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Wild Problems A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

Russ Roberts

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big decision...

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Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

Harford mentioned Russ Roberts' new book Wild Problems, which discusses the limits of economic theory and the importance of intuition and instinct in decisionmaking.

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I think you've read Russ Roberts... his new book, Wild Problems, is literally all about the limits outside of economic theory and why you need to have something else that you could call intuition or g...

— Episode: #548 - Tim Harford - Why Is Thinking Cle...

Episode: #548 - Tim Harford - Why Is Thinking Clearly So Di...

Harford mentioned Russ Roberts' new book Wild Problems, which discusses the limits of economic theory and the importance of intuition and instinct in decisionmaking.

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I think you've read Russ Roberts... his new book, Wild Problems, is literally all about the limits outside of economic theory and why you need to have something else that you could call intuition or good instinct or whatever.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

It explores big life decisions where rationality and data are insufficient, using the lens of human flourishing and a life well-lived. The podcast discussed the book's exploration of major life decisions, such as marriage and career paths, and how we often make these choices without sufficient information.

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His latest book is really interesting, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us, and it looks at the big life-changing decisions--whether to marry, whether to have children, what career...

— Episode: Russ Roberts on Making Better Decisions

Episode: Russ Roberts on Making Better Decisions

It explores big life decisions where rationality and data are insufficient, using the lens of human flourishing and a life well-lived. The podcast discussed the book's exploration of major life decisions, such as marriage and career paths, and how we often make these choices without sufficient information.

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His latest book is really interesting, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us, and it looks at the big life-changing decisions--whether to marry, whether to have children, what career path to follow--and when we can't rely on sheer rationality or data to support us, and this lens of human flourishing in a life well-lived are important philosophical organizing principles that I'm excited to bring to you in this interview.

The book was released in August 2022...

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