![]() ![]() I felt similarly with The Life You Can Save when that was released.Īnother way of putting this is that I was sort of hoping for an academic work, but instead, think of this more as a journalistic work. I'm frustrated because this is a relatively casual overview of what I wish were a thorough Academic specialty. The Scout Mindset is the sort of book I'm both happy with and frustrated by. That said, in the interest of having a Scout Mindset, I want to be honest about my impression. ![]() I'd be happy if this book does well, and expect that to lead to a (slightly) more reasonable world. I've met Julia a few times and am friendly with her. Fairly easy to read, which makes it easy to recommend to many people. TDLR: A good book with mass appeal to help people care more about being accurate. I'm pretty concerned by things like state-sponsored polarization campaigns and the apparent memetic collapse, so I can't help but feel like the quoted passage is kind of sweeping aside some pretty big stuff. Psychotoxic internet content is highly addictive for many people and our infrastructure amplifies and spreads it. While it's true that most complainers put hardly any effort in, the actual effort required to do what she suggests requires monastic dedication. Well I gotta strongly disagree with this part. You can choose to read, follow, and engage with the exceptions to the rule instead. Sure, there are plenty of trolls, overconfident pundits, uncharitable talk-show hosts, and intellectually dishonest influencers, but you don't have to give them your attention. Section: You Can Choose Your Communities Online For all that people complain about how toxic Twitter, Facebook, and the rest of the internet can be, they don't often seem to put in much effort to crafting a better online experience for themselves. If you get further ahead than me, feel free to create a new chapter parent comment. If possible put your comments under the correct chapter parent comment as you go. This seems like a good book to do a read-along to, since there are probably a decent number of people reading it at the same time. 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. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world-which anyone can learn. 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. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing 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.īut if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a "scout" mindset. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. ![]() ![]() Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think with fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how super forecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics.I just started reading Julia Galef's new book " The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't". It's a collection of emotional abilities, habits, and perspectives that anybody can learn. What makes scouts better at doing things right isn't because they're brighter or more educated than everyone else, as Galef demonstrates in The Scout Mindset. Above all, the scout wants to discover what is genuinely true, regardless of what they wish to be the case. It's to go out and survey the area, then return with a map that's as accurate as possible. The purpose of a scout, unlike that of a military, is not to protect one side over the other. But, according to Galef, if we want to do things right more often, we need develop a "scout" attitude. We are compelled to defend the ideas we most want to believe-and to shoot down those we don't-from tribalism and wishful thinking to rationalization in our personal lives and everything in between. In other words, we have a "army" mentality, as Julia Galef describes it. Humans see what they want to see when it comes to beliefs. ![]()
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