Saturday, December 11, 2021

How to consume manufactured fear?

 How to consume manufactured fear?


Being “willfully blind”.

Thursday, December 9, 2021

When too much of something is a problem?

 When too much of something is a problem?

When all the wrong people have got it.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

What are the most effective teaching tools?

 What are the most effective teaching tools?


Mistakes.

Monday, October 11, 2021

How to mislead?

 How to mislead?


Using biased science and intellectual conflict of interest.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

What causes a crisis?

 What causes a crisis?


What nobody sees coming 

Friday, May 28, 2021

How to understand the world?

 How to understand the world?


With data.

Monday, May 24, 2021

How to update your priors beliefs?

 How to update your priors beliefs?

With data


Tuesday, May 4, 2021

What makes to see the unknown unknowns differently from person to person?

 What makes to see the unknown unknowns differently from person to person?

The baseline risk.

Monday, April 26, 2021

How to improve decision quality?

 How to improve decision quality?

 Reducing the asymmetry of power. 

How to make more informed decisions?

 How to make more informed decisions?

Looking at the tradeoffs, and how you feel about them.


What really harm people?

 What really harm people?

 Bad policy and bad evidence.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

How should we manage everything?

 How should we manage everything?

With absolute intellectual foundations.

Sunday, April 18, 2021

How to discover what does not exist?

 How to discover what does not exist?


Getting used to the impossible. 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

How to produce utopias?

 How to produce utopias?

Giving off euphoria .

Sunday, April 11, 2021

When a company exercises substantial market power?

 When a company exercises substantial market power?

When there is no comparable alternatives.

Friday, April 9, 2021

What is the first recipe for failure?

 What is the first recipe for failure?


Failing to anticipate the resistance.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

What is always the best strategy?

 What is always the best strategy? 


The strategy that is most aligned with your values.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

What to do when you are still not quite sure?

 What to do when you are still not quite sure?


Finding avenues of investigation to fill large knowledge gaps.

Friday, April 2, 2021

Why there is substantial variation in the choice of strategies?

 Why there is substantial variation in the choice of strategies?

Because there is not a strong evidence base.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

When is time to be a contrarian?

 When is time to be a contrarian?


When the consensus has been reached very quickly. 

Monday, March 22, 2021

What is the most illusory thing?

 What is the most illusory thing?

The belief that you have something under control. 

Thursday, March 18, 2021

When things get harder?

 When things get harder?

When you see more.

How to evaluate evidence?

 How to evaluate evidence?

Staying out of your lane.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

When do the problems start?

 When do the problems start? 

When imagination fades 

Monday, March 15, 2021

How to have the courage to subject an established practice to a proper scientific experiment?

 How to have the courage to subject an established practice to a proper scientific experiment?

Counting up outcomes.

Sunday, March 14, 2021

How to experiment with society to get unpredictable results?

 How to experiment with society to get unpredictable results?

First, start dreaming up ways to “do the right thing”.

Second, tinker with bits of the private sector’s machinery that clearly you don’t understand how it operates.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Why is not possible to create spending without economic growth?

 Why is not possible to create spending without economic growth?


Because you can not consume what you don’t produce.

How to create inflation for the rich and deflation for the poor?

 How to create inflation for the rich and deflation for the poor?  

With pandemics and printing money.


Sunday, January 24, 2021

When you have to be ready?

 When you have to be ready?

When you see mistakes.