsosmart.com | David McRaney
In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke, and get into the existential lessons and grander meaning for a life well-lived (once one finally accepts the power and influence of randomness, chaos, and chance). In addition, we learn not to fall prey to proportionality bias – the tendency for human brains to assume big, historical, or massively impactful events must have had big causes and/or complex machinations underlying their grand outcomes.
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3 weeks ago |
youarenotsosmart.com | David McRaney
If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement that can change the national status quo, you don’t need half the country to join, you only need 3.5 percent of the population – but there are some caveats, and Erica Chenoweth, whose research led to the discovery of the 3.5 Percent Rule, explains them to us in this episode. RSS – Simplecast – Amazon Music– AudibleCivil resistance works.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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